The Bar Towel

I'm on a bit of a Trafalgar/Elora trip at the moment since the past few beers I have had from them have been passable (no infection). Leftover stew tonight so I figured I'd give the smoked oatmeal stout a shot.

Surprisingly drinkable. Now the smoke flavour is very charcoaly/liquid, but it is most definitely there... big time. It's a bit on the thin side, like so many of their offerings, but I can look past it, especially since this one isn't as over-carbonated as alot of their stuff. It's a bit one-dimensional, but it's not horrible. Good on them for trying something exciting, and good on them for, let's hope, starting to work out their QC.

Bytowner wrote:I'm on a bit of a Trafalgar/Elora trip at the moment since the past few beers I have had from them have been passable (no infection). Leftover stew tonight so I figured I'd give the smoked oatmeal stout a shot.

Surprisingly drinkable. Now the smoke flavour is very charcoaly/liquid, but it is most definitely there... big time. It's a bit on the thin side, like so many of their offerings, but I can look past it, especially since this one isn't as over-carbonated as alot of their stuff. It's a bit one-dimensional, but it's not horrible. Good on them for trying something exciting, and good on them for, let's hope, starting to work out their QC.

wait two weeks and buy another bottle...

the new batch isnt as bad as last years. its still not great but there is more smoke for sure. not an oatmeal stout though!