This is a very easy drinking “stout”, smooth, slight sweetness. It’s excellent on nitro, holds a great head. I also love the dry Irish stout, but get way more compliments on this one. I have a 5 tap Keezer, and like to keep this on my nitro tap. Good stuff. I’ve done all grain and extract, can’t tell the difference, except extract is MUCH easier. I brew in a bag, and increase mash time to 90 minutes, then splarge a bit, to increase efficiency. At 5 gallons, I’ll do the extract in the future. I like playing with yeasts, and brewed this a few times with hornindal kveik, which makes it very interesting. All the flavors taste “fresher” and a hard to describe, very slight, pleasant fruitiness. My experience with hornindal kveik is it makes everything taste “bigger”. But it’s awesome with Dry Safele 06, 05, too.

I hadn’t brewed a stout in a long time, and this looked good, so I gave it a shot. The kit arrived just as described, it’s pretty basic from an ease-of-brewing standpoint. This was my first time brewing outside (I do 2.5 gallon batches) so was a little nervous, but all went well with the brewing process.

This actually took 4 weeks in primary to fully settle, and I’m glad I waited. When I bottled the beer it was clear and dark, and already tasted good. Two weeks in the bottle and a few days in the fridge then time to try it. The carbonation was a little light so I’m going to wait for the others but the flavor was excellent - dark, great mouth-feel, overall a really satisfying quaff. Highly recommended, will definitely brew again.

This oatmeal stout is a soothing brew that goes well with hearty sausages, meats, and potatoes. This is my third time making it!