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12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
Stone Brewing
- From:
- Stone Brewing
- California, United States
- Style:
- Oatmeal Stout
- ABV:
- 9.2%
- Score:
- 92
- Avg:
- 4.11 | pDev: 9.98%
- Reviews:
- 710
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 06, 2020
- Added:
- Jul 02, 2008
- Wants:
- 90
- Gots:
- 140
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Ratings by Farrell:
Reviewed by Farrell from New Jersey
4.48/5 rDev +9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
4.48/5 rDev +9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4
I picked up a few of these at my local liquor store... not bad if you ask me! I poured a 22oz bomber into a 16oz pint glass, and gave the remainder to my brother to try.
A: The beer pours pitch black with the most delicious looking chocolate colored head. One look at this beer and you know it has hardy written all over it.
S: A few aromas permeate from this brew such as coffee and dark chocolate, a closer sniff will reveal some hops well. As you drink the beer, a slight alcohol smell develops as the beer warms, but eventually goes away.
T: When poured, the beer starts off with an awesome combination of flavors, to me it is like the oatmeal stout creates the base and is layered with the chocolate flavors of a porter. The use of real dark chocolate really brings out a different type of bitterness for those used to hop bitterness. In my opinion, this is a huge plus because it really gives the beer a nice balanced taste without swinging into extremes. The only fault is as I reached the middle of my beer, the taste of alcohol became a little more noticeable.
M: the only word to describe this is hardy. A nice thickness enhanced by a perfect carbonation gives this stout a great feel.
D. This was hard to score because stouts in general can never really have the drinkability of a lighter bodied beer. It is not wise to pound this beer after beer, it should be enjoyed slowly. However, as stouts go, this is pretty easy to drink. As before it loses a point do to its odd alcohol taste in the middle (considering it is hidden very well at the beginning and the end). Thankfully, it finished very clean with a sweet chocolate taste and a hint of coffee.
Stone did a great job with this one, only a few flaws.
Aug 11, 2008A: The beer pours pitch black with the most delicious looking chocolate colored head. One look at this beer and you know it has hardy written all over it.
S: A few aromas permeate from this brew such as coffee and dark chocolate, a closer sniff will reveal some hops well. As you drink the beer, a slight alcohol smell develops as the beer warms, but eventually goes away.
T: When poured, the beer starts off with an awesome combination of flavors, to me it is like the oatmeal stout creates the base and is layered with the chocolate flavors of a porter. The use of real dark chocolate really brings out a different type of bitterness for those used to hop bitterness. In my opinion, this is a huge plus because it really gives the beer a nice balanced taste without swinging into extremes. The only fault is as I reached the middle of my beer, the taste of alcohol became a little more noticeable.
M: the only word to describe this is hardy. A nice thickness enhanced by a perfect carbonation gives this stout a great feel.
D. This was hard to score because stouts in general can never really have the drinkability of a lighter bodied beer. It is not wise to pound this beer after beer, it should be enjoyed slowly. However, as stouts go, this is pretty easy to drink. As before it loses a point do to its odd alcohol taste in the middle (considering it is hidden very well at the beginning and the end). Thankfully, it finished very clean with a sweet chocolate taste and a hint of coffee.
Stone did a great job with this one, only a few flaws.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by janubio from Spain
3.74/5 rDev -9%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.74/5 rDev -9%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle at Echarle Huevos, served at home in a snifter glass. Pours a black colour, medium dark chocolate head sith shor retention. Almost no lacing.
Aroma of chocolate, rum, wood, vanilla, spices, herbs.
Medium body, creamy texture, normal carbonation. Bitter finish.
Taste of chocolate, dried fruits, herbs, rum, spices vanilla.
Very good.
Mar 13, 2020Aroma of chocolate, rum, wood, vanilla, spices, herbs.
Medium body, creamy texture, normal carbonation. Bitter finish.
Taste of chocolate, dried fruits, herbs, rum, spices vanilla.
Very good.
Reviewed by Beejay from Virginia
4.07/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.07/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A: dark black in color with a tan head.
S: sweet up front with a touch of Orange peel, and perhaps a hint of smoke. It almost had a Islam scotch aroma to it.
