REVIEW: Stockyard Oatmeal Stout

By Captain Beer on Jul 7, 2008 in Brew Reviews

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OK, first of all… I bought a six pack of this beer having never tried it before. I bought it because, well, the sixer cost $4.99. “Four dollars and ninety-nine cents for a six pack of stout?” I screamed in German. “How can I not!?” And I don’t know what genius/madman chose to price this brau so modestly, but it is worth every penny and then many. It’s an awesome beer, y’all. Mrs. Beer agrees!

Take a look at that deep, dark brown liquid. Oi! Delicious. The tan head opens up the rich aroma and gets this Captain excited even as he types now… dammit… the beer is miles away in my fridge…

Anyway, the dominant flavors are roasted coffee, very light chocolate and a lovely bitter, burnt-toast characteristic. Its blend of sweet, deep malt flavors and bitter hop balance is superlative. Stockyard manages to present its thankful drinker with both complex malt flavors and good bitterness in the sip and finish—not an easy dance to, uh, dance. The mothfeel is rich but not syrupy. I recommend cracking one open and taking a few sips when it’s nice and cold and the carbonation can cruise across your palate, and then playing it reeeaaal cool… let it warm up a bit… get a bit sweeter… there ya go. Mhmm. Enjoy, fellah.

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  1. There I was in Trader Joe’s yesterday, buying potstickers and Marinara sauce (staples in our household, not at the same time), when I happened upon an odor of a man who had not bathed in five days. I followed this scent to the beer aisle, where I encountered a disheveled man rummaging the beer bottles (and making a helluva racket). Standing my distance, I was especially intrigued when he emitted an ecstatic “Ummmmmggghhh!” upon successful location of…a bottle of Stockyard Oatmeal Stout. He bought _one_, asking a fellow store patron for a quarter to help him out.

    I pondered this for a while afterwards: if homeless men are indeed craving stouts over, say, a forty, has microbrew finally penetrated all market segments?

    General German | Jul 28, 2008 | Reply

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