Three Floyds Mikkeller Oatgoop

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

Pours a dark mahogany copper color with dark golden ruby color when held to a light source and a two finger frothy, pillowy off white head with excellent retention, only slowly settling into a lasting cap that coats the glass with chunks of soapy lacing. Earthy floral hop aroma with subtle citrus and pine notes. Lots of earthy leathery malt in the nose as well along with some sweet alcohol and dark fruit character. Grainy oat presence with hints of toffee, fig, caramel, bready yeast, orange and biscuit. Also, there is a good bit of citrus peel and grapefruit. I was expecting this to smell "bigger" but the aromas are very subtle. Not as earthy and leathery as a barleywine and the hops seem to have faded as well. Slightly chewy medium body with subtle earthy hop bitterness up front with some dry pine character. Sweet citrus presence that goes along with the dry pine notes. Hints of lemon and orange peel as well as some grapefruit. These hoppy notes are quickly balanced by a leathery malt backbone and sweet alcohol presence. The oat character is present in the malt backbone making it much smoother than a typical barleywine. There is still some subtle alcohol heat but the ABV is very well masked making this beer dangerously drinkable. Hints of orange marmalde, biscuit, toffee, caramel and other sweet light fruit. Very well balanced and the hops that are so prominent up front actually linger into a slightly hot, dry finish.

Bottle sample at a tasting. Slightly hazy amber color with a white head. Strong aroma of pine needles and resin. Bitter flavor with some fruitiness, lots of resinous and piney hops, caramel and a bit of alcohol. Medium to full body.

Copper coloured with a tight white head that leaves some small lazing behind. Aroma is tropical fruits, peach, lemon and light passionfruit. Very hoppy with a small malt foundation shining through. Flavour is sweeter with less tropical fruit than the aroma promises, somewhat hot and quite bitter with a lingering malt sweetness. Ends on a fairly bitter and alcoholic note. Mouthfeel is rather full and creamy.

@ a tasting, thanks DSG, pours red to orange with a small tan head, aroma of citrus, tangerine and marmalade, pleasant bitterness in the nose, flavor is sweet, grapefruit, marmalade and caramel, zesty on tongue, bitter finish, medium to full bodied.

Pours a transparent deep copper orange with a well-lacing froth of white head. Aroma of fresh resiny grapefruity hops and sweet lightly toasted pale malt. Starts with good fullness and a rich malty sweetness with some light fruity esters and a creamy oatmeal palate along with fresh juicy hop balance before a drier bittersweet finish. A nice oatwine?

Bottled. Pours out in a deep ruby amber colour with a rich creamy tan-coloured foam. Rich hoppy aroma of resin, pine-apples, shampoo, Seville oranges, red grapefruit and rose-petals. Full-bodied with notes of resin, caramel, brown sugar, red grapefruit, pine-needles and oat. Long bitter and warming finish of bloodgrape, resin and pine-apples. Tastier than Hvedegoop.

At a tasting, thanks DSG, almost no head, quite clear rusty orange colour, aroma of orange marmalade, lightish bitterness and a strong candy like alcoholic sweetness, also some herbs, sweetish aftertaste. Not too complex and a bit boring.

22oz bottle shared at the DC Local tasting. Transparent copper amber with a thin, sticky white head. Aroma is strong, resiny hops, pine. The hop flavor is very pronounced. Flavor is very nice, caramel, cookie dough, citrus, pine. Finish is a little salty, sweet, sticky.