Goose Island Oatmeal Stout
An aromatic blend of oats, chocolate and coffee enhances our classic Oatmeal Stout. Encompassing award-winning flavor, a rich black over ruby hue and a creamy tan head, this stout is memorable and enduring. All in all, a truly drinkable brew.
3.5
762 reviews
Chicago, United States
Community reviews
Beautiful dark pour with a thick, foamy head. Very rounded in color, with a deep dark color. Love the malty fullness of this stout, has a lot of caramel and chocolate notes. Can find in a bottle most shops in the right season.
Had some light chocolate notes and poured a decent cola color with minimal head. Taste was coffee up front then faded to a sweet chocolate.
Bottle @ Monks Wallingatan. Dark brown with a small head. Malty burned aroma. Bittersweet flavour of burned oats.
From notes. First reviewed 4/28/2010. Poured from a bottle into a pint glass.
Oatmeal Stout pours black, with an obvious burgundy tint. A soft manila head forms on pouring, leading to some soft lace stick. Nice retention.
Bitter chocolate, a strong roasted malt character, and a slight nuttiness in the nose.
Creamy roasted malt dominates the flavor. Softer coffee and chocolate presence as well. Mild nutty flavor. Nice roast bitterness at the end. Simple, but tasty.
Moderately creamy, but carbonation makes it pop a little bit. Nutty flavor give is a slight oily residue on the back end.
This gets better with every sip. Very drinkable. This is a good stout for a relaxed session. Dear GI, please reverse previously announced decision to stop bottling Oatmeal Stout, on account of tastiness.
i was told that this beer is no longer available. Too bad, it was great!!!
Dark brown with a small tan head. Malty with spicy tones. Malt, coffee and roasted. Medium body with a nice, dry after taste.
Bottled, 350ml from Favourite Beers, Cheltenham, Gloucs. Black with tan head. Full, rich, coffee, charry notes straight from the off, despite it’s temperature. Some fruitiness to give depth, A really decent stout.
12oz pour at tasting. Excited to try this one, Goose plus oatmeal, mmmm. Nice black pour, looks viscous and smooth like an OS should. Very roasty on the nose with a little sweetness. Palate is super smooth and balanced, silky and thick, but sessionable. The cocoa and cream is delicious. One of my new favorite GI and oatmeal offerings.
Bottle. Pours a dark brown, almost black with a large, latte head. Aroma is roasted malts, coffee, some dark chocolate and oats. Taste is roasted malts. some chocolate, oats and a dry, bitter finish. Palate is medium, smooth and somewhat carbonated.
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into a tall glass.
Appearance: Very dark, opaque brown (borderline black) with nice light brown head and slight lacing.
Aroma: Roasted malts, dark chocolate, coffee and a touch of oats.
Taste: Roasted malts with chocolate, light coffee, oats, and a slight spicy and bitter finish.
Palate: Moderate carbonation, smooth medium body, a little too much texture for my liking, semi-dry finish.
Overall: Very solid example of an Oatmeal Stout. While there are some better ones out there, this will be missed in Goose Island’s lineup.
Pours dark brown with thin head. Aroma of dark roasted malts, sweet chocolate, and brown sugar. Taste is chocolate, brown sugar, molasses, with just a hint of roasted malt character. Nice creamy finish. Pretty good.
Appearance: black and burnt browns masquerading as black. Khaki head with a solid collar surrounding a pocket of bubbly fluff. Swirls thick and creamy with scattered lace.
Nose: roasted chocolate and fudge. Dark fruits and breads in the back – black bread, pumpernickel. Bakers chocolate. Vanilla bean root. Burnt wood – fire pit and smoldering firewood under and in the finish. Roasted and mulled oaks dipped in chocolate fondue.
Palate: creamy cakey chewy oaty mouthfeel. Fudge. Chocolate coated toasted oats. Oats and chocolate in sweet creamy vanilla harmony. Mild twang of tartness in back and underneath – lingers on the tip of tongue: grape and plum skins. Barks of fudge. Love the interplay of chocolaty tart dark fruits. Malted chocolate malt. Vanilla root, campfire, and ash.
Final Thoughts: another delicious contribution from Goose Island out of Chicago, Illinois. A breakfast and dessert beer all in one.
