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 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours black with no head. Aromas if coffee, sugar, and roasted malts. Flavors of black coffee, light vanilla, and roasted barley. Elements of oatmeal: somewhat oily and smooth. Great for the low ABV.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2014
at 16:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - Dark chocolate, dark roast coffee and the usual oatmeal notes. Jet black with a rich brown head. Chocolate and roasted malts. A good oatmeal stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2014
at 10:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle (bottled 11/27/13) poured into a tulip pint glass (Guinness style glass). Pours black with some light brown hues around the edges. Almost a finger of tan head. Aromas of vanilla, oats, chocolates, roast, coffee, caramel. Tasting notes of vanilla, oats, chocolate, roast, coffee, bit of bitterness. Smooth creamy mouthfeel with a slightly dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2014
at 19:48
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, seasonal release. Inky black with small creamy beige head, roasted malt aroma, coffee beans and hints of chocolate in the taste, low carbonation, creamy body, long bitter finish. Very very good stout!
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2014
at 11:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at Pacific Coast Brewing, Oakland. Colour is black with small brownish white head. Aromas and flavours: Coffee, hints of chocolate and roasted malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Dec 2013
at 00:06
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle black with dark brown edges, fleeting momentary head with carmely roasted aroma. As it warms up a bit, nice smooth roasty flavors come out and a silky soft palate. Nicely balanced. Very tast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2013
at 21:26
8/10
Tried
on 31 Oct 2013
at 21:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ CBC 2013 [ Blue Session ]. - Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013, Sparta Hallen, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, 2100 Copenhagen, DenmarkClear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, light coffee, dusty, espresso. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, caramel, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130504]
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2013
at 07:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle. Dark brown color topped by a small, brief beige head. Subtle roasted malt aroma with notes of coffee and chocolate. Sweet roasted malt flavor with a creamy mouthfeel. Some cocoa and coffee in the mid taste, while the oats add an earthy, nuttiness. Light dry bitter hops in finish balance this nicely. Very tasty and smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Sep 2013
at 21:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Unfiltered brown-black body with a creamy beige head. Definitely heading into the sweet stout style, very sweet with an almost lactic touch. Doesn’t come off that fresh...but it’s not, over 6 months since it was bottled. Roasty, big specialty malt tones. The hops are faded and gone, and I’d assume that what made this beer work. Not so bad, some luscious chocolate tones, but not good enough that I’d eagerly revisit it....revisited and I like it a lot better. Displays some respectable balance. Good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2013
at 23:04