Deep-browned chocolate liqueur-scented stout with dry nutty core perusing soured prune-fig finish retains strong alcohol presence. Sweet brown chocolate enrichment enhanced by anise-spiced raspberry puree tang, but cloying nature sometimes upends maple oatmeal backbone of full-bodied New Englander. Brewery defunct: 2005.

Promising coffee-oiled cappuccino entry and transient cocoa-dried dark chocolate spell bring dissipating up-front pleasantry. But oats-charred hop bittering and ashen tar acridity subsume initial mocha bounty as well as ancillary dried-fruited cherry-fig souring and smoked nut segue, allowing musty earthen graining to relegate mushroomed piney bottom.

Rich oatmeal presence, malt-infused berry aroma, and bitter grain linger provide strong up-front resonation. Mocha-coffee notes fill out blackened hop backdrop nicely.

Giving Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout a run for its money, smoothly full-bodied mahogany-hued colonial brew goes down like silk. Exquisite aromatic sweetness and frothy head consume the senses before coffee-stained oatmeal richness takes over and barleywine illusions induce peculiar twist to an already fascinating brew. Brewery defunct: 2006.

Fluffy bronze-headed stout pours like tar, retaining odorous smoky mocha must. Dark chocolate-malted espresso resonance perfectly counters moderate oatmeal intonation. Though frothy, creamy, and dry, sparkling water texture goes against traditional style. Yet given its enduring milkshake finish, this traditional Brit is quite grandiose.

Strong oatmeal waft enhances coffee-stained chocolate malted stout. Punctual mocha affluence strengthens lingering cherry wood backdrop, adding depth to roasted barley-oats finish. It’s got some kick, too! Brewery defunct: 2007.

Resilient mahogany-hued ruby-highlighted mocha-chalked stout matches thick nutty resonance to faded black chocolate creaminess and rich molasses residue. At finish, grain-roasted cereal oats belie oaken cedar-burnt coffee bittering.

Draught-styled in a can (as opposed to bottled version). Dry chocolate coating given watery lightness for under-whelming frothy-headed mid-range stout. ‘Smooth,’ as advertised, but too mild and tinny for its superior class. Oatmeal flavor indistinguishable and mocha too distant in the mix.

Despite expectant dark-toned gruffness, light-bodied stout stays defiantly easygoing and stylistically abstruse, dodging chocolate-y expectancy and finishing a bit thin. Buttery popcorn initiation quickly wiped away by black coffee serenity and burnt hickory ravine, turning drier as sour grape esters and arid cherry tartness rip through roasted hop setting where maple-walnut-cocoa illusions find solace.

Sticky lactic stout with tan-headed bronzed-mahogany hue compensates coffee-roasted maple mocha buttress with barley-roasted pale oats sugaring and sour-malted dried fruiting. A shade beneath stiff competition from comparative oatmeal stouts.

Creamy ruby-velvet stout exerts burnt coffee bitterness over roasted mocha-nut dryness and resinous black chocolate serenade. Piney Cascade hops graze raw molasses acridity, dried fruit hesitance, acrid vegetative saunter, and increasing charcoal-tarred harshness to espresso-cappuccino-cocoa midst, clearing the way for lactic milk chocolate-y eruption.