Gelatinize My Oats: Oatmeal Stout Blind Tasting

Upon seeing the early signs of summer weather in Houston, Ryan and Drew decide to send off stout season in style via a Beering Ain’t Easy patented blind tasting!  This time we put three Oatmeal Stouts head-to-head, including the award winning Settler’s Stout from Vallensons Brewing Company.  Can “new” Houston beers overtake an English beer from the 1700’s, and are the host tastebuds as refined as GABF judges?  Plus we update you on our HTown Brewery Challenge by recapping Baa Baa Brewhouse, Twisted Acre, and Battlehops!

Featured Oatmeal Stouts:
 

Settlers’ Oatmeal Stout.  Vallensons Brewing Company, Pearland, TX.  5.9% ABV.

Aybara. Back Pew Brewing Company, Porter, TX. 8.7% ABV.

Oatmeal Stout. Samuel Smith, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire England. 5% ABV.

Other Shout-Outs:

Saloon Door Tasty AF

Great American Beer Festival

New Brewer Magazine

For the Culture Brewing (coming soon!)

Baa Lite (craft lager)

Deep Dive N 2 A Dive Bar (new CTS Podcast)

Hot Tub Beers (new CTS podcast)

Farm Drinkery and Caddy Shack Bar (Spring, TX)
 

HTOWN Brewery Challenge Tracker - See how we’re doing on our challenge to visit all breweries within 50 miles of Houston!
 

NEW WEBSITE and MERCH PAGE!  Check out all the great podcasts that are a part of Cross the Streams media!

https://www.crossthestreamsmedia.com/show/beering-aint-easy/
 

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