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Black Belt

Ritual Lab
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🌍 Italy · Oatmeal Stout · One of 13 Oatmeal Stouts in hopIQ

Ritual Lab's Oatmeal Stout — winner of 1st place Beer of the Year 2020 (Birraio dell'Anno). Rich, creamy, and smooth with deep dark chocolate and espresso aromas from the oat-forward grain bill. The dark counterpart to Head Space: technically precise and deeply satisfying, demonstrating Ritual Lab's mastery across every beer style. One of Italy's finest stouts from Italy's most awarded brewery of 2020.

ABV
6.5%
Bitterness
Noticeably bitter
Roasted bitterness
SRM
dark36
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Flavor Profile

How this beer tastes, mapped across 56 flavour tags

roasted
100%
chocolate
100%
rich
60%
coffee
60%
malty
60%
creamy
60%
smooth
60%
full-bodied
30%
bitter
30%
dark fruit
30%
boozy
30%
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About Oatmeal Stout

Style guide · what to expect · how to find alternatives

What is a Oatmeal Stout?

Stouts are dark ales with roasted barley character, 4–8% ABV and IBU 25–45. Expect coffee, dark chocolate and toast flavors with a creamy body and dry finish.

Finding a similar Oatmeal Stout

hopIQ matches by flavor profile — not just style label. A beer with the same roasted, chocolate, rich character as Black Belt will score highly even if brewed in a different country or under a different sub-style name.

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Serve & Enjoy

How to get the most out of Black Belt

Serve at 10–14°C
Refrigerate, then rest 2 min

Slightly warmer than you might expect. 10–13°C lets the roasted malt, chocolate and coffee notes open up fully.

Pint glass
Recommended for this style

The classic — versatile, comfortable to hold and keeps the beer cool. No frills, no distractions: just the beer.

Drink within a year. Standard stouts are best fresh but hold reasonably well for 6–12 months.

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