beer_name: Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout
text: Props for not being a slave to the style -- ie, this beer is hopped with cascades, and has a flavor profile much different than any other imperial or oatmeal I am aware of. Pours an opaque black with a dense, interminable, brown head that with a touch more dryness would have been a perfect score. Aroma is light cascades. Flavor is not overwhelming, mainly citrusy hop flavors with roasted and caramel malt underneath, and a lingering coffe bitterness afterwards. Mouthfeel is silky, wet and syrupy. Very nice. Unfortunately the syrupiness and unexpected bitterness sabotages the drinkability as it taxes my palate just too much. This beer is more interesting than good -- and Lion Stout already has the medal for that.