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Southern Tier Oat

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6394.02/5.04.01/5.0Special11%89.7Snifter
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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 noncaloric (620), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 26, 2009  
Pours red-brown, black in the glass, with a tall, dark brown head. Aroma is a whiff of chocolate and molasses, but just a whiff. Flavor is overt alcohol floating over a malt body burnt to a blackstrap molasses, with enough chocolate elements to avoid overt astringency. Very full bodied. Despite the large head, feels somewhat still on the palate.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2911), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 26, 2009  
Interesting aroma of chocolate, roasted malt and oats. Pours a black color with brown highlights and a thin light brown head. Very good flavor of chocolate, roasted malt and oats over a light to medium body and very smooth, comfy texture. It’s solid stuff, the alcohol always remains hidden.


 Glouglouburp (2853), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/515/20
Aug 21, 2009  
In short: A big full bodied boozy velvety oat beer that drinks easier that it should. Almost excellent
How: Bottle 22oz. Many times, fresh to 1 year old, not much difference
The look: Black body topped by a small tan head
In long: Nose of a hot chocolate without the warm fumes. Light-medium roastiness. Superb rich velvety body. Flavours of milk chocolate, oat, molasses, ots of caramel and toffee, a little boozy. Very low on the fruity side of things, I must have drank 3 bottles by myself and I never could pick a single fruit flavour. There’s something that resembles green grass in there but overall the beer could have used a little more hops. Sweetness seems adequate at first but feels a bit heavy when drinking a full bottle. Very good a but a bit cloying when drinking. Half a bottle is how to enjoy that beer. I will share it with a friend at the next opportunity. Next time I have a friend.


 monkeychugg55 (238), Joliet, Illinois, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Aug 18, 2009  
Pours a thick blackish brown with a small tan head. The aroma is loaded with roasted oats, chocolate, coffee, anise, and a hint of vanilla. The flavor is sweet chocolate, roasted oats, and coffee. Thick and velvety mouthfeel, with a long soft finish. Alcohol is amazingly well hidden.


 jkwalking05 (1485), Arlington, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 18, 2009  
Black in color with a decent sized tan head. Aroma is of roasted malts, lots of oat, chocolate and vanilla. Taste is of chocolate, coffee, oats and roasted malts. Very smooth.


 SHIG (2037), Aviano, Italy
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Bottle thanks to Pantanap: Poured a thick black sludge with a brown chocolate head. Aroma was sweet chocolate, oat, and coffee. The taste is smooth oat with chocolate and coffee.


 durhambeer (1218), Durham, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 12, 2009  
Bottle thanks to ... Tweety? Cletus? Damn, I forgot. About a year old. Pours nice and black with a one-finger tan head. Some slight oxidation on the nose; a bit of metal; some chocolately sweetness. Some oatmeal. Very sweet on the palate (from Southern Tier.... no!?!?!?) but quite good. I haven’t been impressed with other ST stouts I’ve had, but this is tasty.


 shp555 (1688), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/517/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Pours an opaque black color with a dark brown head. Aroma is caramel, oat, chocolate, roast, toffee, some coffee notes, and some spicy hops. Flavor is caramel, oat, roast, toffee, chocolate, some fruity notes, and a slightly spicy bitter finish.



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