St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Almost black with thick brown head. Roasted coffee tones. Chocolate + espresso. Smooth with medium mbody and a dry finish. A very nice stout !

Pours black with a light brown foamy head. Smells of malts. Sweet with aromas of malts, some caramel and dark chocolate and hints of smoke. Also somewhat buttery in the early finish (not so good). Light bodied. High, sharp carbonation. Lots of toasted malts in the finish.

I was very disappointed with this beer after magic dave had hyped it up sooo much and i was looking forward to a good stout to quench my thirst . 330ml bottle in the delirium cafe in Brussels. Pour and aroma was good -nice tones of expresso, roasted malt, bitter chocolate and spicy grain. Taste however did not reflect this. Extremely bitter and burnt flavour with a high alcohol burn of cheap whiskyand tar. Little coffee, chocolate and malt character. I feel this wud have lifted the beer .Probably a bad bottle will have to re-rate

Big thanks to radiomgb for shipping this to me as a bonus beer..... one hell of a bonus beer. Pours very dark brown with a tight burnt orange head. The aroma has milk chocolate, creamy roasted chocolate malt, coffee bitterness and vanilla - very lush, rich and wonderful. The body it s bit heavier than medium body with some gentle prickly carbonation on the finish. The flavor starts with coffee, dark chocolate, bitter roasted malt, light sharp fruit flavors and a good deal of char. The finish is sharper with some spicy hops in the mix and some light chocolate traits. There is some woodiness that comes through as it warms up. This is one huge beer for only being 5% alcohol. If I lived in Canada this beer would have a permanent place in my beer fridge. Massive thumbs up for undoubtedly the best oatmeal stout I’ve had.

341ml bottle. Pours dark brown, almost black with three fingers of light brown fluffy head. Good lacing with a sturdy head. Aromas of roasty malt, espresso, some chocolate and some smoky notes. Very roasty flavor with coffee notes and a nice lingering bitte finish. Medium bodied with an excellent smooth mouthfeel. Top quality stout.

What a wonderful simple beer. This is the classic oatmeal stout. The finish is crisp, flavour has a nice lactose component.

Bottle at delerium cafe, brussels. This was soo upsetting, i mean i dont like stouts generally, but this was something i was soo looking forward too but no one at the table wanted to drink it and we left over half of it, it was a dreadful attempt at a beer. Liquire and roasty malt character, some coffee in there too. Really one dimentional and utterly rubbish beer. Im suprised i gave it over a 1.

Thanks to RagallachMC for the bottle. Pours dark brown with a large, cascading head. Good lacing and foam retention. Aroma of dark malts, oatmeal, coffee, earth and liquorice. Amazingly dry for an oatmeals stout. Not a big hop presence, but big, roasty malt through and through.