Three Floyds Mikkeller Oatgoop

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Munster, Indiana USA

Serve in Snifter

66 cl. bottle sampled @ RBWG 2012 – thx to Benzai – hazy amber red with a white head – smells very hoppy with lots of pine resin hops mixed with red fruits & sweet caramel, taste is bitter, caramel, dark fruits, lots of pine resin, bitter oranges, grapefruit & touch of pomegranate, spices, sticky/chewy candy, cocoa & slightly sticky malts, medium going to full caramel/barley wine body, neat

Clear orange brown, amber colour, white head. Quite sweet malty aroma, oak, some perfume, candy, caramel, quite alcoholic. Flavour sweet malty, dried fruit, apricot and fudge. Sweet malty finish, caramel, only light hops.
(From 341mL bottle @ RBBWG 2012, Antwerpen. Thanks for sharing, Benzai!)

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Orange colour. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter wonderfull flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Great stuff.

Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, caramel, alcohol and hops.

14/I/2012 341ml bottle @ RBBWG 2012 - BB: n/a (2012-48) Thanks to Benzai for bringing the bottle!

Clear reddish orange beer, small off-white head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very sweet start, alcohol, crunchy muesli, corn flakes, bit of resin. MF: good carbon, full body. Taste: lots of dark chocolate, fudge, caramel, fruity notes, somewhat sugary. Aftertaste: little bitter, sweet.

Sampled @ RBBWG Antwerpen. Clear amber color, small to average sized, mostly diminishing, fair to good lacing white head. Smell moderately malty, moderately hoppy, lightly perfume. Taste some sweetness, alcohol, slight bitterness. Medium to full body and carbonation.

Tasted on 1/15/12 from a capped 650mL bomber bottle purchased at Discount Liquors. Pours clear amber with an average cream-white head that slowly recedes to a thin spot of lace and an average collar, leaving some spotty lace along the inside of the glass. The nose is full of caramel, brown sugar, and lightly toasted nutty malt, with the faded aroma of grassy herbal hops, and some pitted fruit. The flavor is mostly dry, and a bit more toasted than the nose with the same caramel and brown sugar, muted, aged citrus and grassy herbal hops, and some over-ripe peach. The body is full with a somewhat oily texture, light carbonation, and a long toasted caramel, brown sugar, and lightly bitter finish.

650ml bottle. Orange to amber coloured with small off-wite head. Caramel malt and fruityness. Taste is sweet, malty, a little bit of hops and a Marmite-like spicyness, also warming alcohol. Not bad concerning all rating aspects, but still not one of my favourite styles concerning taste.