Velvet Merlin
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Oatmeal Regular|
Score
7.42
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A decadent oatmeal stout. Velvet Merlin offers robust cocoa and espresso aromas with subtle American hop nuances. Rich dark chocolate and roasted coffee flavor with a creamy mouth feel and wonderfully dry finish create the perfect balance in this full-bodied stout. Ideal for sipping in the winter months or at the end of a meal.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
smooth lots of dark chocolate and oatmeal. Dry. Well balanced. Not bitter. Excellent.
Tried
on 08 Apr 2011
at 16:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to somebody, I forget but thanks! Pours black with a gray head that dissipated quickly to the edges. Aroma has a nice roasted malt note with a good amount of oat and just a bit of bourbon backing. Flavor starts with roasted malt and a bit of oats that blends nicely with the backing bourbon note. A nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2011
at 14:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle from Plaza Liquors
Appearance: Clear dark brown, almost black, with a medium sized beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Smokey, roasted coffee and dark malts
Taste: Roasted coffee, dark malts and ashy A very nice and enjoyable.
Appearance: Clear dark brown, almost black, with a medium sized beige head and some lacing
Aroma: Smokey, roasted coffee and dark malts
Taste: Roasted coffee, dark malts and ashy A very nice and enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2011
at 09:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Malt & Vine. Pours dark brown/black with a creamy tan head that left rapidly. Aroma is a hint of bourbon with lots of chocolate and smooth burnt malt. Near full body. Flavor is chocolate, smooth burnt malt and hints of bourbon/oak. This one could do for breakfast. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2011
at 20:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Brought by Greg to the beer gathering. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a black color with a small beige head that left minimal lacing. The aroma was licorice and burnt roasty malts. The flavor was dryish, malty, roasty and woody with notes of licorice, and bitter floral hops. There were undertones of faint coffee and cocoa. The finish was long, dry, roasty and bitter with some light floral hops. Fairly full bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2011
at 10:01
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bouteille partagée avec Markwise. Quelle bonne surprise et Firestone touche encore la marque. Une bière légère qui est remplie de saveur. Couleur est brune, mousse est fine et beige. Arôme est superbement biscuité laissant de superbes notes de farine d’avoine. Pas mal de malt grillé. En bouche, l’expérience reste la même quoique l’avoine est légèrement en retrait. J’y note un palais épais en avoine, aspect de céréales, biscuité. Une fine amertume du houblon Fuggles est enveloppée dans l’onctuosité que l’avoine et le malt laissent en bouche.
Tried
on 09 Jan 2011
at 09:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle pours a watery, opaque black with a cloudy, white head. Nose is malty, bready, reminded me of a doppelbock, chocolate. Flavor is sweet, malty, chocolate, bread, grains, light wood, light smoke. Medium bodied. Disappointingly average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2010
at 16:28
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
@Rudolph Throwdown-got in trade with jtclockwork-12oz bottle-pours a dissipating light brown head and black color. Aroma is sweet dark malt/oat-chocolate/roasty. Taste is sweet dark malt/oat-chocolate/roasty, secondary earthy hops. Soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2010
at 16:58
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours black with off white head. Nose and taste of oatmeal, roasted chocolate malts and freshly brewed coffee. Crunchy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2010
at 15:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of rich roasted malt, slightly sweet oats, a little bourbon and vanilla - the roasted malt is most pronounced though. Flavour matches accordingly, with the slightly sweet roasted malts and burnt flavours upfront. Not much presence of the bourbon barrel aging, thought there is maybe a subtle oak and vanilla character buried underneath somewhere. Palate is velvety as the name suggests. Very solid oatmeal stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2010
at 20:49