Oatmeal Porter
Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
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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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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This review was imported from my RateBeer ratings.
12 oz. bottle. Pours a very dark (almost black) amber with a creamy, tall, light-tan head that dissipates slowly. Aroma is of sweet chocolate with hints of caramel. Taste is sweet to start with but then has a slight amount of bitter-sour for the finish, which makes for a nice contrast. The beer has a medium body with a silky texture. Carbonation is average.
Overall, this is a nice beer. I’ve had better Porters than this, but I would certainly buy (and more importantly) drink this again. Thankfully, this is carried by my local grocer, so I will probably be partaking again very soon!
12 oz. bottle. Pours a very dark (almost black) amber with a creamy, tall, light-tan head that dissipates slowly. Aroma is of sweet chocolate with hints of caramel. Taste is sweet to start with but then has a slight amount of bitter-sour for the finish, which makes for a nice contrast. The beer has a medium body with a silky texture. Carbonation is average.
Overall, this is a nice beer. I’ve had better Porters than this, but I would certainly buy (and more importantly) drink this again. Thankfully, this is carried by my local grocer, so I will probably be partaking again very soon!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2015
at 17:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Highland Oatmeal Porter (by Highland Brewing Company):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5
1/VI/15 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from a trade @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: XI/22/14 (2015-742) Thanks to Scott for the trade!
Clear chestnut brown to purplish beer, small irregular creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Doesn't look like a porter to start with. Aroma: nutty, caramel, sweet, some mocha, toast, dried fruits, banana, some cocoa powder. Doesn't smell like a porter either, more like a brown ale or a Belgian dubbel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of caramel, bit sourish, yeast, hoppy bitterness, some banana, soft roasted flavour. Aftertaste: hoppy, banana, bit nutty, toast, yeast, caramel, dried fruit, bit yeasty, bread. Nope, doesn't taste like a porter either. They should sell this as a dubbel. Very weird.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5
1/VI/15 - 12Fl. Oz. bottle from a trade @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: XI/22/14 (2015-742) Thanks to Scott for the trade!
Clear chestnut brown to purplish beer, small irregular creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Doesn't look like a porter to start with. Aroma: nutty, caramel, sweet, some mocha, toast, dried fruits, banana, some cocoa powder. Doesn't smell like a porter either, more like a brown ale or a Belgian dubbel. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of caramel, bit sourish, yeast, hoppy bitterness, some banana, soft roasted flavour. Aftertaste: hoppy, banana, bit nutty, toast, yeast, caramel, dried fruit, bit yeasty, bread. Nope, doesn't taste like a porter either. They should sell this as a dubbel. Very weird.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2015
at 14:05
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Location: Draft at the Biltmore, 1/1/15
Aroma: Light nose with chocolate and roasted notes, caramel, and some hints of ash
Appearance: It pours a dark brown color with a decent sized tan head on top
Flavor: Flavor-wise, it is pretty similar to the nose, light and a little sweet, ashy and bitter notes
Palate: Light bodied and a little thin, not quite watery, but thinner than I would have preferred
Overall Impression: Thought this was a decent one, though it is a little thin overall. The flavor, aroma, and even the feel just come off as a little muted/thin. Decent, drinkable, hardly memorable.
Aroma: Light nose with chocolate and roasted notes, caramel, and some hints of ash
Appearance: It pours a dark brown color with a decent sized tan head on top
Flavor: Flavor-wise, it is pretty similar to the nose, light and a little sweet, ashy and bitter notes
Palate: Light bodied and a little thin, not quite watery, but thinner than I would have preferred
Overall Impression: Thought this was a decent one, though it is a little thin overall. The flavor, aroma, and even the feel just come off as a little muted/thin. Decent, drinkable, hardly memorable.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jan 2015
at 16:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking black colored body with a decent one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated in about a minute. There was some light foamy lacing trying to cling but it slid for the most part.
The smell had a robust and dry flavored roasty coffee to chocolate aroma with a slight toasted effect to it.
The taste was bitter and sweet. It was bitter through the coffee notes but sweet through the chocolate.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body, perhaps closer to the medium side with a fairly decent sessionability. The carbonation seemed right on for the style and to me. There’s a nice bitterness running over my tongue in a non-assaulting manner.
Overall, I liked this porter, but I didn’t get much of any sort of \"oatmeal\" aspect about it.
The appearance was a nice looking black colored body with a decent one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated in about a minute. There was some light foamy lacing trying to cling but it slid for the most part.
The smell had a robust and dry flavored roasty coffee to chocolate aroma with a slight toasted effect to it.
The taste was bitter and sweet. It was bitter through the coffee notes but sweet through the chocolate.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body, perhaps closer to the medium side with a fairly decent sessionability. The carbonation seemed right on for the style and to me. There’s a nice bitterness running over my tongue in a non-assaulting manner.
Overall, I liked this porter, but I didn’t get much of any sort of \"oatmeal\" aspect about it.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 15:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Pours dark cola, with a short, creamy, light brown head. Dark chocolate roast aroma. Taste is creamy, chocolate, light coffee bitter. Very nice...robust in body and flavor... Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2014
at 15:45
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled from Total Wine & More Clearwater, on January 21, 2014.Filled 11/19/13. 12 fl oz.Clear dark brown color, fluffy teal head. Sweet, malty, a bit hoppy taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium low bitterness.. Sweet, malty scent. Grainy aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jan 2014
at 10:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Tap. Opaque deep brown to black, medium beige head, creamy with good retention and nice lacing. Aroma is roasty, cigarettes, lightly nutty. Flavor is medium sweet with roasty notes, caramel, molasses, tobacco. Light finishing bitterness. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Nov 2013
at 15:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From a 12 bottle shared in Avon, NC. Pours cola brown with an off white head with scant lacing. Aroma of caramel and toffee. Moderate carbonation. Smooth mildly bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2013
at 16:16
8/10
Tried
on 02 Apr 2013
at 07:06
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle pours a watery translucent mahogany amber with some clumpy, white head. Nose is lightly sweet, light bread, a little vanilla, oats. Flavor is malty, sweet, vanilla, bread, toast, chocolate, brown sugar. Medium bodied, sweet finish. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2013
at 18:43