Rolled Oats
New Trail Brewing Company

On draught. A dark pour with a thin head and no lacing.
Dark roasted caramelized malt, toffee, roasted coffee, chocolate, blackstrap molasses.
Enjoyable Semi dry drinking, a bit of an off flavor, a little chalky, earthy and acidic tasting.

 

 

Really strong oatmeal stout, thanking New Trail for going outside your hazy zone. This one is smooth with medium depth that goes into that dark chocolate bark realm and sticks the landing. I,m sure I’ve had better oatmeal stouts but this one pretty darn good.

An interesting beer in a dichotomous respect. Initially it pours a typical stout with tan head. Quickly its foam dissipates completely with zero head, lacing, or apparent carbonation. This beer looks like a glass of wine in 3 minutes, or what a flat beer would present. Ok. Drinking provides low carbonation as well, but the flavors are there in spades. Dark chocolate, dark roast coffee, and some dark fruit notes. This is like an undercarbonated light RIS. Figure that one out? Somehow, all of this information comes together for an enjoyable beer that is hard to rate highly based on current categories. Given the weird carbo situation here, I'd recommend this one regardless. It's a fun beer that drinks like a nice glass of Cabernet

16oz can into a pint glass. Canned 12/01/25, so 4 weeks old.

Good look initially. Black body, big dark tan head. However, the head quickly dissipates to nothing, and so no lacing. Aroma seems of molasses. On tasting, some coffee and chocolate notes, particularly late on. Malty, with a faint roast. There is also an odd, but not unpleasant, red wine note. Finish is short lived, light coffee.

Overall, not as smooth as most oatmeal stouts, but quite flavorful.

 

Pours a deep dark mahogany with a Carmel head.

Smells of fresh fruity malt, coffee, roasted nuts.

Taste is sweet roasted bread, bitter coffee, roasted nuts, and chocolate.

 

 

Very slight khaki colored froth with little to no retention... Ink black and still... Nose is faint coffee and toasted malts... Palate is a bit subdued but follows suit... Medium bodied with faint carbonation... Enjoyable but unremarkable...

Undated can into pint glass. Pours a dark brown (SRM 35-37) with a brief tan head. Initial impression is dark chocolate and coffee, with roasted malts to alesser extent. Mouthfeel is medium thick and smooth. Finish leans heavily toward coffee. Overall, an enjoyable if not memorable Oatmeal Stout.

A pint can is rolled over and its contents deposited into a clear glass liter mug. Not as close to jet black as some stouts, it's a very, very, very dark brown. The foamy head is tan, but isn't very dense. Glass lacing in abundance is pretty to see. It smells like someone poured a stout into a bowl of Cheerios. There's both that roasted malt and oat cereal aromas. Just short of being one of the smoothest deliveries of this style, it goes down quite easily. Neither the head nor the lacing lasted very long. The taste is the epitome of a good oatmeal stout. Rich in roasted maltiness, well bodied and given an extra pleasurable dimension of softness by the oats. This is a very good Oatmeal Stout.

Poured into a narrow pint glass: color is solid black, light amber edges, tan head that presents 1 finger thick and dissipates to thin top, no lacing on glass sides.

Smell is lightly sweet malt, notes of chocolate, lighter roast, maybe some oat like character.

Taste follows with similar light sweet malt, prominent chocolate, light roast, oat and malt character, light fruitiness in the finish.

Mouthfeel is moderately carbonated, moderate/strong sweetness, starts to dry some but remains pretty sweet after drinking, maybe some drying bitterness.

Overall a very solid oatmeat stout, really nice chocolate and light roast character, moderate sweetness but not cloying.

$ 4.00 (Including tax)/16 oz can ($ 0.250/oz). Purchased 4/13/20 at Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA. Reviewed 4/17/20
Undated can. In reefer at store. Stored at home at 42 degrees and served at 45 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 3.
First pour – Brown (SRM 20), very slight haze.
Body – Brown (SRM 20), opaque. When held to direct light, slight penetration around top, weak effervescence.
Head – Small (Maximum one cm, aggressive center pour), khaki, fizzy, short retention, diminishing to a zero to one mm crown and no cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 3.25 – Moderate roasted malt, some dark chocolate, no hops, no yeastiness.
Flavor – 3 - A bit of roasted chocolate malt, no hops, no yeast. Maybe, just maybe, a ghost of coffee wafts by. Toffee is just a dream. No alcohol (6.5 % ABV, NOT marked on the label) taste or aroma. No diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 3 – Medium, watery, medium carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3. (Lost 0.25 point for undated personal container) Lacks the silky mouthfeel of many oatmeal stouts. Decent aroma but weak flavor, very average, and very average appearance. Label design is OK but it lacks any useful info, starting with ABV.

CANd now, CANtinuing the last phase of Happy CANtinuing New New Trail & Feeling Light-Hearted About Happoshu Beer Sunday (Week 784), ironically mentioned first! These will all be CANs for the furtherance of The CANQuest (tm) so it should be interesting.

From the CAN: "Oatmeal Stout".

I beCAN by Crack!ing open the vent to begin a slow, gentle C-Line Glug into the awaiting glass. As with the previous Porter, I got a pseudo-cascade that led to the formation of just better than a finger of rolling, roiling, bubbly, deep-brown head that quickly reduced to wisps. 8=( Color was Very Dark Brown to Black/Opaque (SRM = > 34, < 44) with mahogany highlights at the edges. Nose had a chocolate & coffee-like roastiness. Mouthfeel was medium, but very slick on the tongue. The taste was much as described in the Notes - coffee & Baker's chocolate acCANponied by a light caramel sweetness. Finish was semi-dry with just enough residual sweetness to offset the bitterness and keep it from being full dry. YMMV.

 

 

 

Not bad