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Fire Watch

  • Oatmeal Stout
  • 5.8% ABV
  • Label approved Sep 15

Had it? My score

90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour

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Midwest Coast Brewing Company's Oatmeal Stout. Label approved 15 September 2026; not spotted yet.

Lighter than 52% of the 55 Oatmeal Stout labels we've read.

From the label

“From one season to the next we watch for signs & warm the soul. The fresh green shoots of spring. A cold front's pride. The heat of summer washes over us. Wave after wave. For each shift in the weather and change in our routine. We have a beer that meets the moment. Classic Styles Done Right.”

How to serve it

Serve at
48–54°F (9–12°C)
Glass
Nonic pint: the bulge gives you a grip and room for a head

About 185–210 calories and 18–25 g carbs

About 115 of those calories come from the alcohol.

General guidance for Oatmeal Stout. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools

Where to find it

No account neededTell me when it's out

Not spotted yet. We'll write the day it is.

One email when it's first spotted — on a list we check, in a scan, or in the brewery's announcement. Nothing else, and a stop link in it.

We track beers, we don't sell them, so no stock promises. These are the searches we'd run for this one.

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About this beer

This is the 13th of 21 labels we have from Midwest Coast Brewing Company. It is one of 8 oatmeal stout labels approved in September 2026. Its label was approved 1 day after it was submitted.

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Brew it

A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.

The bench sheet

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Style: StoutBrewery: Midwest Coast Brewing Company