Culchiem (6642) reviewed Oatmeal Stout from N17 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at ICBF16. Jet black with a large tan head. Aroma of mocha. Flavour is intense coffee, chewy oatmeal, roasted coffee on a bitter chocolate finish.
stravale (3279) reviewed Oatmeal Stout from N17 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Cask @ EBBC14, Dublin [270614]
Pitch black, dense tan rich creamy head, good lacing
Aroma or rich dark malts, soft rich dark plain chocolate, nice mellow coffee, soft piney hops, dab of floral hops, smells quite like a Black IPA, great
Taste of dark chocolate, rich dark malts, mellow mellow soft roast malts, really stouty, then a layer of piney hops on top, and a bit of floral hop there too, alcohol totally hidden. This is going into Black IPA territory and tastes absolutely superb...it reminds me of cask Buxton Imperial Black.
Palate - Medium body, smooth, fairly sweet dark malts with a touch of bitter roast and hops. Served from a one-off small cask and was lacking condition a bit as was a tad flat, but still had a great palate, with a smooth finish which continued that excellent flavour on, none of that burnt bitterness.
Overall - This is a superb cask beer and what I like to see in a stout. On top condition on cask, easily in the very top Irish beers for me so far available. I really hope to see this again soon.....