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Fremont Brewing

Fremont Brewing
Dark Star Imperial Oatmeal Stout

Category: Oatmeal Stout

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 8%
93 Points
Gold Medal
Exceptional

Fremont Brewing
Dark Star Imperial Oatmeal Stout

Category: Oatmeal Stout

Date Tasted:
Country: USA
Alcohol: 8%
Dark dark brown color. Aromas and flavors of chocolate marshmallows, yams and pumpernickel, stewed red fruit, and slightly bitter brewed black tea with a velvety, bright, spritzy, dryish medium-to-full body and a warming, interesting, long finish with suggestions of single origin dark chocolate, yams and cranberry sauce, and pumpernickel toasted on an open flame. An excellent rendition of an Oatmeal Stout for sipping on a winter afternoon.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Rich & Full
Aroma Aroma: chocolate marshmallows, yams and pumpernickel, stewed red fruit, and slightly bitter brewed black tea
Taste Flavor: Same as aromas with suggestions of single origin dark chocolate, yams and cranberry sauce, and pumpernickel toasted on an open flame
Bitterness Bitterness: Low/Medium
Enjoy Enjoy: on its own
Recipes Pairing: Beef Stew, Shepherd’s Pie, Pierre Robert
Bottom Line Bottom Line: An excellent rendition of an Oatmeal Stout for sipping on a winter afternoon.

The Producer

Fremont Brewing Co

The Producer
3409 Woodland Park Ave N
Seattle, WA 98103
USA
1 206-661-1648

Oatmeal Stout

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Serve in a Nonic Pint Glass
Oatmeal stouts are brown to dark brown in color and range from 4-6% in alcohol. These beers tend to be highly flavorful with an occasional hint of sweetness. Oatmeal stouts are a twist on the sweet stout style with a portion of oats used in place of roasted malt, creating a rich velvety finish. The Yorkshire brewer, Samuel Smiths, revived this style around 1980 and it has since become a popular staple of the US craft-brewing scene. Noteworthy examples of this style include: McAuslan St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout, Samuel Smiths Oatmeal Stout, Rogue Shakespeare Stout and Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout.

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