7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught, at the brewery
My first impression of the name was "why bother with the oatmeal?" Shows what I know. This really is an imperial oatmeal stout, not an imperial stout. Black in colour. Light, roasty aroma with a hint of chocolate. Full, soft body. A little bit roasty. Mild bitterness. I need more time to adapt to the concept but that’s okay because it’s very good beer.
My first impression of the name was "why bother with the oatmeal?" Shows what I know. This really is an imperial oatmeal stout, not an imperial stout. Black in colour. Light, roasty aroma with a hint of chocolate. Full, soft body. A little bit roasty. Mild bitterness. I need more time to adapt to the concept but that’s okay because it’s very good beer.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2005
at 16:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught, at the brewery
Dark brown colour. Toffeeish aroma. Body is sweet - full of chewy, toffeeish malts with maybe a hint of caramel. This also has a fair bit of bitterness, woodyness, but this blends seamlessly into the malts.
Dark brown colour. Toffeeish aroma. Body is sweet - full of chewy, toffeeish malts with maybe a hint of caramel. This also has a fair bit of bitterness, woodyness, but this blends seamlessly into the malts.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2005
at 16:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught, at the brewery
Dark amber colour. Slightly chocolatey, minty, sprucy aroma - none used, though. A little bit thin. Accent is towards toffeeish, slightly chocolatey malt notes.
Dark amber colour. Slightly chocolatey, minty, sprucy aroma - none used, though. A little bit thin. Accent is towards toffeeish, slightly chocolatey malt notes.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2005
at 16:21
5.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught, at the brewery
Cloudy. Light amber colour. Woody, citrusy hop aroma - all hops. The body is a little thin and malts undeveloped. Very woody and bitter - but not balanced. Definitely would want to see this one less attenuated.
Cloudy. Light amber colour. Woody, citrusy hop aroma - all hops. The body is a little thin and malts undeveloped. Very woody and bitter - but not balanced. Definitely would want to see this one less attenuated.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2005
at 16:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught, at the brewery
Golden-amber colour. Woody, toasty aroma with honeyed malts. Crisp, minerally body. Balanced - the style is done very well here. It’s just not to my personal taste.
Golden-amber colour. Woody, toasty aroma with honeyed malts. Crisp, minerally body. Balanced - the style is done very well here. It’s just not to my personal taste.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2005
at 16:16
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Murky colour. Very bitter. Chewy, grassy, slightly resiny. A fun experiment - Perle don’t come to mind as a good APA hop, but these work nicely. A damn tasty drop.
Tried
on 16 Jan 2005
at 16:14
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle Pours a jet black witha very large frothy creamy tan head and dense thick lacing. Aromas are a fairly sweet dark roasted malt. Prunes, grapes a little smoke and the ABV is there as well. Flavors are more of a bitter smokey burnt taste and plenty of hops. The alcohol cuts through the flavors pretty easy. Feel is a very smooth buttery, oily sensation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2004
at 19:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle Pours a clear light red/amber with a small sandy head that laves very little lacing. Aromais hops and sweet malts. Rather piney. Flavors are woody and bitter. Somewhat sweet and easy going down. Feel is a bit thin and aftertaste is a pleasant grassy hop bitterness. Not a bad selection from my old stomping grounds, Bellingham Wa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2004
at 17:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle Pours a deep copper amber witha modest light tan head. Plenty of hops and malt in the aroma and a fiarly heavy ESB type flavor. Feel was decent, not too thin and the aftertaste was a fairly bitter bite.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2004
at 23:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Made for the 04 Washington Brewfest. Cloudy light amber with beige head.Grapefruit nose. Light bodied malt & grapefruit hop flavor with a mild but lasting finish
Tried
on 27 Jun 2004
at 12:00