St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout

Brewed by McAuslan Brewing
Style: Stout
Montreal, Canada

Bottle. Huge creamy brown head that mostly lasted. Pitch black colour. Very good lacing in glass. Aroma was grain, butter, hint of smoke, liquorish, roasted and light notes of chocolate and coffee. Amazing for a 5% with this kind of complexity in the taste. Medium bodied with a flat carbonation. Flavour was light to moderated sweet with god burned bitterness to balance this beer. Nice smooth and slightly burned bitterness in the finish. Impressive! It is not always about the alcohol, this is evident in this beer.

One of the top Canadian brews! Pours jet black with a decent white head. Tastes are full of coffee and bitter chocolate notes and a bit of smokiness. Is velvet smooth with a soothing finish

When I went to buy this, the man at the counter couldn’t stop talking about this beer (how it’s "thicker than Guinness" and "It took me a bit over a week just to finish one six pack"). The pour was very interesting; it looked almost like syrup and it was pure black. It was opaque and gave a solid brown head that stayed from start to finish. The brilliance behind this beer lied behind the aroma; it was very strong notes of coffee, dark chocolate, and a bit of roasted caramel. However, the taste didn’t do as well as the aroma, it was very dry with a bit of coffee taste, and an extremely strong bitter finish (not vile though). Body is smooth and a bit thin with a "bitter" feel down the throat. This beer made me surprisingly wonky and I’m not sure why because it’s only 5%. Regardless, this is a quality crafted beer, one for special occasions.

Bottle smuggled illegally across the border. Super-smooth and creamy in the mouth, much like if it were on nitro. Great roastiness and a very slighty funky sourness plus a creamy, oaty nose make this an outstanding stout. Totally restrained yet still lush, very dry, and pretty much the antithesis of the typical top 50 stouts you see.

Picked this up at random and I gotta say, i’m really friggin glad I did. Pours about as black as black can get, with a thin chocolate brown head that has good retention. The aroma is dark chocolate and coffee. The flavor was very balanced, with big notes of coffee, and unsweetend chocolate, and very subtle hints of vanilla on the finish. The body was kind of thin, but that is about the only thing I can complain about. All and all a top notch stout.

Bottle courtesy of OhioDad...Thanks so much Scott! This poured a very dark brown/black...Nice coffee colored head that lasted awhile...Very mild aromas up front of coffee, chocolate and slight vanilla...This beer tastes of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, and caramel maybe? Thick and sweet, but not overwhelmingly so. Good oatmeal stout!

341ml bottle at Biere & Compagnie on St. Denis Street in Montreal. First sip makes a very strong impression. You taste it at first and think, ok, but then the flavor just lasts and lasts and keeps unraveling itself. Very strong toasted malt flavor with strong hints of dark chocolate and mocha as well as coffee. Definitely a stand-out beer.

Strong roasted malty nose. Chocolate, mild espresso, and slightly burnt malt flavors. Light bitter and nutty finish. Flavorful and solid....A winner!