Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout - Rogue Ales

barleywinefiend

Washington

4.38/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

The prime example of a GREAT Stout!! Poured into a Rogue pint glass at the Issaquah Brewhouse. Very opaque black with a thin somewhat dark head that was somewhat diminishing and lest spotty lacing. Aroma was everything I'd expect in a stout but just a little more complex. Taste was very much in tune with a good stout, definite characteristics of rich chocolate and coffee with the necessary presence of roasted barley. Mouthfeel was somewhat on the heavy side for a 6% beer, however, this is a great warmer for a cold winter night in Washington.

Serving type: on-tap

01-18-2008 00:56:50 | More by barleywinefiend

bobsy

Ontario (Canada)

4.43/5  rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Sampler at San Francisco Rogue Public House. Ohhh....this is gooood! Jet black body, with a quickly receding off-white head. Classic roasted malt stout aromas in the nose, accented with a fruity sweetness. Lots of chocolate in the flavour, along with coffee and hops. Satisfyingly thick on the palate, and easy to sink.

Serving type: on-tap

01-14-2008 17:34:26 | More by bobsy

turbine2475

Texas

4.28/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A: 2 finger head that slowly disipates into a brown lace...very opaque with a small amount of dark residue on glass upon shifting

S: cream, malt, and cocoa

T: Toasted oats with a dark chocolate start and a mocha finish

M: Deceptively light with an inviting sweetness

D- Enjoyable brew and a must have for stout lovers

Staple american brew for converting guiness lovers

Serving type: on-tap

11-15-2007 04:47:02 | More by turbine2475

Deuane

Pennsylvania

4.13/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at Brew House Grill

A--Dark brown with a small tan colored head. Very little lacing.

S--Coffee, with hints of chocolate and prune. Not a huge amount of aroma but it is there.

T--Roasted coffee and mild chocolate. A hint of prune / raisin Aftertaste bitter roasted malt (in a good way) and chocolate.

M--Very rich and full bodied. This is a very pleasant and easy drinking full stout.

D--Lovely, refreshing stout. Went well with my AYCE king crab...didnt overpower the meal at all. One I could drink again and again.

Serving type: on-tap

10-17-2007 11:31:35 | More by Deuane

sacrelicio

Minnesota

4.3/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Very nice stout from Rogue. Pours beautifully, jet black with ruby brown highlights and a creamy mocha colored head. The smell is nice, with coffee, chocolate, piney and fruity hops, and grain. The taste is quite bitter and full, reminding me most of cold press coffee and dark chocolate. The mouthfeel is full and creamy, and the drinkability is quite good, perhaps a bit tough for those with more novice palates.

Serving type: on-tap

09-15-2007 02:53:16 | More by sacrelicio

Tomas77

Massachusetts

4.43/5  rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Had this beer at a place called 'The Dirty Truth',Northamton,MA which has a reputation along with 'The Moan and Dove',in Amherst,MA for having only the finest ales from all over availiable. And they did with Roague Shakepeare stout.

Black and opaque. Not sure of any ruby highlights it was dark inside. Creamy tan/light brownish head that sits at one finger throughout.

Fantastic aroma of coffee beans and bittersweet chocolate. Hops are there just enough to keep the malts in check.

Some slickness on the lips when you first sip. Sweet but only at the very beginning. Flavor is the same but with a bittersweet chocolate feeling on the back of the palate. Coffee throughout the middle and more chocolate later on.

Light body and mouthfeel. Not thick or viscous at all. Slight alcohol presence is there without it being hot. A very good beer I would say for any time of the year.

Serving type: on-tap

07-20-2007 16:05:09 | More by Tomas77

TheBierBand

Ohio

4.2/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served in a plastic cup at a music festival (Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN). The head was nice, tan, & creamy and the beer itself was a deep brown/black opaque.

The smell was of chocolate, coffee and caramel.

The taste was quite good. Nice dark chocolate with a nice hop bitterness with coffee-like taste to balance. Hints of caramel sweetness to add complexity.