T: not getting the orange peel as much, but info get smoke, toffee, and chocolate.
M: medium thick with a creamy feel. Moderate carbonatuon.
O: tasty, but the aroma far surpasses the flavor.
Apr 17, 2019S: sweet up front with a touch of Orange peel, and perhaps a hint of smoke. It almost had a Islam scotch aroma to it.
T: not getting the orange peel as much, but info get smoke, toffee, and chocolate.
M: medium thick with a creamy feel. Moderate carbonatuon.
O: tasty, but the aroma far surpasses the flavor.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.77/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hearty black, but slightly less than their classic RIS. Still has the brown head cap on it in the 1/2" range. Looks very good like every other Stone stout made. Aroma hits the chocolate malt and roasted malt notes. No surprises here like Radiohead said.
Taste is a well made beer that stresses its chocolate malt without dropping a bunch of sugar on the drinker. Still hides the alcohol quite well without the use of aforementioned sweetness, this is baker's dark unsweetened chocolate malt if you will. Lays off the dark stone fruit bitterness thankfully. Slightly bitter and roasty throughout the lifetime of the beer. Neither of which is excessively done. One of the nicer things about the beer is how it didn't go for the biggest thickest kind of angle, its all screw your Chicago pour, you can dome this all by yourself. One of the few examples of a bomber that wasn't some ridiculous price per oz. A solid offering.
Mar 26, 2018Taste is a well made beer that stresses its chocolate malt without dropping a bunch of sugar on the drinker. Still hides the alcohol quite well without the use of aforementioned sweetness, this is baker's dark unsweetened chocolate malt if you will. Lays off the dark stone fruit bitterness thankfully. Slightly bitter and roasty throughout the lifetime of the beer. Neither of which is excessively done. One of the nicer things about the beer is how it didn't go for the biggest thickest kind of angle, its all screw your Chicago pour, you can dome this all by yourself. One of the few examples of a bomber that wasn't some ridiculous price per oz. A solid offering.
Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
3.96/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
**
08/11/2017
22oz Bottle (01/10/2016) to snifter. Aged 19 months.
Thought I had rated this back in early 2016, but I guess not. Remember it being good, not great; possibly to benefit from some age. Maybe 19 months is a bit long for this sub-10% beer. Still tasty, but I feel like it has degraded a little.
LOOK: dark black pour; decent brown head. Retains decently, excellent considering age.
AROMA: I get wood, cocoa powder, with some hints of hay/grass.
TASTE: Bitter chocolate is nice. would complement a sweeter dessert well. I also get notes of raisin and fig. I don;t necessarily taste oatmeal; but there is a grainy taste that I am attributing to the oats in the malt.
FEEL: full bodied; light carbonation, but better than expected for style and age. dry finish.
All in all a pretty solid beer; like Belgian chocolate meets Irish stout. I wish I had jotted down my notes the first time i had this to compare. Opening a 1 year old OAKMEAL next to compare barrel aged vs. non barrel aged of the same beer.
**
Aug 11, 201708/11/2017
22oz Bottle (01/10/2016) to snifter. Aged 19 months.
Thought I had rated this back in early 2016, but I guess not. Remember it being good, not great; possibly to benefit from some age. Maybe 19 months is a bit long for this sub-10% beer. Still tasty, but I feel like it has degraded a little.
LOOK: dark black pour; decent brown head. Retains decently, excellent considering age.
AROMA: I get wood, cocoa powder, with some hints of hay/grass.
TASTE: Bitter chocolate is nice. would complement a sweeter dessert well. I also get notes of raisin and fig. I don;t necessarily taste oatmeal; but there is a grainy taste that I am attributing to the oats in the malt.
FEEL: full bodied; light carbonation, but better than expected for style and age. dry finish.
All in all a pretty solid beer; like Belgian chocolate meets Irish stout. I wish I had jotted down my notes the first time i had this to compare. Opening a 1 year old OAKMEAL next to compare barrel aged vs. non barrel aged of the same beer.
**
Rated by fx20736 from New York
4.18/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
silky, chocolatey, tasty
Feb 13, 2017
12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout from Stone Brewing
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
979 ratings
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