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Southern Tier Oat

Southern Tier Oat - Imperial Stout

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99
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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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 rustychiles (1007), Mesa, Arizona, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jun 15, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of footy. Pours a deep black with a nice looking caramel brown head. Aroma of molasses, chocolate malts, vanilla and coffee. Flavor is chocolate malts, coffee, dark fruits. Nice thick oily mouthfeel on this one. Has a sweet yet bitter chocolate finish. Good stuff!


 axilla (962), New Providence, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jun 15, 2008  
Pours opaque black with a small but well retained beige head. The aroma is roastes malts, dry oats, and a little chocolate liquor. The flavor starts with some sweet milk chocolate notes followed quickly with a dry, plain oatmeal taste that ends with a little brown sugar, mild vanilla extract, and semi-sweet coffee. A little alcohol present but not overly boozy. Quite enjoyable.


 jredmond (1015), New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Jun 10, 2008    Updated: Sep 13, 2009
650mL bottle. Damn son. Pours a pitch brownish/black body with dark brown head. The aroma is molasses, chocolate, and roasty malts. The flavor is roasty, chocolate malts. Some alcohol in the finish.


 Brewer101 (162), New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Jun 9, 2008  
this is a nice stout. The pour was a standard dark pour of stouts. Brown thick head. The aroma was full of choc and molasis. The flavor was filled with roasted chocolate. There are malts and dark fruit. Really nice stout.


 Imperial-John (154), Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Jun 9, 2008  
Black with dark espresso head that thins to nothing. Deep alco, choco espresso aroma. Wonderful thick taste of bittersweet mocha espresso khalua milkshake. Sweetness makes it closer to a liquor than a stout. So tasty you forget the alcohol until you finish your sip and it warms you up. Leaves a sweet aftertaste that longs for next taste.


 Soonah (900), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jun 9, 2008  
From Puddintane via trade. Thank you! The pour was a nearly viscous, ultra dark glob. A nicely formed tan and brown head popped up and then retreated into a galaxy swirl. Tiny spots of lacing. The aroma was chocolate, cherry, roasted malt and some grassy, sweetness that I also smelled in their Hoppe. I found it distracting in that beer and in this one as well. The flavor was chocolate, roasted malt, bitter coffee, dark fruit and grass. The mouthfeel was full and the finish was problem free.


 GAManiac (1123), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 28, 2008  
Pours pitch black with a dense one inch mocha head that dissipates quickly leaving a little bit of lacing. The first thing I noticed in the smell was the surprisingly evident alcohol notes, very boozy aroma. There is also strong dark fruit (raisins mainly), chocolate and oat scents as well. Decadent taste full of dark chocolate, dark fruit and roasted malts. The alcohol makes itself known in the taste as well with slight bitterness of roasted coffee and oatmeal in the aftertaste. Mouthfeel is heavy, oily and thick. It just coats your mouth with the chocolate malts and leaves an alcohol burn for good measure. This is a huge stout that I would definitely categorize as a sipper or a dessert beer. It’s a good but not great stout in my book.


 Vac (2389), San Diego, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
May 22, 2008  
Thanks for sharing this bottle Alex (sick boy282). Pours with a black body topped by a thin, tan head with some lacing. It’s sweet and malty with a creamy note, some bitter hops and a touch of vanilla. Full bodied, smooth and creamy.



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