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Fish Tale Organic Oatmeal Stout
Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
- From:
- Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American Stout
- ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 8.87%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 20, 2016
- Added:
- Mar 09, 2012
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 2
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Reviewed by VashonGuy from Washington
3.92/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Serving: on tap in a shaker pint.
Foamy head that doesn't last, but coats the glass with lacing. Aroma is mild roasty. Flavor is roasty, a bit of coffee, and a lot of oatmeal. The beer is creamy but not at all heavy. Very nicely done.
May 20, 2016Foamy head that doesn't last, but coats the glass with lacing. Aroma is mild roasty. Flavor is roasty, a bit of coffee, and a lot of oatmeal. The beer is creamy but not at all heavy. Very nicely done.
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.78/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.78/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled in 2/2014. Pours nearly pitch black color with a 1 finger dense tan head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, molasses, dark bread, toasted oats, light char, and roasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roasted malt and toasted oat notes; with solid strength. Taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted malt, dark bread, toasted oats, light char, and roasted earthiness. Good amount of roasted bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roast, dark bread, toasted oats, light char, and roasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity and robustness of dark/roasted malt and toasted oat flavors; with a nice roasted bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with smooth, creamy, and slightly chalky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with no warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good oatmeal stout. All around good complexity and balance of dark/roasted malt and toasted oat flavors; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Sep 06, 2014Reviewed by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a US tumbler pint glass.
A: The beer is a deep dark brown color, with a thin off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and a touch hops.
T: The taste starts out sweet with a hearty roasted malt character and flavors of toasted oats followed by mildly sweet flavors of chocolate and coffee. The hops presence is mild but complementary and brings a good balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet.
M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is dry and slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, decent kick, good representation style, it’s a solid beer to drink for a while if you’re in the mood for the style.
Apr 16, 2014A: The beer is a deep dark brown color, with a thin off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thin lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains roasted malts, coffee, chocolate and a touch hops.
T: The taste starts out sweet with a hearty roasted malt character and flavors of toasted oats followed by mildly sweet flavors of chocolate and coffee. The hops presence is mild but complementary and brings a good balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet.
M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is dry and slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, decent kick, good representation style, it’s a solid beer to drink for a while if you’re in the mood for the style.
Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California
3.47/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.47/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Pours an opaque black with a foamy dark khaki head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Thin rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of dark roasted malt, toasted oats, cookie dough, and cocoa aromas. Taste is much the same with cocoa and char flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of roasty bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is an above average beer with a very nice set of smells but the roasted malt flavors are a bit too acrid in my opinion.
Aug 10, 2013Reviewed by JuicesFlowing from Kansas
4.06/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.06/5 rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Poured into a shaker pint glass.
Look: Black as midnight. Oatmeal colored head recedes to a thick film, nice retention. Sheets of webbed lacing.
Aroma: Burnt or charred malts, black licorice, dark coffee.
Taste: Starts off with some hearty roasted malts and flaked oats. Soon after, bitter chocolates, coffee, and black licorice.
Mouthfeel: Medium body, dry.
Overall: A well made oatmeal stout, organic or not. Can't wait to try their organic amber.
Apr 13, 2013Look: Black as midnight. Oatmeal colored head recedes to a thick film, nice retention. Sheets of webbed lacing.
Aroma: Burnt or charred malts, black licorice, dark coffee.
Taste: Starts off with some hearty roasted malts and flaked oats. Soon after, bitter chocolates, coffee, and black licorice.
Mouthfeel: Medium body, dry.
Overall: A well made oatmeal stout, organic or not. Can't wait to try their organic amber.
Fish Tale Organic Oatmeal Stout from Fish Brewing Company / Fishbowl Brewpub
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
35 ratings
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