Short beer review: Wolaver's Oatmeal Stout

I decided to try another oatmeal stout. This one doesn't have quite the depth of flavor of the last, but its just as good IMO. Has a hint of bitterness to it, but once again not too much and the rest of the flavor balances it out well. Goes down smooth. I like this one.

Corsendonk Christmas Ale

This has a fairly high alcohol content, so after breathing in paint and glue fumes for an hour or so while working on something then drinking this, I'm starting to feel a little bit of a buzz.

The beer itself is fairly unremarkable. Dark, but not remarkably so. Bit of that weird caramel malt taste to it. It goes down fairly smooth, but for some reason its got a slightly cheap flavor to it. I'm not sure how to describe it. Its one of those that's not bad, but just not to my palate, I think.

I bought a little bottle today to try it out and see if it'd be worth buying the big bottle to bring to my brother's place for Christmas. Its good, but I can think of better things to bring so I don't think I'll get the big bottle.

Belfast Bay - McGovern's Oatmeal Stout

A very dark beer, not sweet at all. Slight bitter aftertaste, but its very slight and its smooth enough that it's a pleasant bitterness. I seem to be using the word 'smooth' to describe a lot of the beers I'm trying, but I think that's just because I LIKE smooth beers, so that's the first thing I look for. :)

It doesn't say what the alcohol content is, but I don't think its particularly high. But I like the flavor and I like the hint of an almost molasses-ish darkness in the taste.