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Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment
 
California, United States
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.77 | pDev: 8.75%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
25
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 08, 2019
Added:
Apr 09, 2013
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  2
Oatmeal Belgian Milk Chocolate Stout
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Ratings by Fatehunter:
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Reviewed by Fatehunter from Oregon

4.06/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a thin head on a black body.
The aroma is rich and complex chocolate with spices. Really nice.
The taste is milky and chocolate start to middle, then a dark chocolate bitter note to finish it off.
The texture is smooth with a little fizz at the end.
A superb beer.
Nov 11, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.17 by jmbeerdude91 from Arizona

Dec 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Dec 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by deac83 from Texas

Nov 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by ItsYourBoyBlue from Washington

May 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

May 20, 2016
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Reviewed by TheWiltChamberlainofipas from Oregon

4.1/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Brown sugar and molasses dominate on the nose of this syrupy jet black beer. The flavor is bittersweet very dark chocolate, maple syrup, dark fruits. Very rich but not as thick as I would of liked in an oatmeal stout. A tad watery but that adds to the drinkablity which could get one in trouble. Not a roasted malt bomb as the additives mask any chared malt characteristics, so if you like a nice bittersweet stout you will like this.
Feb 18, 2016
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Reviewed by jakecattleco from California

3.43/5  rDev -9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Bottle poured into a tulip glass. Pours an opaque black with 2 fingers of tan low density head that left some lacing. Nose is dominated by the molasses with faint hints of chocolate. Taste was inverted, heavy on the chocolate with tiny sweet hints of the molasses. Body was thin, carbonation a bit low, the finish was a little dry with a slight alcohol burn. Won't be buying again.
Jan 24, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by GRG1313 from California

Jan 16, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by redfox405 from Virginia

Jan 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.68 by MickeyHops from California

Dec 06, 2015
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Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California

2.87/5  rDev -23.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.5
Bottled on 8/26/15.

Pours an opaque black with a foamy dark khaki head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Thin streaks of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, cocoa powder, molasses, earth, char, and slight funk aromas. Taste is much the same with tart cocoa powder, dark chocolate, molasses, char, and dirt flavors on the finish. There is a medium amount of roast bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty poor beer with an infection that isn't too bad in the smell, but it comes across more prominently in the taste and makes this one hard to drink more than a few sips of.

Serving type: bottle.
Nov 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by Hohnbaum from Kansas

Oct 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Gobzilla from California

Aug 29, 2015
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Reviewed by kemoarps from New York

3.79/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
That deep dark chocolate brown that borders on black until you hold it to the light. Minimal head reminds me that this is almost 10%. What little there is though skitters across the cap and leaves its sticky sweetness on the glass.

Nose is sweet milky chocolate. Maybe some roasty malts, but the chocolate (unsurprisingly) stands front and centre.

Less chocolate and more roast on the tongue. Chalky/bakers chocolate/dry but never quite ashy. I do wish that the molasses had shown through a little more as I adore molasses. Might be what gives it a soft bulge around the middle, but never really puts itself out there. Likewise the brown sugar. The finish turns pleasantly bitter and retains the dry bakers chocolate themes from earlier.
Medium+ body with those fine pinprickly carbonation bubbles that accent but I wouldn't really notice were I not scanning that quadrant.

It grows on me as it warms.
Thanks Mica!
May 25, 2015
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Reviewed by pkalix from California

4.01/5  rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
not great, but not bad. full flavor but a little "amateurish" in the taste. maybe it's the high abv which factors into the taste, in which case, if I were judging according to abv, this is done very well. for 9.5%, this is a great flavor; I think I was expecting more in the taste.... but a very good, very stable brew in its own right.
Mar 29, 2015
 
Rated: 3.57 by charlzm from California

Jan 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.81 by rawfish from California

Jan 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by retry4z from California

Dec 09, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by mre4b from California

Nov 08, 2014
Unplugged from Acoustic Ales Brewing Experiment
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 25 ratings