Oatis
Ninkasi Brewing Company

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From:
Ninkasi Brewing Company
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
Ranked #140
ABV:
7%
Score:
88
Ranked #14,495
Avg:
3.92 | pDev: 10.46%
Reviews:
254
Ratings:
788
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 21, 2023
Added:
Oct 23, 2007
Wants:
  43
Gots:
  148
50 IBU
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Ratings by apaltrineri:
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Reviewed by apaltrineri from Oregon

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance - Dark brown, bordering on engine oil. Foamy tan 2-finger head, little lacing.

Smell - A malty, heady oatmeal stout which warms you up just by the smell! Notes of rust, soy sauce (?), yeast.

Taste - This is a strong beer, even for a stout (7% ABV) and the alcohol comes through just a little too much. Hearty tasting stout with traces of iron. Notes of burnt chocolate and ash, winter once again.

Mouthfeel - The highlight of this tasting... chewy, oily, truly a unique feel for every sip. The heavy taste is betrayed by this complex feel.

Drinkability - Not a session beer, but one to try again on a cool eve. Stout fans should definitely give it a shot.
Oct 15, 2008
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Reviewed by josanguapo from Spain

3.53/5  rDev -9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
De beerrrepublic.eu. En copa Teku. Con pistachos. Viendo Tokyo Revengers 2x24-25. Perfil torrefacto y amargo con ciertos tintes metálicos que no llegan a estropearla pero que tampoco quedan bien. Eso sí, presenta un buen cuerpo para un abv relativamente moderado
Dec 21, 2023
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Reviewed by RyanK252 from California

3.93/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bottle poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass

A: Pours dark brown nearly black with a frothy chocolate milk brown head that settles to a firm layer ad laces nicely.

S: Roasty, char and a hint of smoke, earthy, coffee, chocolate, a little dark fruit, a touch of pine, faint hint of vanilla, and some burnt sugar sweetness.

T: Roasty, earthy, a little char, espresso, dark chocolate, herbal pine, hints of vanilla, a little dark fruit, and some burnt sugar sweetness.

M: Medium to full body, moderate carbonation.

O: It's kinda refreshing to be able to find an oatmeal stout that's only concerned with being an oatmeal stout. No crazy adjuncts, just hits all the classic notes.
Mar 22, 2022
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Reviewed by Iamaskier from Idaho

3.86/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Murky black body. Smell is light- dark chocolate, caramel, vanilla, hints of coffee and leather. Taste is more of that dark chocolate, roasted malt sweetness, more bitter cocoa, and a strong piney hop backbone. More hints of leather throughout too. Moderate to high carbonation. Overall, really good, better than I remember. I guess Ninkasi does well with malts too. Quite bitter, which is a good change up from all the desert stouts I’ve been having.
Oct 14, 2021
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Reviewed by BNSlums from Germany

3.51/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
This hefy 7.0 stout pours licorice black with a pudding mud head that lasts about a minute. Mini carbonation well visible. The nose is certainly boozy and bitter, with lightly roasted equal parts coffee and chcolate. Minor floral notes- surprising but not bad. Much more chcolate on the palate. Incredibly creamy: the classic flaked oat milky feel. Hops are moderate and slightly spicy. The experience takes place primarily at the front of the mouth and has a booyz burn throughout.

All in all, what Oatis lacks in smell and taste, it makes up for in look and feel, but it would be more redeeming the other way around. An example of an oatmeal stout, but many do better. There is not enough jumping out of the glass to desire another, although it is more quaffable than other oatmeals.
Jul 07, 2021
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Reviewed by dunkel_weizen from Oregon

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottle into a pint glass. The color is expectedly pitch black with a mild caramel head. Nice oaty and malted barley head on this stout, granola and nuts, molasses, not much smoke or roast on the nose. Taste wise the roast comes through, similar to a granola breakfast if you roasted it on the grill with some maple syrup thrown in there, and some burnt (bitter) chocolate too. The body is pleasantly full, with a slightly wet finish.

