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Southern Tier Oat

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6324.02/5.04.01/5.0Special11%89.8Snifter
Commercial Description:
“brewed for the harvest” This beer begins in spring when oat seeds are sown as soon as the soil can be worked. Meanwhile, select types of barley are planted with hopes that Mother Nature will be kind. Our brewers wait patiently until the legumes are mature and ready for the scythe. Upon delivery to the brewery, these ingredients are mixed together in the mash tun where they steep, creating a rich molasses-like liquid. Spicy hops are boiled with the thick brew, giving balance and complexity. Brewers yeast feasts upon the rich sugars, concluding its transformation into oatmeal stout. Pour Oat into a snifter, allow its thick tan head to slowly rise, releasing unbridled aromas. The color of Oat is as dark as a moonless night. The first sip reveals Oat’s thick and nourishing taste. Like a haversack to a horse, a bottle of this stout is a meal in itself. Enjoy responsibly. 11.0% abv • 238º L
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 joeneugs (324), Livermore, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Nov 27, 2009  
Pours black with a brown head. The aroma is chocolaty with raisins, coffee, and lactose. The flavor is beautiful. Raisins, plums up front with chocolate and coffee coming through next and caramel/toffee like smoothness on the palate. It also has a great roasted bitter finish. Really well balanced with all the great imperial stout flavors.


 DeadGirl (235), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/517/20
Nov 22, 2009  
Pours black opaque from the 22oz. bottle with a tan head that matches the color of the bottle’s label exactly: Amplified flavors of roasted malts, oatmeal, molasses, dark chocolate and vanilla. Mild alcohol in the finish. Short, sweet, and to the point. A signature Southern Tier brew. Drinkability: Bomber. Rebuy: Yes. #210 on 22112009, DG.


 beernbourbon (273), chicago, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 21, 2009  
2007 bottle. Pour is black with a very thin off-white head. Aroma is deep roasted malt, molasses, chocolate, dark fruits, and tobacco. It smells wonderful. Flavor is rich chocolate malt with a nice round dark fruit flavor. Finish is sweet with light coffee. Did not know how this would hold up over time, but it is still a beautiful beer with very little if any oxidation.


 madmitch76 (619), , Essex, England
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/58/105/517/20
Nov 21, 2009  
30th August 2008. Opaque black beer with a tan head. Silky smooth stout. Sweet with a fruity note just after the middle. Ends with an almost whiskeyish sour spirit. Very well joined up. Sumptuos, delicious!


TheGB (41), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/104/517/20
Nov 20, 2009  
Pours a very dark brown with basically no head. Not a lot of aroma, but some dark malts, hops and coffee. Taste is thick with medium dark malt, coffee, cocoa and some hops on the finish. Thick and syrupy and sweet, but that seems to be Southern Tier’s thing. Not as sweet as the Chocolate stout from Southern Tier. Very good for a sweet style stout.


 TheCaptain (555), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Nov 20, 2009  
Bomber - Black pour with small but dense tan foam head. Dark brewed and robust aroma. Thick malt texture with harvest grains and slight bitter sweet hop notes. Somewhat boozy, this steeped stout has some weight!


tennessejed420 (76), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/517/20
Nov 19, 2009  
22 oz. bottle. Pours a jet black oil with creamy light brown head. Rich aroma of roasted malt, alcohol present, licorice, sweet coffee. Taste of roast, smoke, coffee, caramel, blackberry. True this beer is thick, but it is not as syrupy as it looks. Long finish where bitterness of the hops becomes present.


 coldmeat23 (233), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/518/20
Nov 18, 2009  
BREWED Fall 2008 Super dense black colored liquid. Bright light does not penetrate. One-finger head of coffee cream colored foam. Retention is slight. Lacing is good, but spotty. Huge dark roasted malts come out first. Nice notes of dark chocolate. Roasted oat sweetness. Nothing really overdominant in the nose. Just a nice, smooth, easy roasted smell. Super big roasted malt flavor. This could be hugely rough and harsh if not for the oatmeal presence. It totally smooths it out and makes it easy drinking bliss. Nice hints of dark chocolate. Very, very slight hint of coffee notes. Slight hints of dark fruits. Very mild vanilla notes. Super mild hops kiss. Medium bodied and super smooth. Nicely oily. Goes down so easy. Nothing harsh about it at all. The 11%ABV is so totally hidden. This is an extremely drinkable brew. So super smooth and easy to drink. Highly recommended, if you’ve not had it, yet.



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