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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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 BlackForestCO (819), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jan 29, 2008    Updated: Feb 19, 2009
Bottle. Pours a deep brown color with a fluffy tan head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma of roasted malts, some chocolate and coffee, and a bit of oak. Interesting flavor profile, starts out smooth and chocolaty, moving into a middle that contained a roasty oak flavor, which mellows to a slight fruit hint upon the finish. Seems a bit thin in the beginning, but then it begins filling out. Alright, but nothing to get to pumped up about.


 Headbanger (1574), Aurora, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 29, 2008  
22oz bomber(courtesy of RSRIZZO)-A pitch black body with a nice small tight tan head which emits an aroma of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, cherry, and a faint of oak. Taste of this full bodied brew is of chocolate, coffee, with a nice oaky finish. A little light for a stout but still very tasty.


 Chapel (329), Levittown, New York, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/513/20
Jan 29, 2008  
Bomber with MaliMisho. Poured dark black with a dark brown head as if to imitate an imperial stout (the bottle lists it as an ’empirical stout’). Aroma and flavor strongly of chocolate and some thick cherry. Not has heavy as I would have expected from looking at it.


 BrewDad (2363), Olympia, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Jan 29, 2008  
22oz Bomber - Trade - IrishBoy
Aroma – Huge Black malt and lots of hops in the nose.
Appearance – Dark Black, very thin head.
Flavor – One of the best impy stouts I have ever had. The flavors was thick this was awesome.
Palate – Great thick Mouthfeel, good texture with a hoppy dry finish.
Overall – Excellent Impy Stout this beer rocks . I loved the flavors deep chocolate and cofee flavors. This was a deep flavored beer for those who understand beers.


 bigrond (1043), factoryville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 28, 2008  
had this on tap it was pretty good, but nothing really special. The higher alcohol content was nice.


 IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jan 27, 2008  
Poured dark brown with ruby highlites with an off-white head. Aroma of milk chocolate, cherry, a bit of wood and smoke. Flavor follows with chocolate, smoke, charcoal, and quite a bit of fruit essence. Decent flavor is watered down a bit by a sub-par body. A decent stout that didn’t blow me away.


 ryan (1774), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/512/20
Jan 26, 2008  
Provided by jasonp. Dark brown with a medium-sized light tan head. Dark chocolate, roasty nose wth light brown sugar. The flavor is relatively dry with dark chocolate, light molasses, coffee and roast. Medium body is soft with moderate carbonation.


 kmweaver (2398), Sebastopol, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jan 26, 2008  
22oz bottle, courtesy of jasonp. Thanks, Jason! Pours a dark, clear cherry-cola color; khaki-colored head with fine-bubbled lacing. Upfront aroma showing oatmeal, chocolate, and cardboard in the aroma; not an exceptional oak character at all. Medium-to-full mouthfeel: plenty of roasted and charred malts, dark chocolate, and toasted malts; slightly hollow chocolate notes, with an artificial oak presence; all but certainly oak chips; cardboard and vanilla syrup. Medium finish showing chocolate and roast in the finish; some toasted malts.



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