Oatmeal Porter
Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Regular|
Score
6.88
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A unique Highland creation, this robust beer is black in color, very malty with hints of chocolate-roasted flavor and a well balanced hop character.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottled. Poured a mahogany brown light tanning head. Oats, roasted malts, light chocolate. Pretty good o stout
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark brown color. Malty, roasted chocolate flavor with a nice Hoppy aftertaste. Toast aroma. Pretty nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 05:08
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Notes from 1/2/2009. Soggy coaster notes courtesy of ncvbc & bboven. I got the privileged of trying most of Highland's staple lineup between them, yet I only managed to legibly record this one. Poured straight down the middle of a standard lop-sided DFH pint glass. A sturdy inch & change of sandy tan head throwing whipped wavelengths as it regressed. Dusty cocoa, dairy creamer/nougat, bare notion of roast, a petty amount of zest finishing off the nose. A watery anticipation, but it gets stickier as it warms. Everything is on the milder side of mild. Light lactose opening, followed by a very chalky introduction to everything else: sharp & charred caramel, lightly nutty, with an overall mellow roast. Feel is more scratchy or cat tongue-like, then the velvet type of qualities I associate with oatmeal beers. Soothing in a numbing sort of way. Negligible alcohol. A definite dryness on the tail end that consumes the finish & lends itself to more stoutly comparisons(& room for one more bottle).
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Dec 2024
at 22:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
6 week old can from mixed 12 pack A: Poured 1 pf tan froth atop a black brown body. Good retention and thick lace. S: Mostly dark chocolate, roasty coffee and faint molasses. T: Bitter and roasty coffee and unsweetened chocolate up front. Faint molasses or toffee and even an herbal hop note toward the end. M: Low but prickly carbonation, a smooth texture and ashy finish. O: Simple and no nonsense. Bitter and roasty. Quite good.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2022
at 01:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Thanks, Jim! Ozzy70) Bottle. A- Roasty, cola, cocoa. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, tan head. T- Cola, roasty, faint bitterness, cocoa, molasses. P- Medium body, slightly thin texture, average carbonation, smooth finish. O- A definite classic. Well balanced. Sometimes it's easy to forget about these old reliables with so much flavored stuff out there,
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2021
at 15:38
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
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Tried
from Growler
on 31 Aug 2021
at 02:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Dark brown color, roasted malt aroma. Thick, creamy head. Balanced, sweet malt, roasted malt, coffee, a moderate bitter hop taste at the end.Nice for the style.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2020
at 21:48
8.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Dec 2019
at 13:21
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Sampled from a bottle this beer poured a black color with a small beige head that faded and left a bit of lacing. The aroma was dry, dusty, roasty and woody. The flavor was dry, woody, roasty and dusty. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2019
at 16:31
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Dark pour minimal head. Nose is oatmeal, cola, fruity. Tastes of cola, plum, oatmeal, light chocolate. Bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2019
at 02:23