Paw Paw Brewing Company Black River Oatmeal Stout

Black River Oatmeal Stout

 

Paw Paw Brewing Company in Paw Paw, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Oatmeal Rotating
Score
6.80
ABV: 5.8% IBU: 32 Ticks: 5
Black River Oatmeal Stout is a very smooth slightly chocolaty stout. Pleasing mild roast, rich bittersweet chocolate and chocolate ice cream flavor. Terrific mouth feel, clean and drying in the finish. For the stout drinker this is a must try.
 

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8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft taster at Paw Paw. Last of four glasses, but it’s still holding on to a thin, tan head. Solid black color, of course. Very roasty dark malt nose, but not astringent of otherwise off. Just a note of coffee underneath the malt. So the taste is also solid and roasty, right at the edge of a black patent malt roast. The oatmeal in the bill doesn’t play too much here, it’s more like a dry stout, but one that’s a little more complex than expected. Another solid, well tuned beer, and I’m happy to have discovered this little brewery.
Tried from Draft on 17 Nov 2019 at 20:31

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours near black with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has lots of dark grains with some earthy roasted malts. Flavor has a nice dark grain and roasted malt combination with a bit of bread underlying.
Tried from Draft on 20 Dec 2015 at 14:34

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Thanks Ian.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a black color with a one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light speckled spider web lacing sticking to the sides of the glass.
The smell was super sweet chocolate in a dry sort of way. Light vanilla enters in after a minute of warming.
The taste was a really nice blend of the previously mentioned sweet flavors and then letting a roastiness come in nicely.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was there but nothing overbearing. The aftertaste had a long sweet chocolate vanilla which lead to a dry sweet chocolate finish.
Overall, this was a really nice sweet stout that made a fantastic dessert by itself.
Tried on 25 Aug 2014 at 14:58

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours fairly pitch black color with a 2 finger dense tan head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty foamy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, oats, toast, light char, dark bread, light herbal, and roasted earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt, oats, and light earthy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, oats, roasted malt, toast, dark bread, light char, herbal, and roasted earthiness. Fair amount of earthy herbal/roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, oats, roasted malt, toast, dark bread, light char, herbal, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice balance and robustness of dark/roasted malt, oats, and light herbal hop flavors; with a good roast bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a moderately creamy, smooth, and lightly chalky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice oatmeal stout. All around good robustness and complexity of dark/roast malt and oat flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2014 at 19:51

4/10
Overly burnt taste
Tried on 03 Nov 2012 at 19:53