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Southern Tier Oat

Southern Tier Oat - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
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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Dfonorow (31), New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Black (like it should be) with a caramel head. The smell is quite nice and includes notes of chocolate, licorice, oatmeal, alcohol, and dark fruits. The taste is strong and bold but at the same time very smooth. It is a nice mix having the sweet taste of oatmeal and chocolate and then the kick of alcohol at the end.


 slang (392), Columbia, South Carolina, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/518/20
Nov 1, 2009  
growler. Dark w/ subtle brown head, chunky if poured hard. Nose of vanilla, bread & alcohol. Taste is alcoholic malty, milk choc.y smoothness. It’s a complex beer that manages to avoid all the cliches of it’s peers. The lack of coffee/roast is nice, the alchie-smoothness is drunkenly tantalizing. Kudos.


 anders37 (4516), Malmö, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Sweetish roasted malty milk chocolate flavor with hints of coffee and oat. Has a sweetish roasted malty chocolate finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.


 jeremytoni (1069), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 21, 2009  
From a bottle poured dark brown with almost no head. Nice sweet malty flavor with a lasting finish.


 marcus (1821), Sacramento, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 20, 2009  
This black ale poured with a thin tan head and a strong chocolate aroma There is a chewy and creamy treacle and chocolate flavor with a bitter hop finish and an alcohol trail. Very nice.


 Enjoyit (1697), Vadum, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Oct 13, 2009  
Black of color with a small beige head. An aroma of sweet liqurice, salty, bitter and weak chocolate. A flavor of liqurice and bitter-sweet.


 Macadem (100), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/517/20
Oct 11, 2009  
This has an absolutely amazing nose for an oatmeal stout. Big chocolate, prunes, raisins, oats and red berry aromas. Very fruity tastes, lots of raisins and red berries. This is fantastic!


 jeff789 (359), Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Oct 11, 2009  
Pitch black, very opaque... Creamy roasty aroma, notes of cereal grains, lactose, sweet cream... Roasty creamy mouthfeel, with notes of burnt malts, cream, milk, cereal... Full bodied, slightly sweet, but not nearly as sweet as creme brulee... very very good....



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