Flying Fish Exit 1 Bayshore Oyster Stout
For its third stop on our multi-year trip to explore the state of New Jersey through its beer and culture, Flying Fish journeys to Exit 1 for Bayshore Oyster Stout.
Oysters have had a long association with stout in the United Kingdom. This tradition was gradually lost to the rise of pale ales and overharvesting of the oysters. Exit 1 celebrates this tasty combination and New Jersey’s history as one-time oyster supplier to the nation. Our version is an "export style" stout brewed with oysters. The creamy chocolate flavor harmonizes with the minerals from the oyster shells (there’s no actual "oyster" taste). An Irish ale yeast contributes a bit of fruitiness and a dry crispness. This richer, fuller stout is perfect for cold weather and to share with friends over great food. Not to mention with a few oysters on the half shell.
Malts: Malto Franco-Belge Pils Malt, Weyerman Acidulated, White Wheat, Demerara Sugar
Hops: Horizon, Centennial, Ahtanum, East Kent Golding
Yeast: Irish Ale
Original Gravity: 17.6P
Oysters have had a long association with stout in the United Kingdom. This tradition was gradually lost to the rise of pale ales and overharvesting of the oysters. Exit 1 celebrates this tasty combination and New Jersey’s history as one-time oyster supplier to the nation. Our version is an "export style" stout brewed with oysters. The creamy chocolate flavor harmonizes with the minerals from the oyster shells (there’s no actual "oyster" taste). An Irish ale yeast contributes a bit of fruitiness and a dry crispness. This richer, fuller stout is perfect for cold weather and to share with friends over great food. Not to mention with a few oysters on the half shell.
Malts: Malto Franco-Belge Pils Malt, Weyerman Acidulated, White Wheat, Demerara Sugar
Hops: Horizon, Centennial, Ahtanum, East Kent Golding
Yeast: Irish Ale
Original Gravity: 17.6P
3.7
195 reviews
Somerdale, United States
Community reviews
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured black and oily with a medium sized foamy dark brown head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was bitter and toasty with strong floral hops, smoke and a touch of medicine. The flavor was bitter and toasty with notes of coffee, cocoa, vanilla, floral hops, a bit of dark fruit, but, cola and an earthy note. Nicely complex. Long finish. Moderately full bodied with a creamy mouthfeel. Interesting.
Blind tasting: Black with medium brown head. Roast malt aroma. Dry with bitter cocoa feel up front. Some booze on the finish. Other flavors in the middle and finish; grassy earthy, calcium, briny. Nice.
Sweet and earthy. Chocolate, fruit, and distinct earthiness. Very nice. Medium body. Smooth with some lively carbonation. Very solid beer.
Appearance: dark black pour, off white head.
Aroma: toasted barley,
Taste: salt, coffee, bread.
Feel: dry, astringent, a little gritty.
Good beer. A Poor man’s Guinness.
Pours black with a coffee colored head. Milk chocolate and smoky roasted malt aroma. Flavor is sweet caramel with coffee, chocolate, and smoky roasted malt. Dark fruitiness in middle with a light salty brininess and mineral chewiness. finishing with roasted coffee. Nice oyster stout .
Pours deep dark black with a small tan head that quickly dissipated. Aroma is roast, espresso, dark chocolate. Taste is mild bitters with a touch of sweetness. Medium bodied, light bodied and silky smooth. Nice.
Bottle from Total Wine in Jensen Beach. No bottle date. Pours brownish with a bit of a tan head. Aroma has raisins and light chocolate and molasses and sweet caramel. Taste is of sweet caramel, some rum raisin, other fruits, a touch of chocolate and perhaps salty brine. Medium bodied without much alcohol presence. Finishes dark fruity sweet with caramel. Tasty, a bit heavier rum raisin than should be, but also caramelly. 13.8
Bottle. Black with a soapy thin head. Aroma is cocoa, black licorice, and roasted malt. The taste is very complex - cocoa that comes in waves, a subtle dry finish from the oysters, some earthy notes, a little dark fruit, and oak wood. Very smooth full body, with average carb. I love this. A+
Pours pitch black with a one finger khaki head with nice lacing. Aroma is of roasted malts, chocolate, bakers coco, burnt wood, and some light mineral notes. Taste is pretty similar to the aroma with both milk and dark chocolate notes, light mineral/brine notes, and roasty notes. has a medium body with a very creamy mouthfeel and a semi dry, semi bitter, medium-long finish. Overall, a tasty oyster stout that has a nice palate.
Bottle. Moderate toasted, dark chocolate and mild coffee aromas for the malt, light herbs and earth fro the hops and yeast, with soy sauce and a hint of sea shore in the background. Head small, creamy, brown with some slippery lacing and good legs and is fully diminishing. Color is very dark brown. Flavor starts lightly sweet and lightly to moderately acidic, then the long finish is lightly to moderately acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is on the fuller side of medium, watery with a lively carbonation, and a finish that’s a little sticky. A Foreign Stout deep and rich in aroma and bold in flavor.
Bottle - Pours dark brown with creamy, small, but lasting head. Toasted malts with earthy notes. Some off flavors in this one, not for me.
