Young's Oatmeal Stout
Rating: 7 out of 10
I had one of these @ John's the night before we flew to Munich and hadn't been able to find it locally. I remember it favorably but didn't review it. I gave it 25 min. out of the box to warm as it's a .5L, what a civilized size.
Beer temp. 49.6F. Pours a dark ruby brown with a caramel colored head. Aroma is coffee and molasses. Flavor is distinctly stout but with an unusual smoothness. This is definitely a sweet stout which is right up my alley. The heavy malts really come through with deep caramel and molasses flavors predominating. Color cleared after settling and is a surprisingly beautiful ruby brown. Flavor lingers a while on the tongue but not overly long. It feels rich in the mouth and coats the whole mouth and tongue evenly. Head has been weak and thin, not clinging to the sides of the glass. Nice smoky rich flavor lasts all the way down the bottle. Not quite the complexity of flavors and aromas of my favorite Mackeson but is countered by its unusual smoothness.
A definite keeper. Maybe next time I'll use a pub glass to give the head a better chance. Wish I could find it here.
By Dad on
March 22, 2007 @ 1 PM with 0 Comments
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