Big Slick Stout - Ale Asylum

Bighuge

Minnesota

4.4/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Nice looking beer. Black body with a sturdy crop of brown froth on top. It stays around for the duration. Nice lacing as well. Aroma is sweet and chocolatey. Milk chocolate. A little chalky, in a good way. Roasty a bit. Nice aroma. The flavor comes through even more nicely. Cocoa powder and milk chocolate dominate in a subdued kind of way. A bit of a ghostly lactose presence....or is it ghostly. Nice roasted character. Medium bodied and quite velvety. Very easy drinking and flavorful...pre-requisites for an oatmeal stout in my book. Very good one here.

Serving type: growler

06-24-2011 04:08:09 | More by Bighuge

okmote

Ohio

5/5  rDev +21.1%

04-26-2013 00:39:31 | More by okmote

One

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -21.3%

03-21-2013 16:49:39 | More by One

wmobley

Wisconsin

3.75/5  rDev -9.2%

03-14-2013 19:27:29 | More by wmobley

BeerFMAndy

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +9%

02-23-2013 14:40:39 | More by BeerFMAndy

elroacho

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +9%

02-16-2013 21:28:11 | More by elroacho

Dactrius

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -15.3%

02-14-2013 01:30:27 | More by Dactrius

UWBadgerFan4Life

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%

02-06-2013 22:25:48 | More by UWBadgerFan4Life

BrownAleMale

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%

01-17-2013 05:38:06 | More by BrownAleMale

crobinso

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -15.3%

12-24-2012 16:36:06 | More by crobinso

InVinoVeritas

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%

12-21-2012 23:04:37 | More by InVinoVeritas

panders07

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev -3.1%

12-10-2012 04:04:07 | More by panders07

Ourchestra

Wisconsin

4.75/5  rDev +15%

11-15-2012 04:29:12 | More by Ourchestra

KCM

4/5  rDev -3.1%

10-07-2012 00:23:25 | More by KCM

ystazi

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -9.2%

09-04-2012 21:22:21 | More by ystazi

oldvines

Illinois

4/5  rDev -3.1%

09-01-2012 19:15:29 | More by oldvines

jakea

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev -3.1%

08-19-2012 16:01:35 | More by jakea

Duff27

Illinois

4/5  rDev -3.1%

08-13-2012 00:49:23 | More by Duff27

rjmclaw

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +9%

07-18-2012 21:43:58 | More by rjmclaw

martyl1000

Wisconsin

4.25/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On tap at The Fountain (Madison).

Pours a milk-chocolate brown, with tan head. Smells of roasty mocha.

Really nice clean black coffee flavor on the pallate. Charred toast. No real sweetness. A bit of chocolate flavor.

A bit thin in the mouth. That's the real disappointment. Delicious, but just watery, without much tactile presence. But high drinkability because of it.

Serving type: on-tap

07-14-2012 00:39:17 | More by martyl1000

jegross2

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -15.3%

05-28-2012 21:23:32 | More by jegross2

redleg411

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +9%

03-28-2012 20:23:05 | More by redleg411

fergster75

Illinois

4/5  rDev -3.1%

02-20-2012 04:57:09 | More by fergster75

FightingEntropy

Minnesota

4.2/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to beery friend Kat, I'm drinking from a growler of Ale Asylum's Big Slick Stout tonight without a trip to Madison. Oatmeal Stout according to the Ale Asylum website, this beer is not your average smooth drinking, light oaty stout. Big and bold, I somehow forget that I really like this beer.

Cap of the growler was on super tight, and a slight hiss upon opening. Nice job. Head bubbles up only with effort though and creates a dark tan, brown streaked head that falls to the lace to the left. Well named, this beer is the color of dirty motor oil. Coffee and clean roast in the nose, and hint of spice from hop and maybe a little bit of the 7% alcohol. Full bodied mouthfeel support a light fresh coffe, roast malt, some dark cherry hidden in the background and that same spice from the nose. Smooth and cream from the oatmeal. Dry, slightly bitter finish lingers pleasantly.

Serving type: growler

02-16-2012 03:03:58 | More by FightingEntropy

Crstumpf

California

3.5/5  rDev -15.3%

02-11-2012 05:48:00 | More by Crstumpf