Squatters Captain Bastard's Oatmeal Stout
Utah Brewers Cooperative

Squatters Captain Bastard's Oatmeal StoutSquatters Captain Bastard's Oatmeal Stout
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From:
Utah Brewers Cooperative
 
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
Ranked #243
ABV:
4%
Score:
79
Ranked #26,380
Avg:
3.47 | pDev: 15.27%
Reviews:
83
Ratings:
131
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 31, 2023
Added:
Nov 03, 2001
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  10
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Ratings by BuckeyeNation:
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Reviewed by BuckeyeNation from Iowa

3.95/5  rDev +13.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Raisin brown, not quite opaque, with orange-crimson highlights. The wheat toast brown cap has plenty of character and looks good atop the beer. It has a lumpy, bumpy, bubbly surface and is beginning to lay down quite a bit of Swiss cheese-like lace. This is one good looking bastard.

The nose is pretty wonderful as well. Might I have finally run into a Squatters beer with guts? The malt bill consists of pale, caramel, chocolate, roasted barley and oats. I'm happy to report that all have been used to good effect. Each sniff delivers a surprisingly robust aroma of bittersweet chocolate and coffee with cream.

Despite the light body, Captain Bastard's is chock full of flavor and is a damn fine oatmeal stout. If the brewery can create a beer this bold and this delicious, then why can't they do the same with the rest of the lineup? Cocoa and coffee are still the focal points. Due to the relative lack of malt sugars, I'm reminded of an Irish dry stout more than anything else.

The finish is dry and bitter, though it's hard to tell if the latter is due to a generous roasting time (probably necessary to get this much flavor) or to hops. I certainly don't taste Chinook, but that doesn't mean they aren't providing some amount of bitterness. This is a wonderful, balanced, flavorful, easy drinking stout that is disappearing incredibly quickly. Well done UBC.

I have yet to drink a 4% beer that has a mouthfeel bigger than light-medium at best. This one struggles to reach that benchmark. Normally I'd penalize a stout more severely for having such a non-stout mouthfeel. The mouthfeel in this case is satisfactory if one has the right attitude going in. Besides, some of the goodwill that I'm feeling toward the flavor is bound to spill over.

Captain Bastard's Oatmeal Stout is good beer and is the best beer that I've had so far from the Utah Brewers Cooperative. I don't believe I've had a better session stout in quite some time, especially one that refuses to compromise when it comes to flavor intensity. Thanks to Wasatch for this pleasant surprise.
Jan 28, 2007
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.56 by socon67 from New York

Mar 31, 2023
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Reviewed by NorsemanOne from Utah

3.65/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
16oz draft from SLC location

Rated it a bit better than normal because on tap its Nitrogenated, which makes the oatmeal stand out in my opinion.

Pours black with a mildly dense head.
Dec 12, 2022
 
 
Rated: 3.5 by atlbravsrno1 from Maine

Oct 17, 2019
 
Rated: 3.52 by Rifugium from North Dakota

Jul 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.65 by mrcraft from California

Nov 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4.27 by Elwoody from Utah

May 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.51 by George1005 from Connecticut

Aug 06, 2017
 
Rated: 4.49 by SpaceBeagle from Utah

Jan 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3.52 by Dinkel from Texas

Dec 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Gkruszewski from New York

Aug 29, 2015
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Rated by Noooddle from Washington

2.38/5  rDev -31.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.75
Did they wAter it down?
Jun 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by McAfee85 from Kansas

Feb 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by nearengine from Arizona

Dec 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.24 by thebeeler from Arizona

Dec 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Nov 24, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jemarent from Michigan

Sep 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.2 by Aaron_Kerkvliet from Wisconsin

Sep 01, 2014
 
Rated: 3.96 by Dols401 from Utah

Aug 22, 2014
Squatters Captain Bastard's Oatmeal Stout from Utah Brewers Cooperative
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 131 ratings