The mouthfeel was nice and thick (viscous) and low-ish carbonation.... not too low so as to make it flat.... but appropriate for the style.

Drinkability.... my kind of beer! Nice robust stout with good consistancy. Highly recommended.

Serving type: on-tap

06-19-2007 17:58:38 | More by TheBierBand

PittBeerGirl

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A- deep brown almost black body with thick dark brown head. Leaves behind plenty of lacing. It almost looks ominous in the glass.

S- Coffee, malt, and hints of chocolate emerge in the smell.

T- Roasted coffee and malt up front followed by a hint of hop bitterness. The finish is of coffee and a hint of dark chocolate.

M- medium carbonation and a nice thick body. Pretty smooth.

D- This was good. Very drinkable. It still a sipper since it is a stout; but it is a very interesting and complex beer. Recommended.

Serving type: on-tap

05-24-2007 04:00:23 | More by PittBeerGirl

tempest

Pennsylvania

4.05/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

On-tap, appropriately, at Shakespeare's in Kalamazoo.

First off, I have to mention this was only $3.75 for a 20 oz. pint while it costs $5.25 for a 22 oz. bomber at Tiffany's in K-zoo. Anyways, Shakespeare Stout is basically, combines a rich and smooth cocoa and coffee malt profile with IPA-like hops flavors. It's a great mix of chocolate and citrus hops, hop chocolate if you will. I think the yeast masks, or takes the edge off, the grains. They're just not as big or complex as a good stout could be. Another good example of a bitter, but dark beer is Smuttynose's Robust Porter, check that out for the malt profile I'm talking about.

Serving type: on-tap

05-20-2007 20:38:09 | More by tempest

BigJTrucker

Oregon

4.6/5  rDev +10%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Had this brew on-nitro today at the Eugene City Brewery. Paired VERY well with my Reuben. Poured a very dark color, thick creamy tan head. Smell is of nicely toasted malt, slightly of coffee. Not an overpowering aroma powerhouse, but all together well balanced. Tastes nice and roasted, just a bit coffee flavor to go along with the nice malt body. Very creamy mouthfeel. Man, this went down so easy. Please sir may I have another!

Serving type: nitro-tap

04-26-2007 02:27:09 | More by BigJTrucker

kdoc8

Oregon

4.43/5  rDev +6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Mmmm. Served up with a nice brown creamy head, pours out dark brown-black. The smell is sweet of chocolate and roasted malts and maybe some caramel?. The taste is a little bit bitter up front, but then mainly of sweet malt - lots of lacing. Delicious. I think this is Rogue's best product.

Serving type: on-tap

04-09-2007 20:25:25 | More by kdoc8

wmaldridge

Florida

2.38/5  rDev -43.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2

I had this beer while visiting Yardhouse in Palm Beach.

First thing that I noticed about this beer is that it was poured from CO2 and not from nitro, which, to me, was a little different.

The beer had a really rich look to it. Very black with a very dark brown head. Very dark brown around the edges.

The smell was very different to me. It had the classic chocolate notes with malty overtones, but the blast was from the obvious use of Cascade Hops. Very different smell to my usual stouts.

The taste, to me, was a bit overbearly hoppy. Not my type of stout. Very different, but not for me.

I don't think that I would order this beer again, but any beer is worth a try.

Serving type: on-tap

02-22-2007 22:48:58 | More by wmaldridge

Stimack

New York

4.72/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

I guess it is sad that with my love of stouts and porters I have never tried the Rogue Shakespeare Stout before, I guess I should be a little ashamed of that because I usually see it at Olivers whenever I stop in. Well it was on tap last evening so I thought I would give it a try. Well I was not disappointed at all; actually I think it opened my eyes to what a superb beer this is. I was floating; my wife could tell by the way the beer went down, extremely tasty. The brew was poured to a black color; not sure any light would make it through but did not really look that deeply. Had a very nice dark brown head that had great retention and left nice lace rings down the side of the glass. The aroma is very inviting with a nice mixture of scents. I am picking up chocolate, coffee, roasted to burnt malt, brown sugar sweetness, and a pronounced (by pronounced, I mean stronger than the normal Stout but in no ways does it dominate) hop smell for a stout. The taste is simply incredible, extremely smooth through out, chocolate flavors up front that break to a coffee like taste that mixes nicely with the hops in the back end top give it the perfect amount of bitterness. This was the highlight of the evening, simple a great beer and one that I will have on a steady rotation at the house here, man I can not believe what I have been missing!

