Southern Tier Imperial Oat

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Lakewood, New York USA

Serve in Snifter

Poured from big bottle. Big aroma of oat, cocoa, clove, spice, smoke. Solid black, just barely a tan head. Flavors of roasted oat, cocoa, coffee, banana, pepper, dark honey. Heady alcohol fumes in the back of the mouth. Sticky feel. Sweet and bitter. A great stout, but I prefer the other stouts from ST.

UPDATED: SEP 18, 2011 300th BEER!!! thanks to smith4498 for trade. somewhat dissapointed in this beer - aroma of roasted malts, LOTSOF alcohol, coffee and bitter chocolate. Taste is chocolate,hops, bitter roast - with ALCOHOL in middle and end. Mouthfeel is Creamy smooth, witha thick body Pour was dark withe beige head. too much alcohol in aroma and taste makes this a lesser brew than it could be...

(22oz bomber) espresso brown pour with soapy tan bubbles. Nose of oats, sweet chocolate, cocoa and grainy. Taste of alcohol, chocolate, sweet, oats and cream with some roastiness mixed in. Creamy finish, delicious palate linger.

Trying the 2008 version. Pours an extremely dark brown, lots of bubbles. Theres a 1/3 inch mocha colored head. Lacing and head retention were par for the style and age. Smell is of rich dark chocolate, burnt sugar, and espresso. There is also some dried figs mixed with slight oxidation. Taste is somewhat like port, chocolate syrup, dried dark fruit, espresso, and booze are detected. For 11% the alcohol isnt overpowering and actually mixes nicely with the chocolate sweetness. Mouthfeel is medium bodied, lighter than alot of imperial stouts. Carbonation levels are average, and head died down rather fast, not contributing much to the texture of beer. Overall this beer is pretty good, lots of flavor mixed with a good amount of alcohol. Gonna drink the whole bomber tonight, paired nicely with some pinkberry chocolate and peanut butter yogurt. This beer is about 3 years old, which I suspect is just right in the amount of time aging. Cant imagine how boozy this beer would be fresh.

Musta ja erittäin vähävaahtoinen Southern Tier Imperial Oat kaatuu lasiin yllättävän kevyen näköisesti. Tuoksusta löydän sitä kauraa, lakritsia, ja paahtunutta mallasta. Maussa on kahvia, lakritsia ja sitä kauraa tietenkin. Tämä on ehkä helpoimmin juotavin impy koskaan. Lempeä katkeruus tulee mukaan jälkimaussa. Ihmeellisen liukas, kohtalaisen kuiva ja semikatkera. Näyttää eleettömältä lasissa, joten saa huonot ulkonäköpisteet. Yksinkertaisuudessaan tämä impy on aika poikkeuksellinen.

Pours black from bottle with a dark brown head. Nose has notes of molasses and raisins. Mouthfeel is a tad syrupy. It’s not as smooth and silky as I expected. You can definitely taste the alcohol. It feels a bit like cough syrup. Finish lingers a bit. Not quite sure how I feel about this one.

Bottle purchased at "The Empty Pint" at the Southern Tier Brewery. Pours a pitch black colour with a tan head that is rather quick to diminish to a ring around the glass. Tiny spots of lacing left on the glass walls. Aroma is very strong of grains and dominant with molasses, there is some subtle dry dark fruit in there as well. Taste is alcohol, molasses, a bit bitter hop, but damn sweet.

Pitch black color, light brown head. Smell and taste oat and roasted malts. Light liquorice as well. Soft taste for 11%ABV.