Oatmeal Porter
Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
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6.87
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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
tnkw01 (4030) reviewed Oatmeal Porter from Highland Brewing Company 8 months ago
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.
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).
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.
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,
mcm1 (3796) ticked Oatmeal Porter from Highland Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Growlers 2 Go, Duck, NC 8-30-21
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.
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.
Jow (8011) reviewed Oatmeal Porter from Highland Brewing Company 6 years ago
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.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From Nov 2007
I got this one in a trade with autumnaldave. Thanks Dave!
This pours from 12oz bottle a clear dark brown with reddish hues and a 1 finger head of tannish foam with lots of lacing and it shrinks to a fine layer by the end of the session and there's still some lacing. How cool.
The smell has strong but nice notes of coffee and chocolate.
The taste on first sip brings a big roasted coffee flavour and some nice dark chocolate in the background. Very smooth and thickish mouthfeel to this one and it has a very nice bitter finish from both the coffee flavour and the chocolate.
A few more sips in and I'm noticing how I really enjoy this Porter...I'll be sad when my session is done because this certainly is an easy one to kick back. Oh, and when I let a sip sit on my tongue for a bit, I could swear I'm tasting some dark fruit. Delicious.
Bottom line: Porters are a *great* style of beer when made properly and this sample from Highland fits the bill nicely!(no pun intended)
Thanks again, Dave!