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Boulder Beer Obovoid Empirical Stout

Boulder Beer Obovoid Empirical Stout - Stout

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 Percentile 
88
overall
Brewed by Boulder Beer Company
Style: Stout

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
3313.51/5.03.5/5.0Winter7.5%83.5English pint
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Commercial Description:
Oak-aged oatmeal stout as dark in color as deep space. Again Obovoid on oak adds earthy character to the roasted notes and bittersweet chocolate finish derived from the black and chocolate malts.
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 beerbuzzmontreal (2909), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
May 7, 2008  
Pours a dark brown color with a thin beige head. Nice aroma of roasted malt, oak and chocolate. Good flavor of oak, roasted malt and chocolate. The body is light to medium with a creamy texture and gentle carbonation. Good, but forgettable.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 3, 2008  
Sampled on draft. Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma od chocolate, roast, coffee, and oak. The flavor is sweet, chocolate, roast, coffee, and oak. Decent body, was missing maybe a little more of a hoppy presence.


 carruthm (1112), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
May 3, 2008  
black with a persistent tan head. chocolate and coffee flavors with some sweet spice. deep nutty aroma. lots of carbonation.


 Rogueone (506), I F&ckin’ hate those guys from, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 2, 2008  
Bottle: IMO this is better out of the bottle. Pours a rich deep brown/black with a generous foamy head. Smells delicious, like roasted coffee, chocolate malts, and some scalded milk. Great mouthfeel, rich flavor of burnt coffee, dark chocolate, maybe some vanilla. A little sweet, but very tasty.


 CP (124), USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
May 1, 2008  
One of the most heavily roasted malt flavors I have had in a beer. Simply put this is a very good beer, although I wouldn’t consider it a stout or "emperical stout" as they call it. I feel this is more of a porter. It is thin on the palate but leaves a nice aftertaste (more than I expected!) Not many flavors here, but it is well balanced.


 biggcb (459), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
May 1, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a pretty deep, dark brown with a generous tan head. Aroma is deeply roasted malts, coffee and some bittersweet chocolate. Flavor is roasted malts, bitter coffee, some caramel. Good mouthfeel. Tasty and very drinkable.


 Optigon (561), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/514/20
Apr 30, 2008  
Pours black with a minor head. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, and coffee. Flavor is very malty with some vanilla, caramel, and chocolate flavors. Generally good beer.


 LooseCannon (914), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 28, 2008  
22oz bottle. Pours dark brown in color with light brown head. Aroma roasted malt and floral hops. Taste coffee, dark chocolate and roasted malt with dark chocolate bitter finish.



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