Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout
I decided to review this after largadeer mentioned he enjoyed it. Normally Chris has terrible taste in beer, so I decided to immortalize my anger with a scathing review. Here goes. A: Pours a pitch black in the glass with a dark mocha-colored head, surprisingly large and fluffy. It fills 3" of the glass easily on both the first and second pour of the bomber. Not much lacing that sticks, but each swig leaves nice washes of foam down the sides of the glass. S: Roasted malt, earth, chocolate, coffee, plums, and something vaguely berry-like. I get a small spicy citrus in the nose that I assume is the hop profile. I'm impressed at how restrained it is, for Rogue. T: Burnt / roasted malt, earth, and chocolate. Light espresso bitterness. The plums I smelled are back, and they've brought figs over to play. I didn't get the berry character I smelled. Hints of the hops that I smelled, and they're a little stronger in the lingering bitter aftertaste, but overall they are [again, surprisingly] restrained, for Rogue. M: Full-bodied and creamy. Went down very smoothly. Finishes slightly dry. D: This is a beer that I enjoyed sipping even though I didn't have to.. At 6% it could have been finished in half the time. But it's surprisingly (there's that word again) balanced, for Rogue. And it's tasty for the ABV. I'm impressed. This may be the one beer largadeer shows good taste on. In case I didn't say it enough, this is surprisingly good, for Rogue.