Highland Oatmeal Porter

Brewed by Highland Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Asheville, North Carolina USA

I’ve enjoyed this brew more on tap (if memory serves) than in bottle. It’s a nice, solid porter with the desired chocolate malts. But there’s not quite enough of the fullness of body and character I want in an oatmeal brew. The slightly thin mouthfeel and insufficiently complex taste docks the score. Good quaffer for the cold months, though.

Bottle from Drbayern sampled with Mad_indian. pours dark with a decent size beige head. Aroma of roast, spices, and chocolate. the flavor is sweet, roast, chocolate, oatmeal, brown sugar, and a mild bitter finish.

Deep dark brown with a little amber rays of light shining through. Nice fluffy off white head sits on top of the galss. Roasted malt, chocolate, coffee on the aroma. Medium body with no lingering flavor. Flavors of mocha and roasted malts. Pretty HOP overall.

Lightly carbonated, easily drinkable porter. Lighter bodied and thinner than some other porters. Coffee and oatmeal flavors dominate the taste. Lightly bitter and dry aftertaste.

Bottle from Capones, Sampled with Stegosaurus. Dark pour with a nose of roast and sugar. You can taste the oatmeal slightly. A little thin for my taste but not bad.

Poured from bottle. Aroma of coffee, brown sugar and burning wood. Smoother and not as oily as most porters, more complex in flavor. The oatmeal gives it a smoothness with the porter feel in the aftertaste. Nice choco noter as well. I really liked this one.

Date: 08/24/1996
Mode: Bottle
Source: Brewfest, Chattanooga

btl: dark, thin head, slight roasted malt aroma, light bodied, high carbonation, lost of roasted flavor with just a touch of oatmeal essence, light sweet finish
-------- /> Date: 09/17/1997
Mode: tap

black, robust tan head, slightly sweet and roasty chocolate aroma, light body, rich chocolate flavor with a hint of roasted, touch of bitterness in the finish
-------- /> Date: 01/26/2002
Words: Barley’s
Words: Ashville

ultra smooth chocolate flavor, solid lace (nitro?), amazing velvet character, light chocolate flavor, could be a great winter session beer, upgraded from 2 to 3 rating on body alone, better in the sample size, or is it warmth?

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Thanx to Elmatador for this.This has a nice coffee nose with roastedness and nuts.Pours a nice rich black color with a thin lacing head that clinged to the edge of the glass.Coffee, roasted malts, a hint of chocolate and nuts on the buds.Finish was slightly bitter and dry.