Oatmeal Stout | Founders Brewing Company


Brewed by:
Founders Brewing Company
Michigan, United States
foundersbrewing.com
Style: Oatmeal Stout
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
A Founders take on a classic style, brewed with a generous amount of flaked oats, chocolate malt, roasted barley and a healthy helping of Nugget hops, Founders Oatmeal Stout is nitrogen-infused to give it an extra smooth and creamy mouthfeel. An attractive cascade effect gives this beer its forthright visual appeal—and the body and clean flavor deliver on that initial promise.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 02-22-2004
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Ratings: 1,107 | Reviews: 128
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3.8/5 rDev -1.3%
Poured into a snifter a deep cola color with a creamy nitro cascading beige head.Some roast and coffee with a little bitter chocolate in the nose.Dryer on the palate with roast ans earth with just a tinge of vanilla-like sweetness.An easy drinking creamy dryer oatmeal stout,very quaffable.
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Poured into a snifter a deep cola color with a creamy nitro cascading beige head.Some roast and coffee with a little bitter chocolate in the nose.Dryer on the palate with roast ans earth with just a tinge of vanilla-like sweetness.An easy drinking creamy dryer oatmeal stout,very quaffable.
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4.46/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at Founders. Nitro tap.
A_Jet black with a thick and creamy khaki colored head that lasts forever. Lacing blankets the glass.
S_Roasted barley,coffee,cocoa.
T_Very rich. Roasted barley,espresso,chocolate malt,cream,cocoa,with an earthy undertone.Nutty.
M_Super thick and creamy. Spot on for a nitro oatmeal stout.
D_Super rich and delicious plus a low ABV make this very drinkable.
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look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at Founders. Nitro tap.
A_Jet black with a thick and creamy khaki colored head that lasts forever. Lacing blankets the glass.
S_Roasted barley,coffee,cocoa.
T_Very rich. Roasted barley,espresso,chocolate malt,cream,cocoa,with an earthy undertone.Nutty.
M_Super thick and creamy. Spot on for a nitro oatmeal stout.
D_Super rich and delicious plus a low ABV make this very drinkable.
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3/5 rDev -22.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
4.03/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
On nitro tap at Proof. Thick, creamy tan head that holds forever. Amazing lacing. I'm more than halfway through the pint and there's still half an inch of creamy foam. Aroma is light coffee, some light sugar sweetness. Taste is slightly vanilla, I doubt there's actual lactose in this beer, but I get some milky sugars. Mouthfeel is next level shit: velvety, little bubbles all over my tongue. I can dig this.
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look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
On nitro tap at Proof. Thick, creamy tan head that holds forever. Amazing lacing. I'm more than halfway through the pint and there's still half an inch of creamy foam. Aroma is light coffee, some light sugar sweetness. Taste is slightly vanilla, I doubt there's actual lactose in this beer, but I get some milky sugars. Mouthfeel is next level shit: velvety, little bubbles all over my tongue. I can dig this.
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4/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.52/5 rDev -8.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.57/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
I had this on a nitro pour and really enjoyed watching it settle. It is black in color but a bit of light will seep through when held up to light. An inch thick creamy khaki colored head caps it off. I smell flaked oats and dark malt. The taste is more about subtlety and I get dark malt and flaked oats. There's a reserved bitterness from the dark malt. The texture is creamy and smooth.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
I had this on a nitro pour and really enjoyed watching it settle. It is black in color but a bit of light will seep through when held up to light. An inch thick creamy khaki colored head caps it off. I smell flaked oats and dark malt. The taste is more about subtlety and I get dark malt and flaked oats. There's a reserved bitterness from the dark malt. The texture is creamy and smooth.
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3.75/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.21/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the Happy Gnome in St. Paul, MN. Served in a 16 oz. glass.
Appearance: Color is a dark brownish black with a lot of rising cream and bubbles from the nitro. Settles into a three finger off white head with good retention. Lots of creamy lacing is left.
Smell: A roasty, sweet, and very creamy malt forward aroma with good hints of chocolate and oats. Dark roasted barley malts with good hints of chocolate, oatmeal, chocolate milk, cream, and coffee as well as some grains, toast, and yeast. Sweet hints of brown sugar. Nugget hops add some bitterness. A very solid creamy chocolate stout aroma.
Taste: Like it smells, a very creamy and nicely sweet dark roasted malt driven taste with nice notes of chocolate and oats. Upfront dark roasted barley malts with a solid taste of sweet chocolate, oatmeal, cream, chocolate milk, and coffee. Also some notes of toast, grains, biscuit, and yeast. Slight taste of sugar sweetness. Balancing bitterness from the nugget hops. A very solid nitro chocolate stout taste.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with a high amount of carbonation. Very creamy and silky smooth. Finishes fairly dry.
Overall: A pretty good nitro take on a light oatmeal stout. Good creamy chocolate notes with some balancing hops towards the finish.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap at the Happy Gnome in St. Paul, MN. Served in a 16 oz. glass.
Appearance: Color is a dark brownish black with a lot of rising cream and bubbles from the nitro. Settles into a three finger off white head with good retention. Lots of creamy lacing is left.
Smell: A roasty, sweet, and very creamy malt forward aroma with good hints of chocolate and oats. Dark roasted barley malts with good hints of chocolate, oatmeal, chocolate milk, cream, and coffee as well as some grains, toast, and yeast. Sweet hints of brown sugar. Nugget hops add some bitterness. A very solid creamy chocolate stout aroma.
Taste: Like it smells, a very creamy and nicely sweet dark roasted malt driven taste with nice notes of chocolate and oats. Upfront dark roasted barley malts with a solid taste of sweet chocolate, oatmeal, cream, chocolate milk, and coffee. Also some notes of toast, grains, biscuit, and yeast. Slight taste of sugar sweetness. Balancing bitterness from the nugget hops. A very solid nitro chocolate stout taste.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with a high amount of carbonation. Very creamy and silky smooth. Finishes fairly dry.
Overall: A pretty good nitro take on a light oatmeal stout. Good creamy chocolate notes with some balancing hops towards the finish.
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3.13/5 rDev -18.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.86/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Founders Oatmeal Stout
Nitrooo
Poured into pint glass
A: Porter black not quite stout black but still black
S: Typical for the style . . . Roasted
T: This is a tasty sessionable stout. I'll go wiith "typical" again. Not too often I have a stout that is not Russian Imperial so that might be throwing me off a bit. It is tasty but the flavor just doesn't deliver for me right up front but . . . but . . . It is tasty, it does linger and makes me want another sip.
M: A bit thin but I just might not be used to these "non imperial stouts"
O: Rather tasty really . . . I believe I'll have another
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Founders Oatmeal Stout
Nitrooo
Poured into pint glass
A: Porter black not quite stout black but still black
S: Typical for the style . . . Roasted
T: This is a tasty sessionable stout. I'll go wiith "typical" again. Not too often I have a stout that is not Russian Imperial so that might be throwing me off a bit. It is tasty but the flavor just doesn't deliver for me right up front but . . . but . . . It is tasty, it does linger and makes me want another sip.
M: A bit thin but I just might not be used to these "non imperial stouts"
O: Rather tasty really . . . I believe I'll have another
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Oatmeal Stout from Founders Brewing Company
Beer rating:
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1,107 ratings
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