"A nice rendition of an oyster stout, done export style. Fairly rich and robust with lots of dry roasted grains and some chocolate coming through. Just a hint of brine in this enjoyable brew. Really dig the style."
Great example of the style, with a nice roasty character and a touch of briny or mineral note. I think this really captures the Export/Foreign stout style nicely, deviating from more typical stouts just slightly enough that a blind drinker could tell something was up.
Poured from a bottle shared with my ratebeer husband it is a dark brown color with no head. The aroma is like a fudge store and the taste is strong coffee flavor that changes into a coffee and black licorice aftertaste. Where are the oysters?
From a 12 oz bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Chocolate aroma. Flavors of milk chocolate, licorice and tobacco. Bitter roasted finish.
Bottle, thanks to jtclockwork. Dark pour with brown head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of chocolate, spice, mineral, salt. Tastes moderately sweet; there’s a flavor there that’s hard to pin down, so I’m going to call it "oyster?" Lightly bitter finish. Medium body, slick texture, average carbonation. Goes down surprisingly quick and easy.
Bottle. Pours with a tan partially lasting head. Aroma is malty sweet, light roast, moderate minerality. Flavor is more mineral through the middle where fruity malty sweetness come briefly before the roast takes over to ride out eventually playing out with more of the oyster shell again. Feel is moderately lively and then dominated by roast and minerals. Definitely and enjoyable and classic arc in this one.
Bottle from trade with jtclockwork, many thanks James. Very dark brown color with medium thick beige head. Roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate in aroma. Taste, roasted malt, coffee, coffee, cocoa powder. Coffee bitter finish. Good.
Bottle, shared by Cuso. Pours dark brown color, beige head. Aroma is chocolate, milk, roasted malt, some hints of apples. Taste is medium sweet, chocolate, coffee, roasted malt, red fruits, apples. Nice coffee roasted finish.
Bottle. Vary good stout ... Been in the fridge for a while and aged well. Body is creamy but not thick, tall dark tan head, smooth, light roasted flavors in the finish.
Nice creamy oyster stout, chocolate notes with a hint of coffee, the smooth complexity of an oyster stout. Quite enjoyable.
Bottle from James, thanks! Thick dark black pour with nice chocolate mocha head. Aroma is dark coffee roast, mild hop presence, and molasses. Taste is mild bitter roast up front, medium mouthfeel, a touch of dark fruit sweetness with a bitter roast aftertaste. Nice stout, extremely quaffable for a dark beer.
Pours a dark black with mocha colored head. Chocolate, molasses on the nose. Slightly creamy mouthfeel, bitter roasted malts, hints of vanilla and licorice, sour malty taste at the back of the tongue, somewhat sticky. It?s a decent oyster stout; nothing too interesting.
Poured from a 12 ounce bottle. Jet black with a quickly dissipating tan head. The aroma is chocolate, caramel malts, fruity esters, lots of alcohol. The flavor is chocolate, sweet malts, mineral notes, a slight sour tinge in the finish.
Black with thick foamy tan head; aRoma is dry roasty; Flava is rich roasty subtly sweet and roasty notes of chocolate then licorice; feels medium to thick with silky foamywith decent fizzy ting; finishes dry but softly so mild distinct notes of licorice
Solid stout chocolate notes nice body deep blackness. A bit bitter but more hop bitter than malts. Not sure why it’s an oyster stout
12oz bottle, purchased today from Perfect Pour. Use by: 01-09-15. Black color. Thin ring of khaki head. Dots and bits of lace. Medium body. Smooth, kind of crisp, lighter carbonation. More dry finish. A bit thin for a 7.5% stout. Nice light chewiness to it, though. Some dark chocolate, roast, light coffee aroma. Don’t get much of the oyster. Maybe a hint of brine? Not much though, relative to other oyster stouts I’ve tried. Moderate bitter taste, light sweet. Decent oyster stout. While a bit thin, it’s pretty easy drinking. Very nice to enjoy with a seafood dinner. Good bit of chewiness after awhile, after it warms up. Nice.
12oz bottle pours with a nice dark body that’s nearly black and supporting a mocha colored head. The aroma offers up chocolate, mineral water, spicy hops, earthy chocolate and then a light mix of molasses and dark roasted malts. The taste begins with an influx of chocolaty goodness as well as slivers of molasses and dark roasted malts. It gets a bit earthy and spicy hops to midway and then a mild sense of spicy black licorice amid the chocolate and dark roastiness is noticed. Very nice easy going stout.
Bottle from Frederick wine house. Pours black with a thin khaki head which doesn’t leave a lot of lacing. Has some solid cocoa notes on the nose. Fairly dry on the tongue with some solid roasted flavor. Finishes clean. Not bad.
12 Fl. Oz. Bottle. Poured black with about a finger and a half of creamy light brown head. Roasted malts are predominant on the nose, some chocolate and some coffee in there too. Taste is of roasted malts, caramel some saltiness that I would assume is from the oysters; sticky dry finish. Overall a very nice beer, quite enjoyable.