This is a good oatmeal stout, and it is readily avaliable, which at least in my area is often not the case for such beers. Great!
Feb 01, 2021
 
Rated: 4.25 by Anacross from Oregon

Dec 12, 2020
 
Rated: 3.47 by evergreen_machine from Washington

Nov 30, 2020
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Reviewed by TheBricenator from Oregon

4.18/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Look: Pitch black with a dense tan head that billows up some and settles to a lid, leaving behind great lacing
Aroma: Roast, chocolate, wafts of coffee being brewed, and rich bready notes
Taste: Silky chocolate and roastiness flood onto the tongue with notes of coffee lingering just in the backdrop. Chocolate malt and roast come back into the forefront and hold well until a light brewed coffee note leads to a smooth finish
Mouthfeel: Silky smooth – almost velvety, soft, very full, medium-high carbonation, and a smooth, silky, and soft finish
Overall: Delicious. After years if digging the original release years ago, I was glad these folks decided to un-retire it as it as a tasty and well-made oatmeal stout that I thoroughly enjoy and have in the fridge many times during the colder months. Recommended
Nov 16, 2020
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Reviewed by Limazulu from Idaho

3.95/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A-Murky brown, with modest khaki head
S-Subtle roasty malts
T-Muddled flavors, bittersweet coffee and some grains and alcohol
M-The best part of the beer. The oats provide a Medium/full and smooth body. Below average carbonation
O-Not the best oatmeal stout, but worth the price
Aug 16, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by Fettpopps from Massachusetts

Aug 02, 2020
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Reviewed by StonedTrippin from Colorado

4.18/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
i cant believe i have never reviews this classic until now, i have definitely had a variant or two, but somehow maybe never this original classic. its a staple in their lineup for a reason, a really killer example of the style, impressively good even, smooth to drink, i can taste and feel the oats, lots of dark malt character without it needing to ever get sweet for balance, which i love, and it just has this frothy creamy almost soapy sudsy texture that is flush and full but then still manages to finish relatively clean for what it is, really nice overall quality on this. i dont need anything more than this in a drinking stout, no adjuncts or flavors, no barrels or huge alcohol contents, no lactose, none of it is needed when the beer is this good. the oats have a nice middle palate cereal character, there is some obvious dark chocolate nuance in the center as well, a hint of pipe tobacco, milk chocolate, and molasses to finish, but there is good bitterness here to help it finish. each sip offers a new wrinkle, but this isnt overly complex to the point of being distracting. i love the aftertaste, it warms up well, and this is high class overall. i know these guys put so much energy into, and are more known for, their hoppy stuff, but this is fabulous, their pils is awesome too, and sometime its the hoppy ones that impress me the least in their lineup. this is money! an everyday stout to be sure!
Jun 10, 2020
 
Rated: 3.85 by jmbeerdude91 from Arizona

Feb 02, 2020
 
Rated: 4.16 by MobBarley from Oregon

Nov 07, 2019
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Reviewed by pianoguy from Washington

4.19/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
22 Oz bottle. No bottling info

Pours a solid black body with a fluffy tan head. Decent initial retention but it dissipated after a few minutes, only a few little thin specks of lacing

It's sweet malt forward scent. I'm getting a lot of chocolate notes along with burnt coffee. The overall scent is pretty prominent.

Taste leans more towards the burnt coffee scent that I was getting. A little hop bitterness on the finish. Nice balance !

Velvety smooth feel is spot on for the style. Bravo !

There's a lot to like about this beer. Liked the taste, Really liked the feel. I will put this in the yes column the next time I'm shopping for oatmeal stout.
Sep 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.9 by ghasting from Washington

Aug 05, 2019
 
Rated: 3.96 by davidsonte2 from Washington

Jun 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

May 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.78 by MjBrewhouse from Idaho

Oct 29, 2018
Oatis from Ninkasi Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 788 ratings