Obovoid
Boulder Beer / Wilderness Pub

Don't remember this beer and the fact that it is the only beer from this brewery, probably had at a Brewfest somewhere in the area,

From a 22oz bottle. Date on bottle Jan 18, 2011. Consumed on Jan 24, 2025

There's actually a hiss and smoke upon opening the bottle. This is a dark brown pouring beer in the glass. No light shines through. There's actually a 1 finger tan colored head, which surprises me, considering the age. There's some amazing clingy lacing on the glass.
Aroma is slightly malty. I do get a slight oat aroma. Not getting any cardboard or off putting oxidized aromas.
The flavor does have a hint of cardboard up front, but, thankfully it fades away fast. I get a nice oat hint in the flavor. The oats fade a bit and the oak comes into play full on in the finish. The oak lingers.
The body is almost creamy and it is very soft feeling. Very smooth feeling, and full bodied.
I was expecting a hot mess because of the age of this beer. Thankfully I was wrong. I wouldn't intentionally age this beer this long, but it worked out finding this on a store shelf.

From old, undated notes. Poured from the bottle.

Black liquid; slight purple hues when held to the light.

Big khaki head; thick lace.

Oats, cream & coffee in the nose.

Medium thick mouthfeel.

A chocolate-y stout; the oak flavor makes this a touch chalky but this is very drinkable.

 

Almost black pour here, very dark brown, full inch of tan head, looks good, solid retention. Aroma was mild oak smoothness and a little bit of roast. No dark fruit bitter notes, thankfully.

Boozy alcohol in this one, would think with oatmeal and oak that it would absorb a little bit of that heat, but pretty much it was all there. Some toffee like notes as well. The price is a little up there in the bomber format, it might be a decent pick up in the 12oz/6pack format, if the price per oz came down. Until then, not a repeat purchase. There's just far too many better oatmeal stouts out there.

Bottle dated 2/8/10, so a nice five years on it. The first thing that I really noticed was the thickness, this is medium bodied at best. It's a very dry stout with a lot of toasted malts, burnt chocolate, coffee, and a hint of oak that really struggles to distinguish itself between all of the roasted flavors. However it's got alot of good flavors so it wasn't a bad buy.