Pours dark brown with a tint of red. Very sweet-- dark chocolate and roasted, almost sugary coffee as promised-- so much as to render it hard to drink more than one. Not too much hops.
12 ounce bottle courtesy of TheGuy and opened 6/22/11. Thanks! Pours a very dark brown color with a thin fizzy head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of oats, roasted malts and a bit of molasses. The taste is sweet roasted malts, cola, nuts, oatmeal and a bitter hoppy finish. Medium bodied. Decent beer.
Bottle @ Kaisla, Helsinki. Originally rated on 24.1.2010. Stout with a slightly sweet taste and a full body with notes of roasted malts and oat.
Yum! Tasted in my second flight of taster beers on tap at Goose brewpub. I told the barkeep on first sip, "I’ll have a pint of that!" The last sip was as good as the first. I hope they bottle this again.
Pour is bubbly and thin, black in color with a small tan head. Aroma is of bread, oats, milk chocolate. Flavor is sweet in the beginning and lends itself into a nice creamy smooth finish from the oats/grains. Some coffee and chocolate in the taste. Medium bodied.
On draft at Clybourn goose island brewpub. This one is a great oatmeal stout. Aroma is chocolate, toffee, chocolate, coffee, and vanilla bean. Taste is semi sweet, chocolate, vanilla, very malty, roasted flavor, and light hops to balance out the sweetness from the roasted malt. Color is jet black with white/tan head. Finish is lingering and semi sweet. An excellent Oatmeal Stout! A, will have again! A great Winter brew..
Go tasting at the Mikes. I got this in a trade. Nose smooth with oak and vanilla and bit of bourbon. Taste is lighter and thinner than nose indicates. Bit of coffee and bit of warm vanilla. Rather thin palate.
Aroma is roasted malts and slightly burnt toast. The flavor is roasted malts, coffee, fruit and an acidic/slightly sweet/tart finish.
On tap into a taster...This is a re-review based upon more experience and drinking it on tap verse the 2 times I’ve had it in the bottle...On tap its a much better beer, one worth searching out...Black pour with a light tan head, nice creamy with good retention...A light roasty coffee aroma not strong but enough to wet your appetite...The taste is super smooth and easy to drink. A little sweeter than the aroma but still a lot of roastiness, not very bitter.
Standard oatmeal stout, smooth and drinkable. On tap at the Clybourn brewpub.
12oz bottle. Pours a thin but dark black with a small tan head that almost disappears. Nice chocolate, oat and malt aroma, thin-bodied but fizzy in the mouth. Some sweetness at the beginning and a slightly bitter finish. Not a bad example of a good oatmeal stout - nice and sessionable.
Bottle. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, chocolate, oats and some coffee. Smooth creamy flavor of chocolate, dark roasted malts, mild coffee and a bit of caramel with a dry roasty finish.
Sampler at goose island cly. Not sure why I haven’t rated this yet so here goes... Pours a deeper stouty pour with a frothy light retained light beige head... Smooth creamy oats and chocolate, a hint of light roast... Flavors are mildly sweet with cocoa and oats alongside a modicum of roast. Excellent creamy body with the oats giving it some grit. Drinkable and soli but not all that unique.
Bottle. Poured black in colour with tan head. Aroma is roasted, coffee blended with chocolate. Flavour is coffee and roasted malts. Bitter finish.
12 oz. bottle (many times). Pours dark brown in color with a light tan colored head. The aroma and flavor have roasted malt paired with mild coffee with cream, light chocolate, mild bitterness. This had a nice full flavor when I first had it and although I think it had softened somewhat in recent years, It was still flavorful and smooth probably due to the influences of the oatmeal.(from notes)
This oatmeal stout had some creaminess from the oatmeal, some cocoa, roast, and coffee, but most of the flavors were quite mellow and I expected more from a stout.
35,5cl bottle @ Kaisla. Poured almost black color with a thin brown head. Aroma is invitingly of roasted malt and slightly sweet from the oat I guess. Oily and smooth. Flavor is roasted malt, some sweetness, lots of chocolate and coffee. Very pleasant and enjoying to drink. By far the best Oatmeal stout I have tried.
Thanks bauermj. Pours a dark black with light coming through the edges and one finger of mocha tan head. Nose shows some age and acidity, tad metallic with notes of day old coffee and unsweetened bakers chocolate. Flavor shows age, bitter and grainy with a mild coffee acidity.