Dragonstooth Oatmeal Stout - Elysian Brewing Company

DarkerTheBetter

Pennsylvania

4.08/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

This beer poured a dark black with a creamy tan head that left good lace. Smelled of heavy roasted chocolate with a slight sourness. The flavor began with big initial roasted malts but then shifted into a nicely paired citrus, almost cola-like sourness and sweet prunes. Finished with a blast of espresso. Mouth feel was medium bodied with a light lingering carbonation.

Serving type: bottle

01-17-2006 23:45:18 | More by DarkerTheBetter

blitheringidiot

Pennsylvania

3.93/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Opaque buh-lack with no light escaping topped with a statuesque light brown head leaving spider lace in the glass.

Burnt malt toffee aroma.

First swigs: Rich dark chocolate and baker's chocolate with molasses and coffee ice cream. Linger of pumpernickel and tobacco. Endless cocoa bundt cake. Astringent finish with full flavored hops eeking out beneath a heavy malt blanket.

Bright crisp medium full bodied tongue coating raw cold starbucks coffee gone wild.

Last swigs: Bitered with Magnum, Cascade and Centenial. $3.49 is a steal!

Serving type: bottle

01-10-2006 03:39:08 | More by blitheringidiot

masikon

Washington

3.88/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Had on tap at the Elysian bewpub in Seattle. Poured a pitch black with comparitively dark brown head. Aromas are definitely roasted malts through and through with very strong black coffee taking the forefront. Taste is how it smells, coffee coffee coffee, Definitely a coffee lovers stout. Really bold and flavorful but for me a little too much emphasis on coffee, somewhat lacking in the other roasted flavors i enjoy such as chocolates. A delicious beer nonetheless, just a little unbalanced.

Serving type: on-tap

12-25-2005 01:43:54 | More by masikon

krberg

Oregon

3.4/5  rDev -16.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Holy black stout! Light will not show through this beer. I bet I could float a quarter on that huge, dense, tan head.

Roasty, sweet and chocolaty, malty with a touch of hops. Smells like a typical milk stout in a lot of ways.

So close to too roasty, but a sweet maltiness swells up to balance the dark grains. Long finish with a late hop bitterness. Not much in the way of flavor hops.

Just how I like a stout: thick and slick. Not a lot of CO2.

An easy drinking stout. The slightly high ABV, keeps its drinkability in the average range.

Overall, a decent stout. Certainly not great, but solid.

Serving type: bottle

12-12-2005 06:59:38 | More by krberg

MuddyFeet

North Carolina

4.58/5  rDev +12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Good Lord, you gotta love Northwest month at Redbones. Served with my dinner on November 17.

Poured an inky brown in color with a decent foamy head on top. Very creamy and heavy looking. Kind of how I would imagine Half & Half mixed with chocolate syrup would look. Lots of cake-like layered lacing.

Nose was mild but very earthy with some chocolate and coffee stuff going on in the glass. Found it oddly soothing.

Dang! So rich and smooth. Another stout where there is quite a lot going on, but in small, measured amounts. Chocolate and coffee was strong at first--and with their characteristic bitterness. Bit of a hop piney tang towards the finish. All got little bits of vanilla, cherries and wood coming out as well. Kind of milky too.

Very full body with just the slightest alcohol bite. Smooth and creamy. Almost like drinking heavy cream.

I was planning on sampling a couple of the NW beers on tap this night. But as soon as I got my lips on the first pint I knew I had found a home for a while and was not going to stray to any other beers.

Serving type: on-tap

11-18-2005 20:25:32 | More by MuddyFeet

waldowin

Washington

4.53/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured an inky black, with a dark brown mottled head that formed quickly, and stuck around for a while. Eventually it sloowly faded back to just a ring, with excellent lacing.

Smells of roast, espresso, cherries, and chocolate.

Tastes of cherries, coffee, dark chocolate, and a hint of bitter smoke in the finish. Extremely tasty.

Mouthfeel is just shy of massive, with a viscous thick body cut nicely by the carbonation. Leaves you with a feeling of coffee roast in the mouth, and cherries on the lips.

This is seriously tasty stuff. The fact that it's "only" 7.4% makes it all the easier to down in my opinion. I will definitely keep my eyes peeled for more of this stuff.

Serving type: bottle

11-16-2005 09:55:42 | More by waldowin

jclovebrew

Washington

4.05/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Served on tap at Elysian Tangletown.

Pitch black. Fantastic lacing and head that stuck around till the end. Subdued west coast C-hops on the nose. Full bodied, robust stout. Huge hop flavor. With my eyes closed I'd think the beer is hop-green, not black. A bit on the sweet side. Nice chunky oatmeal mouthfeel. The high alcohol had a warming effect. This is an imperial stout disguised as a stout.

One negative comment - the serving temp was too cold.

Serving type: on-tap

11-06-2005 02:06:05 | More by jclovebrew

beerceller99

Louisiana

4/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

22 oz. bottle pours an opaque black liquid with a light brown head. Has a malty sweet , buttery aroma with a whiff of alcohol. Medium bodied and very smooth. Has a blackened malt taste with a bitter coffee-alcohol finish. The flavors here are pretty straight forward, no surprizes.
A very easy drinking stout.

