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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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 phishpond417 (1861), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Pours a dark brown colour with a reddish tint near the bottom. HEad is very small, very little carbonation in this beer. Taste is pleasent, rich with dark roasted malts and coffee beans. Aroma is strong of dark fruits, black licorice adn toffee.


 bp (451), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/517/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Bottle: pours a dark black with a thick, frothy tan head, aroma of coffee, chocolate, malt, taste is very smooth, some chocolate, malts, coffee and a mellow bitterness in the finish, medium mouthfeel. Glad I finally got to try this one.


 fata2683 (836), Panama City, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/510/104/517/20
Nov 20, 2008  
Bottle, tasted as part of an Imperial Stout tasting(ended up 4th of 4) Pours dark brown/black with a very thin head that did not last. Light coffee nose, dark cherry and some sweet/dark malts. Taste is sharp and bitter with an expresso bittering finish. Mouth is creamy and full of pig flavors with a light alcohol burn. Not as thick as other RIS but still solid and delicious.


cloudstrife (50), Rochester, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 19, 2008  
22oz bottle poured into glass. Pitch black color with a tannish orange head which dissipated to the edge of the glass. Aroma of caramel malts with a hint of chocolate or molasses. Fairly sweet in flavor which is surprising for a beer this dark, oaty aftertaste. Very rich and full on the palate. Little rough on the palate when compared side by side with Stone Russian Imperial Stout. Overall a really good sipping beer from Southern Tier.


 tomthompson89 (1459), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Nov 19, 2008  
Had on tap at Cole’s buffalo NY. Dark brown almost black, some nice tan head, nose is coffee, chocolate and some dark berries. Flavor is cocoa, molassis, roasted malt with some lingering hops in the finish


 Dogbrick (2813), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 19, 2008  
On draught at Barley’s Smokehouse. The beer pours a deep black color with a medium thick dark tan head that recedes slowly. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of chocolate malt, espresso and hops. Rich, smooth body with flavors of cocoa, coffee and roasted malt, along with some moderately bitter hops. Oats are subtle throughout. The finish is roasty with a mocha aftertaste. Solid all around.


 ross (1709), weddington, South Carolina, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/510/105/516/20
Nov 18, 2008  
Bottle from Sean. Much like how he test drives amps and beers, I took a sip, savored it for 20 minutes, and dumped the rest of the bottle. The Smitty way. Pours out (into my teaspoon), a black color with a nice tan head on it. Smell is full of oats and chocolate, coffe and some sugars. The smell is good but the real highlight is the way this thing tastes. It is probably one of the thickest beers I have ever drank. This is certainly a meal in a bottle. Chocolate, oats, coffee, its all there in large quantities. This stuff is really good, too bad I only drank 1/16th of an oz of it.


 blutt59 (2042), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 18, 2008  
bottle, thick dark brown pour, dirty brown head, aromas of chocolate and oatmeal, flavor of chocolate, dark fruits, vinous body with an alcohol chlorine like presence



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