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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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 LooseCannon (914), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 19, 2008  
22oz bottle, Brewed fall 2008. Pours dark brown in color with brown head. Aroma sweet coffee and dark chocolate. Taste dark chocolate bitter, roasted coffee. oak and lite wiskey with bitter finish.


 17thfloor (1403), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 16, 2008  
Pours a dark black with a small creamy beige head. Thick sweet aroma of lots of oat, some soy, vinous, light raisin, dark fruit, vanilla , maple syrup and chocolate. FIrst taste is lots of sugary alcohol, vanilla and sweet oatmeal followed by bitter licorice and dark chocolate, finishing back with sweet oatmeal. Pretty oily flavor/texture. Slightly burnt tasting, some soy/vegetable. Lingering licorice/dark chocolate taste, a bit tannic. This tastes more like a Black Russian than a beer. Lots of alcohol in the finish... Creamy full body with fine sizzling carbonation. There are much better oatmeal stouts... like Boris.... of course mine is fresh.. but I can’t imagine the off-flavors getting any better with age, but we shall see. A meal for sure... good-luck finishing a whole bottle. Lots of great qualities... but just a bit out of balance.


MuttyD (93), Cambridge, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/105/517/20
Sep 12, 2008  
Deep, dark black/brown pour. Thin tan head that disappears within minutes. Roasted malts, caramel, coffee, molasses (huge molasses), bitter and sticky. Very smooth on the palate. Bitter finish.


 TaktikMTL (2749), Montréal-Nord, Quebec, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Sep 12, 2008  
Bouteille de 22 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez moi. Arôme: Odeur d’avoine et de chocolat avec une pointe de fumée. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’avoine et de chocolat avec une pointe de caramel brûlé. Longue durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de chocolat en arrière goût. (Rating #1949)


 thegreenrooster (1811), St.louis, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Sep 10, 2008  
Pour is black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted oats with some bitter chocolate and coffee. Flavor is more creamy with some vanilla,chocolate and molasses. After the swallow it leaves a bitter burnt sensation on the tounge. For 11% the alcohol is no problem. Another extremely heavy but tasty beer from Southern Tier.


 patrick767 (2016), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 7, 2008  
bottle - Pours thick and nearly black with a thin tan head. The aroma is full of oatmeal, dark roasted malt and chocolate. The big chocolate malt flavor has enough hops to give it balance. It’s full bodied and very enjoyable.


 rocbyter (902), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 3, 2008  
Malt aroma with lots of alcohol. Opaque brown color with some brown foam. Very sweet beginning that fades lightly in the finish. Alcohol and oat in the end. Palate is creamy and alcohol does not have and overpowering burn.


 robinvboyer (1419), Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, Canada
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/519/20
Sep 3, 2008  
jet black pour with a tiny coffee head that didnt last very long. Aroma is a slap in the face, loads of rosty malt, and the typical full bodied oatmeal aroma. Loads of chocolate, some smoke, mollasses, and soy sauce. Flavour is very full bodied, lots of roastiness, some chocolate, and a big boozy note. the alcohol isvery present, and add lots of warming. A very very nice winter beer, so rich.............its like a bloody meal.



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