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Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout

Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout - Stout

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 Percentile 
93
overall
Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Stout

Boonville, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8153.64/5.03.63/5.05.7%92English pint
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Commercial Description:
With its deep, dark brown-black color, thick, full-bodied, velvety-smooth mouth feel, mocha character, and, strong yet subtle hop bite, Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout is one of the thickest, richest, and most complex stouts on the market today.
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NickVega (72), Eugene, Oregon, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/104/517/20
Aug 19, 2007  
I have grown to find other stouts, but this is the one that I grew up on. On tap at Father’s Office in Santa Monica circa 1995. Boontalicious!


 jtw (942), farmington, Michigan, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 12, 2007  
22 oz bottle, pours black with a tan head. sweet chocolate aroma, a bit of roasted barley in excellent balance with oat and other starchy grains. foremost it’s sweet with coffee, toast, roast, and little alcohol. body is full and creamy - this is an excellent beer, would line up well with kalamazoo stout.


 bubbleflubber (885), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 28, 2007  
Sweet and easy drinking. This has a beautiful dark brownish-black pour... a huge chocolate mousse head leaves chunky lace. The nose has wheat, oats, roasted grains and mocha/milk chocolate notes. Sweet grain and chocolates to the tongue... light on the palate, but decently bodied... a creamy mouthfeel with great carbonation levels to add the perfect amount of crispness. The finish is indeed bittersweet, without bittering too much as to contrast the rest of the pull. Nice integration here, from beginning to end. This is a linear pull that leads from the front- to back-palates very well. Great example of the style!


 505 (271), Echo Park, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 22, 2007  
This was the first stout I ever really got into way back when. Pours dark with a small tan head. Aroma is roasty, flavors are definitely describable as bittersweet and roasty. Pretty good, not what it used to be for me, but enjoyable nonetheless.


 TheEpeeist (1429), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/517/20
Jul 22, 2007  
22 oz bottle. A year old? Dark brown with a boistrous sepia head. No lace. Musty grapes, coffee and crayons. Tangy chocolate with tongue-biting carb. Smooths into orange oatmeal cookies. Crisp and very drinkable. I really like this CA take on a sweet stout.


 drawde (115), San Francisco, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Jul 22, 2007    Updated: Dec 2, 2007
Black; coffee-colored head; roasty chocolate nose; sweet oats, milky but roasted malt flavor. Full bodied, rich flavor.


 riversideAK (2648), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Jul 19, 2007  
I am usually a huge fan of Oatmeal Stouts/Sweet Stouts, but this one was not my favorite. Aroma was sweet and roasty. Pours black with a brown head. I did not think it was anywhere near as complex as the previous dude, but whatever. It was very roasty, had a nice sweet malty character, as well as notes of vanilla and a nice mild black coffee bitterness. It finishes dry and sweet. Had a nice hefty mouthfeel, but although nice and pleasant, nothing stood out as spectacular.


Dynamind69 (29), San Miguel, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Jul 6, 2007  
This may be the best oatmeal stout I have had yet pours deep black,nice aroma of ripe pears and a superb flavor like dark chocolate and black cherries.I will buy this one again.This was worth every penny.Spread the news Anderson Valley Brewing Co. is making some of the best brews in World.Impressive!



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