Whitstable Oyster Stout was the 2nd of the Whitstable beers that Pete sent as part of Beer (but you already gathered that from the title)
Just like the Raspberry Wheat this one came in a 330ml bottle with the same picture on, which as I said before I really liked, so I was pleased to see it again.
According to the Whitstable website Oyster Stout is best chilled and served with oysters, Unfortunately I don’t like oysters, so I gave them a miss, I did however chill the beer.
Whitstable Oyster Stout
It poured really dark with quite a lot of fizz which took me a little by surprise, I wasn’t expecting quite such a big head when I poured it, the beer it’s self was very dark with a pale caramel head, It smelled of roasted malt and nuts with a very subtle hint of chocolate.
Taste wise it was lovely, quite thin bodied but with a lovely roasted malty flavour, there were definite notes of licorice and coffee making it very very tasty indeed.
This is a really lovely stout, well balanced, not to heavy and packed full of flavour so a big thanks to Pete for sending it to me, I hope to find a few more of their beers to try very soon.
You need to get down to the brewery bar!! The Pilsner is pretty good. And wasn’t beer swap meant to be finished up by 4th December?!
Yes, yes, yes I know Beer Swap was meant to be done by 4th December but as I ended up with 7 bottles from Pete and 4 from the test parcel I think I am entitled to a bit of an extension…
Some great local brews to be had in Whitstable.
The Old Neptune has become a home from home.