Oatmeal Stout
Telegraph Brewing Company

Oatmeal StoutOatmeal Stout
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From:
Telegraph Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.76 | pDev: 8.51%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
29
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 10, 2014
Added:
Jul 30, 2007
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  3
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Ratings by ejimhof:
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Rated by ejimhof from Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -6.9%

Jul 21, 2012
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Rated: 4 by zestar from California

Aug 10, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by GClarkage from California

Jul 03, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by OKCNittany from Oklahoma

Dec 11, 2013
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Reviewed by UCLABrewN84 from California

3.58/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Field Of Drafts held at The Hanger in Lancaster, CA.

Pours a hazy orange-brown with a foamy tan head that settles to a small cap on top of the beer. Small dots of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of roasted malt, toasted oat, and slight cocoa aromas. Taste is much the same with cocoa and oatmeal 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 and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that has a slightly better smell over the taste for the style.
Nov 11, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by tbone1384 from Wyoming

Nov 10, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by t0rin0 from California

Feb 26, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by waiting4lunch from Massachusetts

Nov 30, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by allhaildracula from Utah

Sep 09, 2012
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Reviewed by tobelerone from New Jersey

3.95/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On tap at TJ's in Paoli. Pours nearly jet black with a fluffy tan head that settles down slowly. Patchy lacing clings to the glass. Aroma combines roasted malts and freshly roasted coffee with hints of bittersweet chocolate, lactose, and bittering hops.

Flavor holds a good deal of sweetness in the form of toffee, caramel, and milk sugar; nice roastiness, less prominent coffee than was detected in the nose, and a late emerging, earthy hop note. Still, the bitterness remains mostly in check and the beer is right on style for an oatmeal stout.

Medium body with fairly high carbonation that detracts a bit from the sweet and smooth oat character of the beer. Overall it's quite a nice example, carbonation notwithstanding, but fails to rise to the level of the truly exceptional.
Sep 08, 2012
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Reviewed by Mora2000 from Texas

3.8/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
The beer pours a dark brownish-red color with a tan head. The aroma is full of oats and some light chocolate malt, as well as a little bit of roasted malt. The flavor is similar. I get a lot of chocolate and roasted malt in the flavor, as well as some oats and a little bit of sugary sweetness. Medium mouthfeel and high, prickly carbonation.
Aug 05, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by deapokid from Pennsylvania

Jul 24, 2012
 
Rated: 3.75 by JohnK17 from Pennsylvania

Jul 11, 2012
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Reviewed by Slatetank from Pennsylvania

3.73/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to Jeremy for this -a corked and caged bottle into a snifter chilled


A deep brown shade with tan cap -very thick foam with good retention and fine bead clings in a streamers. The smell has a slightly sweet smooth odor of roast with cookie-like scent of toasted nut and slight dried fruit w/ raisin/date tinges accenting the mild cocoa element. The feel is good with slight fullness and moderately high carbonation with mild bitterness and creamy tinge with musty dry and spiced finish.

The taste is good, mild creaminess with subtle roasted body and nice sweet malty entry with dry nutty and slight cocoa-like toasted taste. there is a hint of raisin as it finishes semi-sweet with slight dark cherry and mild hops adding a hint of spice w/ bitter roasted finish. Overall this is a decent example of the style, above average drinkability well brewed thanks cuz for sharing this 2 year old bottle!
Feb 08, 2012
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Reviewed by corby112 from Pennsylvania

3.1/5  rDev -17.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Draft at Small Bar in San Diego.

Pours pitch black with a one finger off white head that quickly fades into a thin ring.  Minimal spots of lace left behind.

Sweet, slightly roasty aroma with lots of dark malt character.  Lots of oatmeal but not overly roasted or burnt smelling. Hints of chocolate, faint toast and subtle earthy hops. 

Medium bodied with a bit more roast than the aroma suggests.  There's a prominent toasted dark malt character with lots of oatmeal, toast and some dark chocolate countered by sweeter notes of chocolate, caramel and toffee.   Easy to drink but a bit thinner than I prefer.  Decent but nothing out of the ordinary.
Feb 08, 2012
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Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan

4.03/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This pours a solid black, thick and creamy. I’d spend more time examining it and extolling its merits in the glass but I’d rather drink it.

There’s a great roast aroma to this, and a wonderfully full roasty flavor. The beer has body and heft, with an enjoyable finish that invites reflection—and another sip. It’s an all-around pleasant stout. There’s nothing that’s out of place here, and nothing that screams ‘look at me/ look how extreme’ either. By itself it’s a contender, or a good one to prime your palate for a night of imperial stouts.
Dec 13, 2011
 
Rated: 3 by caseyoharaa from California

Nov 22, 2011
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Reviewed by deltatauhobbit from Maine

3.45/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to mlaroche for this bottle.

Batch 58, bottle opens with a loud pop of a cork.

Pours a dark brown color with a huge head, it fades at a super rapid rate but leaves a thin cap on top for awhile, doesn't leave any lacing on the glass.

Smell is mostly roasted malt, at first I thought I picked up a hint of sourness when I opened it but after airing out I couldn't pick it up again, light touch of cocoa in the nose.

Taste starts out with a huge kick of carbonation, very cola like in that it explodes, after the carbonation dies down you'll find a strong roasted malt backing, chalky chocolate notes that finishes rather dry, the creaminess just isn't there because of the sharp carbonation which is surprising for an oatmeal stout.

I'd recommend letting this sit open for awhile so that carbonation can die down, once you do you get a decently average beer.

Edit: It's funny, after looking at a couple other reviewers, they also recommended letting it "breathe", sounds like good advice to me.
Apr 16, 2011
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Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland

3.77/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine Issue #48 (Jan 2011):

Loud pop of the cork, progressively growing head begs to be poured slowly. A shade away from being pitch black. Smells of burnt raisins, licorice, nutty yeast and dark chocolate. Smooth with a crisp snap within the slick medium body. Slightly roasty malt character with more of a chocolate-like edge. Sweet with some dried-plum fruit and dark chocolate. Hop bitterness balances and a mild warming alcohol ester complements all. Hint of yeast in the roasty, semi-sweet finish. A rustic take on the style, which really works here, this beer is packed with flavor and still very drinkable.
Mar 23, 2011
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Reviewed by claspada from New Jersey

3.44/5  rDev -8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Aromas begin with an amazing combination of cocoa, vanilla, thick oatmeal fresh from the microwave. A little dark fruitiness and mocha as this comes closer to room temperature. Really really enticing and delicious, reminds me of Maduro Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Brown Ale.
The taste initially disappoints however, begins with a really odd off aftertaste, yeasty to be honest. You get the cocoa and dark fruitiness but the finish it initially terrible. However the second glass was heads and tails better; like a good wine this really improved after exposure to oxygen for some reason. It's definitely not that my palate just adjusted to the taste, it definitely needed to breathe. One of the other reviewers noted the same quality, so weird. First time I have ever experienced this quality so prevalent in a beer. The second glass is quite tasty with cocoa, mocha, vanilla and a bit of spiciness maybe from the hops. Mouthfeel is fairly full and this finishes quite dry despite the crap load of oats which I can detect in the aroma.
Overall, despite the two-faced quality of this beer, it is pretty good. Nothing extraordinary, fairly decent. Remember to let it "breathe" for at least 15 minutes before consumption.
Feb 26, 2011
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