Sand Creek Oscar's Chocolate Oatmeal Stout Review

* Dark (opaque) brown brew with dense tan head.  Nice lacing on glass.

* Big bouquet of burnt toffee, molasses and mocha.

* Foretaste of semi-sweet roast malt and bittersweet chocolate offers hint of fruitiness (black cherry?).

* Finish is complex and flavorful; palate-coating flavor has good length.

* Body is deceivingly thin in consideration of its fullness of flavor.  Oatmeal creaminess is lacking.

Synhopsis:

Having heard about this beer ahead of time, its reputation preceded it...and it didn't disappoint.  There's a lot going on in this brew, though neither of the marquee ingredients really stand out.  If I had to make a minor complaint, it's that the body of the beer didn't adequately carry the flavor. 

When oatmeal is added to a beer, it is used more as a body-building and mouthfeel component than a flavoring.  Whatever measure of oatmeal was used in Oscar's Stout, I think it could benefit from an increase.