Ashy up-front mocha-maple sweetness and terrific flaked oatmeal finish bookend smoky dark brown treasure. Subtle dry malts and bitter hops amplify seeping piney essence, softening raspy chocolate sweetness to dry coffee finish. Neither as potent as Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout nor as chewy as Ipswich Oatmeal Stout, yet an undeniable big time contender.

Dry-toned chalky mocha bittering consumes oatmeal and wheat by 2-1 margin. While neither rich nor heavy as darker stouts, burnt wood tones and port-like finish thicken its resolve.

Ascending black coffee roast, molasses-sapped burnt caramel creaminess, and supportive hop-embittered nuttiness linger loudly to driest lactose-chocolate finish, picking up charred pine-maple wood tones, flaked oat stipend, and raisin-prune dalliance. Creamy soured mocha center reveals teensy black licorice dash. Even its exquisite jet black hue, maroon-burgundy highlights, rocky tan head, and lacey remnant encourage attention.

Jet black oatmeal stout lacks creamy black chocolate density of richer rivals, yet woodsy hickory-oak insistence, smoked meat graze, black cherry tang, and anise amble confirm scintillating dry port appeal. By firm finish, mellow butterscotch awakens flaked oats toasting.

Black as molasses and nearly as thick, deliriously creamy tan-headed ebony stout links distinct wood-burnt hop-spiced bitterness to barley-mocha roasted affluence and precocious cocoa fudged resilience. After swallowing, coarse oat groats welcome incredibly durable espresso-coffee bean finish as unrefined maple sap extract, ripe raisin flirtation, grainy walnut-Brazil nut buffing, and black cherry souring intrigue sticky milky-textured backdrop.

Frothy tan-headed mahogany-bodied lactose-aided dry stout hides flaked oatmeal expectancy behind roasted coffee souring and raisin-almond-vanilla adjuncts. Maple malt succulence and black chocolate creaminess overrun by thin cocoa finish, leaving minimal nut trace.

Parched mocha whiff sets up delightful oats-dried black chocolate setting, burnt coffee bittering, and maple sap deluge of mahogany medium body. Rich cocoa malting drives nutty rudder where secondary charcoal-tar coarseness and tart fig recession cluster. Crisp mineral water current provides clean bed.

Weak tawny-headed, garnet-hued, resin-hopped faux-oatmeal stout with dry-roasted coffee bitterness, chalky mocha desolation, faraway metallic nuttiness, and breezy raspberry wisp stays a bit too fizzy. Lack of firm chocolate creaminess and toasted grain depth truly hurt its slim chance.

Chocolate-sheltered ebony-hued oatmeal stout gets chewy tobacco, mild tar, and meaty nut infusion mellowed by thinly-textured burnt coffee aridness to bitter espresso finish. Charred wood dryness underscores toasted hops, variable mocha malts, and possible currant-fig notes.