Serving type: bottle

06-28-2005 19:59:14 | More by beerceller99

weeare138

Pennsylvania

4.13/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appears pitch black with a 1 finger dark tan head that lasts for a minute. Nice tan film stays through the duration of sit. Beautiful lacing spread throughout the goblet. Smells of sweet cream, espresso, raisins, black grapes, and bitter chocolate. Tastes creamy up front that resonates fruity bitterness from the middle to the back of the mouth. Mouthfeel is smooth and bitter. Medium bodied and lingering on the back of the tongue with all the fruity bitterness and roasted malt. The abv is evident towards the bottom of the 22 oz. bomber.

Finger licking good!

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2005 13:49:40 | More by weeare138

lackenhauser

Maryland

4.63/5  rDev +14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pitch black in color with a very nice,deep tan head that lasts a good while. Nice lacing on down the glass. Very subtle aroma-slight roastedness with a great chocolate backround. Wonderful flavor-big roasted malt and a slight coffe-like taste. Somewhat sweet almost could be a milk stout. Nice dryness in the finish-not as harsh as some double/imperial stouts can come off as. Excellent body. Overall really well balanced between the aroma/flavor/body mix. A fantastic beer. Thanks to Art "the man" for bringing this to me from Olympia. Get some!!!

Serving type: on-tap

03-28-2005 01:47:38 | More by lackenhauser

zacharius

Washington

3.93/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

This beer pours a dark body with a thick dirty brown head. Aroma is of citrusy, piney hops with a hint of roasted malt. The taste is smooth with just a hint of coffee taste and sweet malt. The taste is balanced with piney hops and has a citrusy hop aftertaste. The mouthfeel of this beer is thin, drinkability is good. The alcohol content is well hidden.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2005 01:13:26 | More by zacharius

RoyalT

Ohio

4.13/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance – This one was almost black in color with a thick brown head that was humongous. It lay there for quite a while and laced the hell out of my glass when it finally went down.

Smell – The rich Seattle-based coffee aroma is gigantic. The coffee is soaked in rich crème, almost like a coffee latte of some kind. The malts are of course heavily roasted and mixed with a strong raw sugar.

Taste – Oh, this one is very milky. It’d almost say that it was a Milk Stout except the malts are so big and brutal. They are unapologetically bitter and, like I said when reviewing this on-tap, it’s like licking coffee grounds. The out of place hops that I picked up when drinking this at the pub on-tap are nowhere to be found, and the beer is all the more better for it.

Mouthfeel – This one is medium-bodied and very bitter all over the tongue. I keep licking my lips for liquid to counteract the dry nature of this beast.

Drinkability – This is one of the few good Stouts that are produced here in the PacNW. The label says that it’s a winner of the gold medal in 2001 & 2004 at the GABF, and I certainly see no reason to doubt that claim.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2004 03:05:41 | More by RoyalT

henrysunset

Washington

4.35/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

l: 4.5, poured slowly forming an enormous, dense tan/mocha head. liquid isn't the slightest bit transparent.

s: 4.5, hint of chocolate & malt, teeny hops scent; balanced and nice.

t: 4.5, dry, hop flavor, hint of chocolate malt... aftertaste goes through phases. initially; you taste the hops and the alchohol, afterall it's 8%. later, you taste the chocolatey rich flavors, finally leaving a pleasently hoppy flavor on the tongue.

m: 4, not terribly thick or rich texture; but pleasent.

d: 4, its strong and rich, but very enjoyable.

Serving type: on-tap

05-12-2004 20:24:04 | More by henrysunset

UncleJimbo

Massachusetts

4.08/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Sampled on tap at Redbones.

This stout poured an almost opaque black color with brown foam that left nice lace on the glass. The smell was slightly sweet and malty with an almost vinous, fruity quality. The taste was mainly dark roasted malt and barley but with some sweet oats and a slight fruitiness. The hop bitterness was mildly noticeable in the finish. This stout was smooth but a bit sharp on the tongue. Overall it was tangy and malty with a dry finish. The body was full with good carbonation. This was a very nice and enjoyable stout.

Serving type: on-tap

12-03-2003 06:44:18 | More by UncleJimbo

beernut7

Massachusetts

3.55/5  rDev -12.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

This is one of the most raw stouts I have tasted in a long time. A nice dark ruby-brown color with no head, the aroma is very light with some hint of malt. The primary governing characteristic here is the bitterness. The bitter quality of teh stout, while not completely unwelcome, accentuates the thin body. The malt presence isn't too bad, but all together not a favorite.

Serving type: on-tap

12-03-2002 08:10:09 | More by beernut7

CharlesRiver

Connecticut

4/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I had this beer on tap at the NW Dinner at Redbones this week. Solid black body with a fluffy tan head that lasted. Malt, oats and a hint of sweetness are the flavors that came through. Well balanced stout as no one flavor pushed through. This beer has a higher ABV so look out. This is the second beer that I have had from Elysian and I am once again very impressed.

Serving type: on-tap

11-23-2002 06:04:07 | More by CharlesRiver

Jason

Massachusetts

3.8/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

On tap @ Redbones.

Light brown head, black as night … just what you’d expect a thick stout to look like.

Smells of sweet roasted malt with hints of oats and some hops as well.

Full bodied with a thick creaminess that rolls off the tongue slowly, roasted character is divided by an acrid roasted flavour and a coffeeish malt. Hopping is well done but does not go too overboard, earthy flavours of yeast and faint charcoal hit more towards the back as the long lingering roasted finish ensues.

Thick and flavourful, a perfect beer to pair with a dessert or chocolate none the less.

Serving type: on-tap

11-20-2002 16:38:34 | More by Jason