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Southern Tier Oat

Southern Tier Oat - Imperial Stout

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99
overall
Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6174.02/5.04.01/5.0Special11%89.9Snifter
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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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 BeerHawk (1175), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 27, 2009  
Bottle shared by illinismitty @ the Barrios tasting. Poured black with a tan head. Awesome aromas of chocolate and a nice smoke undertone. The flavor has a good oat, chocolate, vanilla and roastiness to it with a slight hint of hops. Fully body, sweet, and smooth. Very nice!


 mjs (1445), Helsinki, Finland
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Jan 27, 2009  
(Bottle -- shared with sayravai, thanks -- at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-01-27) Almost black. Small tan coloured head. Liquorice and roastedness in aroma. Full bodied and a bit oily palate with medium carbonation. Liquorice, bitterness, roastedness, creaminess, light sweetness and chocolate in taste. Roasty, creamy and bitter aftertaste.


 sayravai (3720), Helsinki, Finland
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Jan 27, 2009  
(Bottled, 0.66l) Very dark brown with a small, beige head. Intensely malty, deliciously smooth, lightly licoricey aroma with balancing hop bitterness. Malty flavor with moderate licorice presence, and oat bringing smoothness and some milky sourness. The only fault is slightly too heavy burnedness in the finish. Alcohol is fully hidden. Very velvety-smooth, silky and soft-carbonated palate. An extremely enjoyable Imperial oatmeal stout.


 nqualls (1429), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Jan 25, 2009  
22 oz bottle courtesy of illinismitty at the Barrios Nashville tasting. Poured a dark brown/black color with a thin brown head. The aroma was oatmeal, milk chocolate and a bit of smoked meat. The flavors were oats, coffee, vanilla, oak and some warming alcohol. The palate was above average with soft carbonation, a full body and a creamy but not sticky mouthfeel. This was my favorite beer of the session. And that is saying a lot with all of the amazing beers brought out.


 illinismitty (1790), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/518/20
Jan 25, 2009  
Bottle that I brought to Barrio’s tasting. This was the first batch., and I believe I bought this at Fat Heads in Pittsburgh, PA. Pours black with a brown head. Aroma of smoke and roasted malts, with a hint of dark fruits. Full bodied but without being too thick- just a nice smooth slick mouth feel. Flavor of dark chocolate, oats, vanilla, and mild coffee with a nice balancing bitterness. Average amount of residual sweetness. Warming finish, but not hot with fusel. Excellent beer.


 Butters (1622), Virginia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jan 24, 2009  
Bottle at Barrios’ Impromptu Tasting to pop Smitty’s Surly. Amazing. Near perfect smoke, chocolate, muted alcohol notes, peat, vanilla, oak. nose and flavors. Medium full body with nice creaminess. I am loving this sweet and abv warming finish. Delicious!


 PaulHegedus (458), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/517/20
Jan 24, 2009  
Bottle at Volo, January 2009. This is beautiful in a snifter, dark black with a thick, cream coloured head, some lacing on the glass. There is plenty of fresh dark chocolate in the aroma, some cherry and alcohol. The mouthfeel is really tremendous: full bodied, slick and smooth; slightly oily. Very inviting. The flavour is very dry with subtle hints of dark chocolate, wonderful cherry and a hint of vanilla. The alcohol is very well masked. Fantastic!


 Heathen (723), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Jan 20, 2009  
THOUGHTS: Powerful and flavorful, but way easier to drink than their Creme Brulee. Hid alcohol fairly well for something this strong. Nice, but nothing special. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown that was black in the glass with slight orange highlights in the light and a small, tan head that left fair lacing. The aroma was roasted malt, milk and dark chocolate, oat, chocolate syrup, moderate pine hops, and a little alcohol. The flavor stared very sweet and a little bitter and finished fairly bitter with a little sweetness with a long duration. There was roasted malt, chocolate, oat, dark fruit, chocolate syrup, pine hops and a little alcohol. The medium to full body was oily, but also sticky on the lips with tingly carbonation and alight to moderate alcoholic finish.



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