Australia was as slow to embrace craft beer as Singapore, but when they did, they went full on aggro in pumping out top quality craft brews. A witness to this fact is Nail Brewing’s Oatmeal Stout.

A heady aroma of chocolate, roasted cocoa beans, and coffee emanate from the stout. It’s smooth, lowly carbonated and pretty rich, but the taste was a little lacking. Chocolate and the sweetness of molasses come to the fore, but there isn’t much else going on. The finish is roasty and bitter, but it’s still somewhat sweet overall.

At 6%, the ABV is a good summation of the stout. It’s decent, but you’re left sitting there wondering if there is anything more to the beer.