Silverado Oatmeal Stout

Formerly brewed at Silverado Brewing Co.
Style: Stout
St. Helena, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Poured dark but transparent brown with some foamy offwhite head. Aroma weak and slightly sweet and lactic. Flavor weak and watery, slightly sweet molases or brown sugar. Overall, not that great of an oatmeal stout.

Draught, Silverado. Head is mostly lasting. Body is dark brown to black. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain, chocolate, coffee), lightly hoppy (resin), with light notes of smoke, tar, and cassis. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/velvety/creamy texture, lively carbonation. A darn good stout.

Draught at the brewery. Beer is nearly opaque, very dark brown with a moderate, creamy, tan, frothy, mostly diminishing head.<P>Initial impression on the nose is creamy-roasty. The aroma is malty with moderate notes of roasted grain, chocolate, coffee, light note of molasses; Hoppy with light-to-moderate notes of herb, resin/pine; Yeasty with a moderate note of basement; Trace miscellaneous notes of licorice, top soil.<P>The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly acidic with a long, moderately sweet, trace-to-lightly bitter, trace-to-lightly acidic finish. Nice roasty retros.<P>The body is medium, the texture is creamy-velvety and the carbonation is lively.

Nice dark stout with big head. Big roasted grain aroma and flavor. Not a burnt grain flavor, just toasted so not too overwhelming. But a big grain flavor nonetheless. Very silky smooth mouthfeel. Superb.

Draft. Mahogony color with a light beige head. Big roasted malt aroma. Nice chocolate and roast flavor with just a bit of oatmeal coming through to smooth it out. Medium bodied, though doesn’t match up with the aroma and flavor.

Had on tap at the brewpub in St. Helena. Excellent brewpub stour. Dark black pour with a frothy, mocha colored head, good thick lacing. Creamy mouthfeel with good lacticity. Coffee, bittersweet chocolate - it’s all there. thick creamy mouthfeel. My wife’s choice for a pint from the sampler.

Tap @ brewpub. Dark brown to black with ruby in the light and a light brown head. Good roasted malts with some chocolate.

Dark brown. Creamy head. Very subtle roasted malt aroma. Fairly thin bodied. Some roasted flavor. Slightly funky yeastiness. Somewhat grainy. Not the mouthfeel I’d expect from an Oatmeal Stout.

A mite of big bubbled foam and nothign else, some toffee flavors, a very light medium body, some sweet honey lick of a finish, wet center, very clean. This is a light but not gossamer stout. The presentation and feel could use some serious improvement.