Serving type: on-tap

02-03-2007 14:14:05 | More by Stimack

SacoDeToro

California

3.63/5  rDev -13.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

On tap at the Rogue Public House in San Fran.

Poured an opaque black with a small off-white head that quickly became a lace.

The aroma was roasty and ashen with citrusy hops in the background.

The flavor of the beer was reasonably malty, but the darker flavors were more on the ashen than roasty. The citrusy Cascade hops seemed to accentuate this ash character to the point of being mildly astringent. The Pacman yeast create and distinct fruitiness that I'm not sure is fully compatible with this brew.

The mouthfeel was a little thin, but the carbonation was good.

This is a good beer, but this glass was not outstanding. I'll give it another try before I say it may be overrated.

Serving type: on-tap

12-20-2006 16:29:33 | More by SacoDeToro

FightingEntropy

Minnesota

4.45/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Love this beer, and was really excited to get it on site at Rogue for a taste. Creamy tan head won't go away--even on the second draft I had in a plastic cup. Chocolate on chocolate in the nose and taste, and smooth and creamy big malt makes it a very easy beer to drink for as good as it is. Maybe my favorite American stout after Storm King.

Serving type: on-tap

11-13-2006 00:56:56 | More by FightingEntropy

jazappi

Kansas

4.5/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Presentation: Poured into a pint glass.

Appearance: Very Dark, Started with a small head and went away to a very thin layer of head, lacing down the entire pint glass to the end.

Aroma: Very Sweet, and Coffee like

Taste: Very coffee taste, hint of chocolate

Mouthfeel: Very drinkable, smooth, and good tasting.

Overall: I once had a Rogue beer that I didn't like at all, so I decided not to drink rogue beers, after reviewing the Rogue reviews on BA, I decided to give them a try again. I am glad I did, this was a great beer, and one I will enjoy again and again.

Serving type: on-tap

10-20-2006 14:34:39 | More by jazappi

edbeered

Minnesota

4.45/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

This pours an opaque brown-black with a smooth tan head and ample lacing. The smell has overtones of coffee and chocolate. The taste is creamy, with toasty malt, chocolate, coffee, a hint of plums, and just a tiny whiff of hops. The flavors blend artfully together. The mouth feel is rich, creamy, and smooth. This is a fine stout and I'm really glad to have found this on tap(at the Arcadia Cafe)in the Twin Cities.

Serving type: on-tap

10-18-2006 00:03:41 | More by edbeered

tonistruth

Nevada

4.53/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

on tap @ Rogue Ales Public House in San Francisco, CA

A- dark dark brown, creamy, fluffy 1" tan head, good retent, and lacing.

S- roatsed and burnt malts, creamy sweetness

T- sweet creamy oat up front, followed by a blend of roasted and burnt malts, pine flavor toward end and in aftertaste. sweet cream finish that lingers in aftertaste. nice oat flavor throughout

M- so smooth and creamy, a delight to the palate, finishes warm and dry, nice medium body

D- flavors increase as brews warms, and i would recommend savoring this brew. mouthfeel is amazing. well done brew, a must enjoy.

Serving type: on-tap

09-25-2006 06:44:56 | More by tonistruth

Bouncingsoul1682

Virginia

4.63/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Wow!!!! A fullbodied stout with significant notes of coffee and roasted flavors. Like I've stated before, Rogue hit the nail on the head when they tackled stouts...definetly in my top 5 of american/english stouts...it's a treat if you can find it. and obviously if you can find it on tap, there is a noticeable different in the flavor, smell, and taste...having had both.

