Oystermouth Stout

What do the oysters bring to the beer? Anyone who has enjoyed eating an oyster will understand that they are the only food that really can evoke the taste and smell of the sea with their fresh iodine bouquet and slightly salty aftertaste. The local surfers will understand. We think that the addition of oysters to Oystermouth Stout will add just that suggestion of bracing seashore freshness and the shell a mineral note missing in other stouts. Andy of Mumbles Oyster Company thinks that oysters may add an unquantifiable element to the beer “Eating Mumbles oysters makes me feel buoyed up and joyful, I feel ebullient. I hope that the oysters convey that gift to Oystermouth Stout, that same sense of magic.” Head Brewer Rob expands: “Whole oysters are added but remain solid and do not end up in the casks. The effect on the flavour of the beer is very subtle but is an essential twist that helps it go well with oysters.”

The brewing of Oystermouth Stout marks the beginning of Mumbles Oyster Company’s work to restore the now derelict historic oyster beds a Mumbles. Once a thriving oyster fishing community, much of this heritage has been lost but the reintroduction of native oysters to the historic beds may provide the impetus to encourage other local businesses to rediscover their oyster related recipes and spark something of a gastronomic revolution in Mumbles. Show Less