Southern Tier Oat 4.01 653

Southern Tier Oat

	Percentile
	99
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
653	4.02/5.0	4.01/5.0	Special	11%	89.7	Snifter

Commercial Description:
“brewed for the harvest” This beer begins in spring when oat seeds are sown as soon as the soil can be worked. Meanwhile, select types of barley are planted with hopes that Mother Nature will be kind. Our brewers wait patiently until the legumes are mature and ready for the scythe. Upon delivery to the brewery, these ingredients are mixed together in the mash tun where they steep, creating a rich molasses-like liquid. Spicy hops are boiled with the thick brew, giving balance and complexity. Brewers yeast feasts upon the rich sugars, concluding its transformation into oatmeal stout. Pour Oat into a snifter, allow its thick tan head to slowly rise, releasing unbridled aromas. The color of Oat is as dark as a moonless night. The first sip reveals Oat’s thick and nourishing taste. Like a haversack to a horse, a bottle of this stout is a meal in itself. Enjoy responsibly. 11.0% abv • 238º L

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tomthompson89 (1494), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Nov 19, 2008

Had on tap at Cole’s buffalo NY. Dark brown almost black, some nice tan head, nose is coffee, chocolate and some dark berries. Flavor is cocoa, molassis, roasted malt with some lingering hops in the finish

Dogbrick (2907), Columbus, Ohio, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Nov 19, 2008

On draught at Barley’s Smokehouse. The beer pours a deep black color with a medium thick dark tan head that recedes slowly. Rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of chocolate malt, espresso and hops. Rich, smooth body with flavors of cocoa, coffee and roasted malt, along with some moderately bitter hops. Oats are subtle throughout. The finish is roasty with a mocha aftertaste. Solid all around.

ross (1709), weddington, South Carolina, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	3/5	10/10	5/5	16/20

Nov 18, 2008

Bottle from Sean. Much like how he test drives amps and beers, I took a sip, savored it for 20 minutes, and dumped the rest of the bottle. The Smitty way. Pours out (into my teaspoon), a black color with a nice tan head on it. Smell is full of oats and chocolate, coffe and some sugars. The smell is good but the real highlight is the way this thing tastes. It is probably one of the thickest beers I have ever drank. This is certainly a meal in a bottle. Chocolate, oats, coffee, its all there in large quantities. This stuff is really good, too bad I only drank 1/16th of an oz of it.

blutt59 (2186), Dallas, Texas, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Nov 18, 2008

bottle, thick dark brown pour, dirty brown head, aromas of chocolate and oatmeal, flavor of chocolate, dark fruits, vinous body with an alcohol chlorine like presence

Hophead22 (1106), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Nov 17, 2008

22oz bottle. Very dark pour, with a dark brown head. Chocolate, clean coffee aroma. Very smooth oaty flavor, silky. Slight bitterness. Very good, hid the 11% very well.

Miamifan1354 (19), , Delaware, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Nov 3, 2008

Had this on tap at the Irish Pol in Philly. Came out black with no head at all. Smelled of coffee and malt. Had an intense flavor of caramels and dark chocolate. Short aftertaste of hops, but not over bearing at all. Very heavy beer.

MAP (1089), Lakewood, Ohio, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Nov 2, 2008

Pours black with a thin tan head. Aroma is rich and a good mix of chocolate and grainy oats. It has a pretty relaxed aroma, but the flavor is really smooth and wonderful. It has a good blend of bittersweet chocolate and smooth oat character. I definitely prefer these smooth drinking imperial stouts to the over-the-top hoped and coffee loaded varieties. The palate is so gentle and smooth on this one I could drink this all night, until the 11% snuck up on me.

00cobraR (1103), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	5/5	9/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 2, 2008

Pours out like used motor oil with nearly no head. aroma is intense with roasted malt, coffee, caramel, and choco. flavor is fairly simialr and just as intense. this brew was fantanstic. abv was well hidden.

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