Stout of Circumstance

This is a big, thick, chewy stout in the style made famous by Anderson Valley and subsequently turned into a modern classic American craft beer style. Our grain bill calls for 10% coming from the darkest roasted barley, giving it intense depth, and a similar amount of flaked oats. The oats add body and an almost oily quality. Circumstance and other oatmeal stouts are probably more closely related to so-called foreign or export stouts and are not at all like dry or Irish-style stouts.