Beer 202 - Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout

Product of England, brewed and bottled at Yorkshire's oldest brewery, The Samuel Smith Old Brewery in Tadcaster, N. Yorks.  Bought at Spec's and drunk at home in Katy with dinner of stuffed peppers.

web site of US importer: http://www.merchantduvin.com/pages/5_breweries/samsmith_oatmeal_stout.html

The web site says: "At one time promoted as a drink for lactating mothers, oatmeal stout was described as nutritional on early labels. Oats are in the same family as barley, and a small addition yields great flavor and adds smooth body. Popular in the late 1800’s, the last oatmeal stout was brewed before the First World War until Samuel Smith reintroduced this style in 1980. Almost opaque, with an unusually silky texture and complex, medium-dry velvet palate. Bittersweet finish. Ingredients • Water, malted barley, cane sugar, roasted malt, yeast, hops, oatmeal, seaweed finings, carbon dioxide."

I like this beer much more than regular stout.  Perhaps it's the additional sweetness in the beer without the harsh taste of bitter chocolate.  Whatever it was this beer went down very nicely.