Stonefly Moccochino Stout
Third Street Aleworks

Appearance – This came out a beautiful dark brown, almost black, with a huge, monster head that was dark brown as well and seemed to say around forever.

Smell – The malts are rich with a good amount of milky sweetness. The oatmeal is sweet but faint, understated in the best of ways.

Taste – The malts here are very dark and carry more sweetness than the straight on-tap version. This is most likely due to temperature variation. The oatmeal comes out more and is delicious. Why hasn’t Quaker Oats thought of this?

Mouthfeel – The mouthfeel on-cask is unbelievable. It is so smooth and pleasantly foamy it literally makes your mouth water. There’s a nice, easy bitterness here that doesn’t slap the drinker in any way.

Drinkability – This Oatmeal Stout was good on-tap, but boy oh boy did it find a home in the cask. I never thought I’d want to session an Oatmeal Stout, but I sure could have drank this all night long. In fact, my brother-in-law who was with me, well, that’s exactly what he did.