The tale of a disappointing Raspberry Stout

Once upon a time lived a home brewer who dreamed of one day creating a fruity flavored beer that would blow the mind of even the most traditional beer connoisseur. He pondered all day and night looking at recipe after recipe until one day he found it! Oatmeal, Chocolate and Raspberry together? Can it be done? Would this small one gallon test batch really be the beer that he has searched for all these months? So he broke out his pot, he dug out his fermenter, and he pulled out his grain bag. He brought his water up to a temperature at 165 degrees and then added the ingredients:
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.03 lbs American Choc. Malt

.15 lbs English Chocolate Malt

.15 lbs Roasted Barley

.10 Belgium Cara-Pils

1.20 lbs Liquid Dark Extract

.15 lbs Oats

  With a touch of Willamette hops (.4 ounces) and a dash of Cascade (.2 ounces) the beer was ready to ferment. During fermentation a sweet raspberry extract was added, not a lot but just a few drops, maybe three or four. As the days went by the home brewer began to worry! What if I  messed it up? What if the whole batch was contaminated?! Please beer Gods let it turn out oh please! The day finally came to taste his new found concoction and as the home brewer poured his Raspberry Stout into the chilled glass an aroma rushed over him. The beer  smelled of chocolate, coffee and to the home brewers delight, raspberry. Finally the taste, the fist sip was bold and strong like a dark cup of coffee. The second brought on the chocolate that had touched his nose earlier and a bit of oatmeal balanced out the coffee flavor; but where was the raspberry the home brewer so wanted? The home brewer took another sip, then another and another but still no raspberry! Alas it wasn't there... The home brewer had created a delicious oatmeal stout but failed to create his desired fruity beer. Perhaps next time he will add more raspberry to his mix or perhaps he will try a new recipe. The world of beer is always an adventure, because to the home brewer even a failed attempt is a delicious one.