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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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 Hophead22 (1056), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 17, 2008  
22oz bottle. Very dark pour, with a dark brown head. Chocolate, clean coffee aroma. Very smooth oaty flavor, silky. Slight bitterness. Very good, hid the 11% very well.


Miamifan1354 (19), , Delaware, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Nov 3, 2008  
Had this on tap at the Irish Pol in Philly. Came out black with no head at all. Smelled of coffee and malt. Had an intense flavor of caramels and dark chocolate. Short aftertaste of hops, but not over bearing at all. Very heavy beer.


 MAP (1085), Lakewood, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 2, 2008  
Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma is rich and a good mix of chocolate and grainy oats. It has a pretty relaxed aroma, but the flavor is really smooth and wonderful. It has a good blend of bittersweet chocolate and smooth oat character. I definitely prefer these smooth drinking imperial stouts to the over-the-top hoped and coffee loaded varieties. The palate is so gentle and smooth on this one I could drink this all night, until the 11% snuck up on me.


 00cobraR (1096), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/515/20
Nov 2, 2008  
Pours out like used motor oil with nearly no head. aroma is intense with roasted malt, coffee, caramel, and choco. flavor is fairly simialr and just as intense. this brew was fantanstic. abv was well hidden.


 elihapa (1033), Honolulu, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/105/518/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Bomber from Forest City in CT. Pours pitch black with a brown head. Aroma of chocolate, malt, and wood. Palate is thick and creamy, which supports bold notes of chocolate, espresso, roasts, brown sugar, and oats. The smooth, rich flavors here are so balanced, I compare it to dessert of vanilla ice cream with espresso dripped on top. The 11% ABV is nearly imperceptible, which is extraordinary. Mellow, yet powerful, bitter yet deliciously sweet, this is one of the best Impy Stouts I’ve had!


 Rballs01 (264), Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/105/517/20
Oct 29, 2008  
Pored dark and creamy. The mouth feel was velvety smooth and coated the palate. Hints of licorice and coffee. A delicious well balanced beer to welcome the new season.


tdaglow (41), Minnesota, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Oct 28, 2008  
Aroma is big roasted malt and oat. Appearance is a deep thick black. Flavor is a complex carmel, vanilla, chocolate, oat, coffee, a slight hop bitter and some alcohol heat. Palate is full and round, thick and silky. Yummy and warm.


 BREWMUSKCLES (1062), New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Oct 27, 2008  
not a fan of acrid though this one does settle down slowly but nicely. good strong alcohol somewhat hidden and classicly warming. velvet to a degree and smooth with black cherrywine like tastes and good appropriate stout flavors roasty and spicy with licorice and hints of cocoa and coffee. dark head is creamy and flavorful. good and hearty for this time of year.



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