Stoudts Fat Dog Stout (Vintages 2004 and later)

Brewed by Stoudts Brewing Co.
Style: Imperial Stout
Adamstown, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Snifter

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Poured from 12 oz. bottle. Opaque, brown-black with a 2-finger tan head and very good lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, roasted coffee, milk chocolate, toffee, oatmeal, prunes and caramel. Taste of dark roasted coffee, dark roasted malt, sweet milk chocolate, caramel and charcoal. Lots of bitter roasted or burnt flavors with enough sweetness coming through to keep it interesting. Full/medium body and medium/high carbonation. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle received in trade from cpetrone84, thanks for the opportunity Chris! Bottled in 2009 enjoyed in 2013 Pours a solid color of darkness with a smallish tan head that quickly dissipates to wisps of foam on the top. Smells of caramel, brown sugar, milk chocolate, light cereal grains, a hint of earthy hops and a touch of ethanol. The flavor is sweet and malt with a bit of sugary caramel malt with some roasty milk chocolate. Earthy hop with a hint of wet cardboard round out the flavor. Medium to thick body with a light level of carbonation and a sweet oily mouthfeel. Nice Stout really heavy on the sweet caramel and chocolate and showing slight hints of oxidation. glad I got to try it, but wouldn’t mind a fresh sample too.

Bottle pours deep brown, ruby edges. Nose has roast and chocolate. Taste is sweet, mild astringency. Flowery bitterness on finish. Mouth is smooth and creamy.

Bottle. This is one of the best oatmeal stouts around. Its got all the big impy flavor with the oatmeal smoothness.

Nice sweet chocolate smell. Not much head, pretty listless appearance. Nice solid stout. Wouldn’t of thought this was an imperial though. Pretty simple with not a huge body. That being said it is very good, just fairly simple. Alcohol is barely noticeable.

Pours a dark brown/blackish where some light comes through with a big frothy head. Aromas of roasted malt, slight smoke, caramel, light coffee, and some fruity hops poking through slightly. Flavors of caramel, light roasted malts, light coffee, light chocolate, and just a ting of alcohol in the nose. Light to medium sweet, slightly creamy feel, medium to light bitter. My abv says 8.02 on bottle. Light on many of the flavors for an IMP Stout. Hops come through a little more than I would prefer less the malts come on just as strong with a great balance.

Thanks to Exiled for sharing this bottle. Dark brown pour with a tan head. The aroma is full of chocolate, oats and roasted malt. The flavor is similar. I get some chocolate and some bitter roasted malt, as well as some dark fruit and oats. Medium, creamy mouthfeel and medium carbonation.

12 oz bottle. Pours deep black with light tan head. Nice roasted malt, slight hint of coffee. Nice smooth mouthfeel. Awesome stout!

Stoudts Fat Dog imperial oatmeal stout has a very thick, creamy, cream-colored head and a quite dark, brown appearance, with a few little bubble streams visible at the bottom of the glass. Some lacing is evident. The aroma is of sweet, heavily roasted barley malt, oatmeal, and possibly even cocoa powder. Taste is of all that, plus deep bitterness. Mouthfeel is verging on heavy, and Stoudts Fat Dog finishes mostly dry, rich, cloying, and sip-able. Overall, this is a most excellent beer. RJT

pours black with a minimal brown head. This beer tastes of dark fruits, dark malts, roasted coffee with a stronger alcohol taste and abit bitter.