Folk Metal
Burlington Beer Co.

Poured from a 16oz can into pint glass in January 2026. There was no date on the can. I drank it within two weeks of purchase.

Appearance: Very dark black with a little dark tan head. Head was less than 1 finger high, and lasted a minute. It left very little lacing on the glass, and ended with a thin tan head still on the beer.

Smell: Aroma of coffee, and roasted grain.

Taste: There is a strong coffee flavors, with roasted malt flavors. I also taste some chocolate flavors. There is only a small amount of bitter hop flavors to enhance the taste. There is a moderate alcohol presence, which matches the 5.5% on the label.

Mouth-feel: Medium body, but also smooth. It has a little edge, as an Oatmeal Stout should.

This is a very good Oatmeal stout, and I enjoyed the flavors. The balance of flavors is good. Tt is a medium bodied beer, and is smooth and enjoyable to drink. I would buy this again.

 

On draught, dark pour with a tan head, a tan collar produces slippery/scant lacing. Caramelized chocolate malt, and faintly earthy chalky tone, sweet coffee, vanilla and hints of sassafras come to mind. A decent medium bodied oatmeal mouthfeel.

 

 

 

 

 

Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a black color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of roasted malts, coffee. Taste follows the aroma, light oats are present. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer.

 

 

L: poors rich dark brownish black with a small medium brown head that somewhat quickly disappears leaving a lighter brown ring

S: Chocolate, slightly vanilla

T: Chocolate, malt, coffee, vanilla, ever so slightly maple, wonderful roasty finish

F: Perfect amount of carbonation for me, perhaps a little thin for an oatmeal stout but not offensively so, clean on the tongue without much stickiness

O: Fun solid offering I'll keep going back to, it hits the spot for me.

 

Poured from a 16 oz glass into a pint glass; no birth date. Pours deep black with brownish foamy head that rapidly recedes... decent lacing. An amalgamation of coffee, vanilla, maple (?), and burnt malts. Good though no one single flavor permeates. A bit thin. But good.

16 oz can acclimated to room temperature for 20 minutes and poured into a stout glass.

Pours black with no highlights, with a 1 finger British khaki head, fading fast and leaving very quickly receding lacing.

Initial aroma is frozen and thawed banana, coffee, and alcohol.

After agitating I noticed some bitter chocolate.

Initial taste before swallowing is bittersweet chocolate, red fruit, and banana.

After swallowing I first get slightly acidic bitter, which turns into coffee and metallic bitter, then hops which are definitively dry grassy. These hops last into the finish, along with a little chocolate and banana.

Feel is a little thin, and the carbonation is a little seltzer like, but managed to be sort of juicy.

 

 

 

 

On tap at the brewery's gastropub in Burlington.

Appearance. Clear, but near opaque and black body with a decent beige head.

A relatively sweet and clean version of the style.