Creamy tan-headed, obsidian-bodied oatmeal stout lets dryly debittered black malts scurry thru coffee-burnt espresso tones, dark chocolate bittering, ashen walnut sear and dark roast hop char – gaining slight hazelnut sweetness at nutty oats-dried coffee finish.
On tap at Casual Pint – VB, flagship dark ale stays dry as bitter molasses treacle, chalky cocoa powdering and nutty dark coffee serenade reach dark-roast hop char above oats-flaked mocha malting.
“Classic unassuming” traditional oatmeal stout lets wood-charred hop roast penetrate dark chocolate fudging that contrasts raw molasses bittering and dark-roast coffee swipe ultimately sweetened by sugared maple oats at the blackened mocha finish.
Sugary French vanilla creaming contrasts coffee-burnt dark chocolate malting as mild molasses oats underscore. In the distance, dark cherry and black grape fruiting plus mild cola nuttiness hide out.
On tap at Taphouse 15, light roast coffee and sugary vanilla reach fudgy chocolate base of 2019 oatmeal stout variant. Vanilla milkshake sway fades as nutty cocoa remnant reaches smooth maple oats bottom of veritable breakfast elixir.
Decadent Palo Santo-wooded rum and bourbon aged oatmeal stout blends rummy bourbon vanilla sugaring with bittersweet dark chocolate fudging, toasted coconut sweetness and cedar-smoked dark molasses oats. Rich cookie dough base fortifies frothily creamed coconut-caked chocolate bourbon nightcap.
2023 Coco Baked variant utilizes yogurt-like coconut milking to envelop tarry walnut-charred earthen scorch embittered further by molasses-dried dark chocolate syruping. Mild charcoal-stained pinot noir wining and wispy dry burgundy riffs waver. Way different than sweeter Toasted Coconut & Oatmeal version.
Rich dark chocolate syruping coats tarry espresso-milked coffee roast and nutty hop char over bittersweet molasses oats base. A robust mocha-drenched breakfast wakeup.
Robust coffee-burnt dark chocolate bittering and nut-seared dark-roast hop char singe earthen mossing. Latent Blackstrap molasses tarring soaks up dry mocha rampage contrasting oats-sugared milk chocolatey finish.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, boastful Greatest Of All Time jargon set aside, this one’s a tad too staid. Creamy black chocolate bittering, soothing milked coffee serenade and sweet molasses oats base pickup mild chocolate cookie nuance as slight peanut, hazelnut and walnut illusions reach the surface. But it’s less creamy, less mocha enriched and less nutty than bigger oatmeal stout’s by the finish.
Bittersweet dark chocolate penetrates milk-sugared coffee tones and molasses oatmeal base. Mild hop char increases tarry mocha bitterness consuming robust stout.
Bitter dark chocolate, chalky Bakers chocolate and Blackstrap molasses pervade slightly charred oats flaked base as mild nutty coffee oiling and scorched earth peating complete dry-bodied stout. Serve to robust English stout fans.
