Southern Tier Oat

Pours an inky black body with a slow-to-form, mocha head (a "reverse cascade", as coined by FFF). Deep, intoxicating aroma, all chocolate syrup, roasts and alcohol.... an aroma so thick, it’s almost hard to inhale lest I choke on it. (That’s not necessarily a bad thing, mind you, simply intense.) Thick in the mouth with a smooth, full palate. Flavor finds big chocolate malt, prunes, roasted grain, molasses. Finishes long & chocolaty with a brain-numbing hit of ABV. Subtleties be damned. I like a whiff of perfume on an attractive woman, but too much of a good thing can be a bit of a turn-off. (Although I think all you impy lovers are going to adore this one, as evidenced by the 99th percentile noted above.)

<font size=-4>Bomber from <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=3776>Binny’s Beverage Depot, Orland Park, IL 60462</font>

Very dark brown color; minimum head. Complex but intriguing aroma and taste of sweet malt and coffee. Additional rich flavors of toasty and roasty malts, slight caramel, burnt molassas and carob with piney undertones. Rough and wild with a sweet, rich lovely mouthfeel. I’d buy this beer again.

Very very black. But you knew that. Small tan head, glad it is present. Raspberries, chocolate, brown sugar in the nose. Palate is lush, oily, tiny bit of a burn from the alcohol, very thick, and leaves a thick coating on the palate. Taste is chocolaty (cocoa), burnt maltiness in the back, but the mouthfeel overwhelms the flavor. Very impressive and enjoyable.

750. Thanks, GoldTwins! Black. Enormous thick moussy surging burnt orange tannish head. God, what a beautiful pour. This is why Guiness sics its marketing department on surger plates and nitro widgets and "It’s alive!" slogans and whatnot. This looks beautiful--settles to a thin layer of film over an obsidian body, with sedimentary layers of woolly foam down the sides of the glass. Clearly there was barley malt involved in the brewing of this beer.
Sweet tangy candy bar nose--chocolate, roast, prunes, gently floral sweet oat notes, and molasses. Delectable.
Nice thick body, kinda sticky, kinda velvety. Nice. Not overpoweringly demanding of sippage, but not a wussy impy, either. All that aromatic business comes back around for the mid-palate: chocolate, roast, prunes, floral/oat, and molasses. Long sticky pruney/molasses finish. Great stuff. Hits my sweet tooth right where it lives.
Coming back to another bottle a bit later, this beer smells really boozy, and drinks that way a bit as well. This probably needs some time downstairs before it’s really completely drinkable.

Bottle, courtesy JB175. Pours blackish brown that admits a bit of light around the edges, topped by an orange-brown head. A bit of alcohol in the aroma, but the main event is the chocolate, toffee, raisins, molasses. Chewy full body, moderate carbonation. Taste of chocolate, molasses, coffee, licorice. Mildly bitter finish.

bombers from Styles and Weepster, thank you! pours as thick and rich as a beer can get. aroma is mostly chocolate but with some coffee too. flavor is just the opposite with delicious roast coffee notes along with some bittersweet chocolate, dark ripened fruit and a touch of bitterness on the tail end. one of the better stouts I’ve had in a while.

22oz bottle from nolankowal. Thanks John! Tasted at Logan’s house with Logan and deftim13. Malty and oaty aroma. Like smelling a bowl full of oatmeal. very nice. Alcohol is noticable, but not overpowering. A little bit of chocolate.

Pours completely black, fine tan head on the glass perimeter. Dark chocolate and a slight roast character in the aroma, with only a very slight alcohol burn. Thick bodied, sweet roasty taste, with a great balance of bitter and sweet flavors.