Review: Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout

[mishalak]

Bleah! This is more like an IPA than a Stout. It commits the usual American sin of using too much hops in the brew. It comes off as bitter and not in the pleasant way like a chokecherry or coffee. A beer is like music. This piece is dominated by one loud off key trumpet loudly blaring, "Yes, we use a lot of hops in our beer! That sez quality! Quality!" If you usually find beer too subtle for you then this is the beer to try, nothing subtle about it. And the barley tastes more burnt than roasted, and I usually like dark beers. Thumbs down.

Comments

[margorand.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of that one either. Too metallic and watery.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

We should have a brew together sometime, we could talk about which beers we like or don't.

[margorand.livejournal.com]

Sounds like fun. I've been to most of the breweries around Boulder; I'd love to check out what Denver has to offer. Email me sometime (lordal AT gmail DOT com) and we'll set something up.

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

By coincidence I had their Vanilla Porter last night, and it was decent
enough, with none of the flaws you report from the Oatmeal Stout. My last
one of those was Youngs' Oatmeal Stout, one of their last brews before
they move out of London, and lovely.

BTW you are so right about balance in beers. The times I've become ecstatic about beer is when a draught one has felt just right, every component in harmony with the others.

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

I've had Breckenridge Vanilla Porter, I liked it though not as much as some. I've been going through American Oatmeal Stouts hoping (against reason) that there might be one like Youngs' Oatmeal Stout. Because it would be nice if there were a less expensive brew I could get the same wonderful taste from. I am beginning to think I might have to become one of those crazy people who brew their own.

Oh and what will you be doing today? I'm doing dinner and then either a movie or going to a brewpub.

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

I'm staying in all weekend, hiding from the cold. I think I'll reinstall Linux on a couple of machines, and catch up on yet more reading