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Southern Tier Oat

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6314.02/5.04.01/5.0Special11%89.9Snifter
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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 jehoey (766), Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/515/20
Jan 20, 2008  
bottle complements of toddbates: Had this after GI bourbon county stout: aroma was roasted with some molasses and raisin. poured dark dark brown about a shade darker than cola, and not very much head for an oatmeal stout, a small quarter inch of tan head on the pour that completely disappeared and caused the beer to look like cola colored wine. Flavor has some dry fruits especially rasins, and also some molasses, there was a little bit of tobacco as well. mouthfeel was full and oily, but could have actually been more so. overall a good beer, but not a great impy stout


toddbates (95), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/516/20
Jan 19, 2008  
Consumed after a bottle of bourbon county stout... unfortunately after that this one just couldn’t hold its own. tasted all right, looked all right and smelled all right...


 joshwilfong (776), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/518/20
Jan 19, 2008  
pitch black with minimal head. rich and thick mouthfeel. very smooth due to the oats. huge roasted and chocolate flavor with nice hop balance. great beer


 badnewsbeers (1026), Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/515/20
Jan 19, 2008  
very nice..about as dark as it gets here..aroma of bitter chocolate and coffee..flavor of chocolate covered oats, coffee, dark fruits, floral characteristics, and a touch of metal..perfect creamy, enveloping beer leads to a perfect mouthfeel..dark, dark, dark!


 Numenor (869), Richmond, Virginia, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/516/20
Jan 17, 2008  
A great initial aroma jumps out of this one... very oaty, some malts but with no hop content. Great dark black body for a stout with a thin, very light, ivory head... perfect. Flavor is amazing, light oating leading into a perfect malt content. Somewhat like Grapenuts cereal... with a light chocolate dusting (ie: the malts coming through). Ending is smooth with a VERY light hop accent.


 ucusty (1881), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Jan 16, 2008  
Thanks to Pudditane and my secret santa for this! Pours Black with thick tan head and spotty lacing. Bittersweet chocolate on the nose. Creamy mouth-feel. Roasted malts, coffee, oatmeal, roast up front. espresso, chocolate and alcohol on the finish.


 tytoanderso (1385), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Jan 16, 2008  
22oz bottle provided by Stine at the MN RB Winter Gathering. Further proves why Southern Tier is one of my favorite East Coast breweries. Aroma of chocolate, rich, creamy roasted malt, thick oatmeal with just a hint of smoke and alcohol. Pours thick and oily, nearly opaque with a tiny but thick khaki head. Quite rich and lush on the palate. Roasted but not bitter malt, toasted marshmallow, chocolate covered dark cherries, charred oak and smoke. Creamy with good carbonation. Fairly thick and chewy. Nice stuff.


 acertain (249), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Jan 15, 2008  
Don’t recall who traded me this bottle, but props out to some generous ratebeerian (and if it was you, let me know so that I can give you credit). Pours a jet black with almost no head (what is there is tan). Aroma is malty, with hints of coffee, and just a hint of metal. In the mouth, it’s divine, soft and lush. It’s sweet, but not overpoweringly so, with interesting chocolate and other fruity/malty/stout-y notes. I don’t know how somebody drinking the beer I drank got thin and boozy, but I totally understand the metallic complaints. For me though, the metallic notes disappeared after I got it in my mouth.



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