JP's Oatmeal Stout - Christmas Edition

Cask at Brew Wharf that we tried some from on brewing day with Ang & Thomas Fri 6th Jan 2012 Roasty and oaky from the off with an abundance of chocolate and some smooth coffee also lingering liquorice. I’m not getting too much spiciness, which is a good thing as so many Christmas beers are overly spiced, ’less is more’ as they say and I think that Ang has got the spicing spot on here. Dry at finish with good bitterness. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Nice beer! A6 A4 T8 P4 Ov14 3.6

20th December 2011
At the Brew Wharf - courtesy of Ang - cheers mate! This is the Christmas Edition of this beer as stated by Angelo himself. In otherwords this edition is oaked and with vanilla pods and cinnamon. Opaque dark brown beer, small tan head. Smooth semi dry palate. Smooth dark malt with nicely judged vanilla. The cinnamon is subtler. Whispers of dark fruits. Finishes with a little coffee and some bitterness in the aftertaste. Decent.

Cask at The Brew Wharf, London. Pours opaque, black-brown with a foamy, beige head. Light roasted malt in the aroma, some cocoa. Nice flavor, dry and chalky roastiness, light sweetness, a bit of wood, faint cocoa. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly dry, charred wood finish, some baking cocoa, oaky wood, subtle earth and burnt grass. Nice beer. Has a very restrained character, but still some nice nuance.