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Dark Night Oatmeal Stout
Santa Cruz Ale Works
- From:
- Santa Cruz Ale Works
- California, United States
- Style:
- Oatmeal Stout
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.46 | pDev: 15.32%
- Reviews:
- 32
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 09, 2018
- Added:
- Feb 27, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Stoutmaster9 from California
3.9/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.9/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured all 1 PT .6 FL OZ into a big, frosty mug.
Silky-smooth smokey oatmeal and sporadically strong yet watery chocolate, with a crisp coffee mid to aftertaste.
If followed by a half pint of Coffee Stout or perhaps a pint of Obsidian Stout, which has similar characteristics, this brew would serve as a satisfying 'launching pad'
Potential.
Mar 03, 2017Silky-smooth smokey oatmeal and sporadically strong yet watery chocolate, with a crisp coffee mid to aftertaste.
If followed by a half pint of Coffee Stout or perhaps a pint of Obsidian Stout, which has similar characteristics, this brew would serve as a satisfying 'launching pad'
Potential.
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.45/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.45/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Black in the middle brown to the edge, brown of a lighter shade for the head 2/5". Lots of roastiness and bitterness in the aroma and taste.
Oatmeal smooths out the mouthfeel to where you don't get a substantial amount of chocolate, brown malt notes or coffee therefrom, its just coming through like a lot of heavily roasted 2 row and oats straight up.
Pulls down a hint of smoke. Its affordable unlike most bomber format beers. Average stuff overall but recommended if you like hearty smooth oatmeal adjunct otherwise less stouts.
Jan 30, 2016Oatmeal smooths out the mouthfeel to where you don't get a substantial amount of chocolate, brown malt notes or coffee therefrom, its just coming through like a lot of heavily roasted 2 row and oats straight up.
Pulls down a hint of smoke. Its affordable unlike most bomber format beers. Average stuff overall but recommended if you like hearty smooth oatmeal adjunct otherwise less stouts.
Reviewed by Samuel906 from California
3.01/5 rDev -13%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
3.01/5 rDev -13%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Pours a very dark brown with a huge, fluffy tan head that stays for several minutes. Aroma is mostly bitter chocolate and some roasted notes. Taste is very similar, lots of bitter dark chocolate, with the faintest hint of brown sugar. Not as much oatmeal flavor as I would like. Feel is very thin with lots of carbonation. Would have liked it a little creamier. Decent beer, but nothing to write home about. The best thing this has going for it is the bitter chocolate, and is not the usual sugar bomb that stouts are turning into these days.
Sep 20, 2013Reviewed by DankSinatra
2.91/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.91/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Serving type: 22oz bottle poured into a Kona Breweing Co. Pint glass.
A: Pours a dark, blackish, typical stout-looking color with a tan, quickly dissipating 1 1/2-finger head. I'd give it a 4 on the Appearance, based on the quickly dissipating head.
S: Not a particularly strong smell for a stout, but smells like chocolate & coffee. - 3.0
T: Taste is pretty good, though definitely has room for improvement - mildly chocolatey biter taste, almost like a watered-down Sheaf Stout. - 2.5
M: Mouthfeel is similar to most stouts, pretty good, I'd like it to be creamier, but this isn't a cream-based stout to my knowledge. - 3.5
O: Overall I'd say this is a decent oatmeal stout, though I was expecting better because I really liked SC Ale Works' Hefeweizen. I'll see what my ratings average out to, but overall I'd give it a 65-70%.
I was disappointed because I paid about $4 for a 22-oz. bottle, expecting this to be a premium product. I would much rather buy a 6-er of Anderson Valley's or Lost Coast's Oatmeal Stouts or a 22-oz of Sheaf because they are much cheaper per ounce and are superior beers. Definitely not one of SC Ale Works' better efforts.
Nov 25, 2012A: Pours a dark, blackish, typical stout-looking color with a tan, quickly dissipating 1 1/2-finger head. I'd give it a 4 on the Appearance, based on the quickly dissipating head.
S: Not a particularly strong smell for a stout, but smells like chocolate & coffee. - 3.0
T: Taste is pretty good, though definitely has room for improvement - mildly chocolatey biter taste, almost like a watered-down Sheaf Stout. - 2.5
M: Mouthfeel is similar to most stouts, pretty good, I'd like it to be creamier, but this isn't a cream-based stout to my knowledge. - 3.5
O: Overall I'd say this is a decent oatmeal stout, though I was expecting better because I really liked SC Ale Works' Hefeweizen. I'll see what my ratings average out to, but overall I'd give it a 65-70%.
I was disappointed because I paid about $4 for a 22-oz. bottle, expecting this to be a premium product. I would much rather buy a 6-er of Anderson Valley's or Lost Coast's Oatmeal Stouts or a 22-oz of Sheaf because they are much cheaper per ounce and are superior beers. Definitely not one of SC Ale Works' better efforts.
Dark Night Oatmeal Stout from Santa Cruz Ale Works
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
56 ratings
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