Back in mid-January we cracked open the Oatmeal Stout we brewed with Craig and got our first taste of the finished product. The regular stout is a tiny bit on the sweet side, but does have a little bit of roasty malt character. The bourbon-oaked version seems to have lost all the real "bourbon" flavor that it had when we bottled and only the oak and some vanilla remain. The result is a beer that tastes more like a really oaky chardonnay than a roasty (let alone bourbon-flavored) stout. Still, both beers are totally drinkable and hopefully Craig had fun being involved in the brewing process.
The name was all Craig's idea and I absolutely love it. It's based on a quote from the Simpsons episode "Burns, Baby Burns." Our non-bourbon version is "If This Is Too Good For You I've Got Some Crap," with the bourbon version being "If This Is Too Good For You I've Got Some Bourbon Barrel Aged Crap." Super-long names for sure, but every time I see them on untappd I smile.
[ Oatmeal Stout Bottling ] <---
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