With this blog post, I'll be caught up again. Ended up enjoying this one last night with my dinner, which consisted of breakfast. Bacon, eggs, pancakes. Oatmeal stout? Yes please. This is actually the first beer I've had from Aviator, which is based out of Fuquay, about 15 minutes south of Raleigh. I take it back, I've had other beers from Aviator before, but just don't have it documented and I frankly can't remember what they tasted like.
This beer poured a really dark brown into a stemless brandy glass. I was able to pull about two fingers of khaki colored head out of it. The beer has some very complex aromas since it's the bourbon barrel variant and not the regular style. There's aromas of oak, bourbon, chocolate, smoke, dark fruit. I'm interested to see how this one plays out.
Unfortunately, the taste didn't live up to the billing. All the aromas can be tasted, but the balance isn't there. There was too much oak..charred oak to be more precise. It gave it an ashy taste that was not appealing. It overpowered the chocolate and coffee flavors. The bourbon could be tasted too. For an oatmeal stout, I didn't find the creaminess that I expected. The beer was sweet, but with the ash taste, that wasn't a good thing. It's a medium bodied brew with average carbonation, that probably could have been dialed down a bit. This one had potential, but fell short. I'd like to see if they can refine this into something better, but for now, it doesn't get high marks from me.
Grade: C
Price Paid: $10.49 (22 oz bottle)
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