Three Boys Oyster Stout

Brewed by Three Boys Brewery
Style: Stout
Christchurch, New Zealand

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Very smooth, sweet, burnt, roasted, warm finish. Too polite to be outstanding.

Nothing to write home about in my book. A nice, easy to drink stout but nothing exceptional. I didn’t pick up on anything exotic - no chocolate, no coffee, and definitely no oyster. Disappointed given it’s reputation.

roasted coffee beans, malt and bitter cocoa, with perhaps a little saltiness (or is the name just putting things in my mind?) finishes with a lasting charred bitterness, and while there’s a little sweet chocolate as it warms up it’s very background stuff. quite delicious really.

Bottle at Edesia, Christchurch 11/1/13
Dark ruby brown with cola, sweet berry and cocoa on the nose. Thick bod, rich and smooth with roast coffee, dark chocolate and slight barley in the long finish.

Sampled from a 500mL bottle. Almost black, with a decent tan head. This beer has moderate chocolate and burnt malt aroma. It tastes similar also, with a long finish. The burnt malts slightly dominate the chocolate. Slightly one dimensional for my liking, and perhaps a bit thin for a stout. Typical light stout carbonation. This beer seems to get good reviews, so I might revisit at a later date. But for now, it seemed just average to me.

Sampled from a 500mL bottle. Almost black, with a decent tan head. This beer has moderate chocolate and burnt malt aroma. It tastes similar also, with a long finish. The burnt malts slightly dominate the chocolate. Slightly one dimensional for my liking, and perhaps a bit thin for a stout. Typical light stout carbonation. This beer seems to get good reviews, so I might revisit at a later date. But for now, it seemed just average to me.

Honestly I feel bereft of an experience. Buy this, please, but not because you’re edgy or cutting edge, but you’re either a total fanboy or lacking in adventure. Its really isn’t bad, I might have my expectation set high, but on my own scale of things this didn’t get to that bar.

I have tried a couple of oyster stouts buit this is tops it takes the iStout and adds real flavour with the saltiness which is not overpowering but complementary good arome syrupy sweet great combination of falvours

UPDATED: MAY 18, 2013 Re-rated, added more points to this gorgeous stout. Thick, oily and salty. Black and greasy, with a furry brown head, like a New Zealand fur seal. Thanks Goodness there’s not much of an aroma (like a fur seal’s) - and that is probably the weakest point - quite restricted to chocolates and plums, but once you taste it, it hits you with a sharp edge, like an oystershell. Such a pungent flavour, like a Russian Imperial Stout, strong, resinous, acidic and alcoholic. You do get a hint of chocolate but it’s mostly obverwhelmed by sweet charred flavours, and the full-bodied beer has a chalky texture, as an oystershell would. The finish is broad, with bitterness and saltiness taking over any sweet intentions. Great stout, delivering the promise of brine and stoutness.

Jet black, looks amazing, with great legs in the glass. Beautifully balanced stout, very subtle saltiness. Really enjoyed this!