Serving type: on-tap

09-22-2006 05:03:52 | More by Bouncingsoul1682

dfried

Minnesota

4.33/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jet black in color, frothy caramel colored head. Rich chocolaty and roasted coffee aroma, quite sweet and creamy. The tasted is quite creamy and chocolaty as well, with a lot of roasted coffee flavor. there is almost a hint of sherry and/or dark cherries before the sweeter malt flavor comes through.Right sticky mouthfeel. Bready, almost like burnt toast like after taste that I liked. Definitely full bodied, but pretty damn drinkable becasue it tastes to good.

Serving type: on-tap

09-17-2006 03:20:32 | More by dfried

WAP

Alabama

4.45/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Saw this on tap at local pizza restaurant and had to try it!

A - Poured deep black with a small, tan head. Moved heavily in the glass and coated the sides as it moved. Looked creamy and delicious right off the bat.

S - roasted coffee, dark chocolate, with a hint of citrus coming through from the hops. A very complex flavor experience that changed with each sip and complemented my pizza wonderfully.

M - Exceptional! Creamy and velvety, felt luxurious with a nice weight to it.

D - Surprisingly drinkable, given its sheer weight and texture. I could have kept on going for 3 or 4 more.

Highly recommended - a fine stout.

Serving type: on-tap

09-02-2006 11:47:21 | More by WAP

veech

Tennessee

4.72/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

It's very nice to see Rogue finally getting decent distribution in my local area. I was very pleasantly surprised to see 3 Rogue offerings on tap @ a very good mostly vegetarian restaurant(Sunspot) that I try to frequent in Knoxville. I can sum this beer up in 3 words: My new favorite, it is outstanding in every regard. It pours a dark opaque black with a dark tan head, and very resilient lacing. The nose is excellent with molasses, coffee and caramel the dominant aromas. The taste surpassed the smell which I tought would be tough to do. The mouthfeel was robust and viscous, which allowed the unbelievable taste to linger. Excellent drinkability for such a hearty beer. All things considered, this stuff rocks.

Serving type: on-tap

07-31-2006 12:09:01 | More by veech

msubulldog25

Oregon

4.4/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On-tap in a pint glass, at Capt. Ankeny's. My Wednesday favorite, when pints are $2.50 apiece.

A: Inky black with a lingering one-finger tan head, tiny carbonation, lots of lace. A terrific looking stout, virtually black, with sticking bands of foamy lace.

S: Dark chocolate malt and bitter coffee aromas. Trace aromas of cherries, citrus and, well, burnt grain.

T: Terrific malty chocolate with bitterness of roasted coffee, bitterness and sweetness are very nicely balanced. Packs such a flavorful punch, replete with chocolate and a wonderful smoked grain.

M: Quite carbonated & with a hop bitterness that lingers for several minutes. Generally, rich and nicely creamy. Some malty sweetness on the lips.

D: Extremely enjoyable, tasty stout. It's one that's in the regular rotation of fine stouts available to me, must have on a weekly basis at least once. Definitely recommended.

Serving type: on-tap

06-22-2006 00:22:51 | More by msubulldog25

rtratzlaff

North Carolina

4.72/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Had this on tap at Flying Saucer.

Came to the table with little head, as with most beers from FS. Held up to 7 pm late afternoon sunlight through the window this beer didn't allow any light through. It left a light amount of whispy thin lace down the glass.
The nose was wonderfully dark chocolate and roasted malt.
I had high expectations for this beer, and it lived up to all that I've read. Bitter dark chocolate flavors cut through first. Roasted malt and a light hop bitterness finish.
I will definitely have many more pints of this. It was very easy to drink. By far the best stout I've had so far.

Serving type: on-tap

05-23-2006 22:42:36 | More by rtratzlaff

Ahhdball

Ohio

4.72/5  rDev +12.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Thick and black, slick oily residue. It's looking good so far.

Toffee, caramel, roasted pistachio's and malt.

A smooth stout that brings on huge malts, dark chocolate, and espresso notes. Great balance between the hop and malt.

Smooth and creamy, easy drinking. This is a great stout and I can definitely see me doing it again.

Serving type: on-tap

05-13-2006 01:08:20 | More by Ahhdball