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Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout




Wow.

Just had their Smoked Porter....very grooovy.

My wife just brought a bottle back from Cali for me.

I am looking forward to it!

J.Brew wrote:Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

Wow.

yeah... WOW. i had this the other day at stone brewery. i went to a beer and chocolate pairing and they paired the bitter chocolate oatmeal stout with a chipotle chocolate that had popping candy mixed in.

I just had this two days ago, and I was impressed. I really liked the quality of bitter imparted by the chocolate, it was smooth.

I will say the alcohol was a little forward, in the nose and on the front palate. I suppose it is hard for it not to be, considering the ABV. But it was a bit too forward for me. However, not enough so to detract from this being a delicious beer.

It was not as chew-y as I had expected it to be, but it had a good mouth feel and especially as it sat and got a little warmer the flavor of the chocolate really shined along with its bitterness. Very nice.

The 5 page essay written on the back on the bottle in size 2 font may have been a bit much, though... Maybe because I had already heard that story from the brewers, or maybe because I had not drank enough to appreciate beer verbiosity...

I just had this one, and I thought it was not black enough. Perhaps it could be blacker.


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