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Boulder Beer Obovoid Empirical Stout

Percentile
88
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3373.52/5.03.5/5.0Winter7.5%83.7English pint
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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Senormac (14), Springfield, Oregon, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/57/103/515/20
May 15, 2008  
Couldn’t find the aroma on this one. Is it just me? Is not totally black. Can still see, although just barely, through the glass of this dark dark brown brew. Does have quite a bit of carbonation. Tastes very good, dark, roasted, woody, but not creamy. Finishes with same flavor to the end. Cool label art.


 Lumpy (1802), Carrollton, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
May 15, 2008  
Body-nearly opaque with a loose thin ring of bubbles. Nose-light coffee, mildly lactic, light sweet straw, very light metal. Taste-CO2, great dry woody roastiness, good overall lactic creamy light coffee. Well done in an understated kind of way.


 JFURYCAT (791), East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/511/20
May 13, 2008  
Baking chocolate leaps out under some ashy smoke and a nutty flavor which seems like its been roasted 100 times to induce bittering. Is there salt water here? I don’t mind the texture or the hops. It seems a bit overcarbonated. Seems overrated at the 84th percentile.


 AmEricanbrew (1808), Doing Rogue, Louisiana, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
May 13, 2008  
Dark brown with a wispy tan head. Good chocolate malt, roasted nut aroma. Medium body. Nice taste is blackened malts with dark chocolates. Has a nice charred malt bitterness which lingers to the finish. Very slight wood essence in the aroma.


 MrEcted1 (144), Wheat Ridge, Colorado, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
May 13, 2008  
Just not that great. For an imperial stout this one is quite watered down and weak on the palate. Doesn’t look horrible, nice and dark brown. Good amount of java flavors coming through as well as roasted malt. A little bit woody as well. Sounds okay on paper but actually it’s quite ho-hum. Sharp unpleasant bitterness in there for a stout.


 topherh (899), Kearney, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
May 8, 2008  
22 oz bomber pours very dark brown but not opaque. Aroma of roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor is of oak, and roastedmalt. Very creamy mouthfeel.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2911), 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.



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