Highland Oatmeal Porter

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

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry courtesy of ross. Pours a deep dark ruby-brown with an average size diminishing tan head. Slightly muted aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and brown sugar. Great taste of roasted malt, dark chocolate, oatmeal, dark fruit and a nice finish of coffee and hops -- tasty! Medium bodied, somewhat creamy mouthfeel. I really enjoyed this, a really good example of a simple, yet quite flavourful, Porter.

Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy, his bottle via trade with ross. Opaque brown-black with a good-sized tan foamy head. Nice roasty porter aroma, chocolate, nuts and light coffee beans, with dark fruit and mint leaf pungent hops, quite malty indeed. Taste delivers - bitter resin/dry hops and dark roast malt, hint of lactose and mulch, nice longish mostly bitter finish - smells sweeter than it tastes. Average porter body, dry and very lightly acidic almost burnt roast malt palate - nice on-style brew.

Well I enjoyed this beer directly after having the Stout. This was a deal more malty and sweet via the Oatmeal but tasted entirely too similar to the Highland Stout. I enjoyed this, but it isn’t there best brew.

Deep, translucent and ruby-black in color with a creamy, fluffy tan head that hangs around for a while and then fades into a thin, retained mold growth formation on top. Lovely aromatic sentiments. Black patent, bitter dark chocolate, greasy & dry mocha beans, black licorice root and sugar stirred into soot. Flavor fails to be as dark rooted as the aroma would indicate, taking on velvety milk chocolate and dark chocolate. Mocha grinds meet a caramel-praline route. Broiled Dove chocolates and burnt brown sugar oatmeal with a scoop of tiramisu ice cream melting in it. This characteristic eventually curtails to embody a burnt Malt-o-Meal discipline. Dry, coarse and titillating mouth presence. Hop schedule seems to amplify the licorice root qualities, most predominantly in the finish, along with mocha beans over campfires, burnt coffee stirred into maple and brown sugar oatmeal, and granular dark chocolate.

12 oz bottle obtained via in-person trade with Wunderbier, served at cellar temperature in a La Chouffe tulip. Translucent prune juice body with a decent medium-bodied moderately lasting tan head....plenty of dark chocolate, harsh and tannic burgundy and roasty/burnt malts in the expressive, but rather difficult nose....very very dry, roasty body with touches of molasses and brown sugar sweetness, more towards the back end to counteract heavy expresso bitterness...quite full, heavy, rather sedimented body, prickly moderate carbonation....unsweetened licorice and bitter chocolate combine with burnt black bread for a powerful, dark, not altogether pleasant but memorable finish. Pretty hardcore porter.

Bottle courtesy of decaturstevo - Pours a deep dark brown with a light off white head that faded fairly quick. Light roasted malt aroma and flavor. Smooth medium body. Good beer. Thanks Steve.

I just had this beer for the first time at the Flying Saucer last night and I must say it’s a great tasting porter. It has that chocolaty taste which I like in a dark beer. I give it an A-

Bottle Pours Black with a hughe creamy tan head. Lots of blocky lacing. Nose of dark, toastd malts, some coffe and plenty of chocolate. A slight sour tang common to the style but not so much. Nice dark roasted flavor. Smokey and charcoly, but a bit sweet and the oats lend a nice slick but still fairly light feel. Smokey bitter sharp trailer. Nice