On those days when I don’t feel like shaking up a cocktail, I opt for beer instead of wine. Wine I find best with food and beer best on its own. Beer is handy for those days when I don’t feel like thinking, just pop the top and drink. Like the world of beer, I drink just about anything, except for the “;training” beers which I graduated from about the same time I graduated from college. The days of college introduced me to beer, but a good paying job introduced me to good beer.
One nice thing about college was that there was a forced introduction to stout. When my friends and I purchased beer, we generally drank Blue of Blue Light. They were pretty common, unoffensive beers for a group of young students. But the problem was that if you bought a two-four, the group of five guys could devour it in relatively short order. A costly issue for a student. So, being in science, I tried an experiment. I bought Guinness. The result was that I’d be the only one drinking the stuff and someone else’s beer supplies got raided. But, Guinness isn’t something that you drink a lot of, especially before you go out to the bar, so it was a short-lived experiment, but one that got my taste buds interested in better, more flavourful beers.
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout is a great beer, especially if you find Guinness to be a bit too pedestrian. Variety is good and I just wish more places carried unique, flavourful beers.
St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout Description
At the World Beer Championship in 1994, St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout received the second highest rating of the over 200 beers in the competition and won one of only nine platinum medals awarded. Brewed from 40 percent dark malts and roasted barley, this intensely black ale carries strong hints of espresso and chocolate. Oatmeal contributes body and a long-lasting mocha-coloured head to this well-hopped beer.