Oatmeal Stout
Blue Point Brewing Company

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From:
Blue Point Brewing Company
 
New York, United States
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
Ranked #230
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
83
Ranked #24,225
Avg:
3.65 | pDev: 15.07%
Reviews:
92
Ratings:
220
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 28, 2023
Added:
Apr 11, 2002
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  28
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Ratings by BlackHawk89:
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Rated by BlackHawk89 from New York

4/5  rDev +9.6%

Dec 10, 2014
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Reviewed by moodenba from New York

3.97/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Cask Oatmeal Stout at the Brewery on 1/27/23. I think that the bottled or keg Oatmeal stout is just OK. The cask version shines. The temperature is moderate, as is the carbonation. The Stout will never be a blockbuster beer, but the cask version goes down very easily, and is satisfying. Two cask beers on today at the brewery.
Jan 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.35 by Hephaestos from New York

Dec 11, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by Griffith from Connecticut

Jul 09, 2019
 
Rated: 3.49 by grinreeper from New York

May 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.91 by cdub70085 from Connecticut

Mar 31, 2019
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Reviewed by theBubba from New York

3.69/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.5
Being a big fan of Oatmeal and Chocolate stouts, I was looking forward to this one. But the pour was my first hint. The head came and went. Woosh...gone. And my first sip said stout and seltzer. Nice carbonation but thin and watery. Imagine a Bell's or other real stout with a splash of soda. Perhaps a nice cocktail, but not an Oatmeal stout as we would expect. Nice color, pretty nice taste (no overt bitterness) and very drinkable. Just disappointingly thin. At under 5 bucks a bomber, not a bad deal.
Aug 07, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by jeffthepony from Georgia

Jan 13, 2017
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Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado

2.92/5  rDev -20%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Brief impressions from a brown glass bottle picked up for $4.99 USD at a Brooklyn bodega:

Nice cascading khaki colour head with a soft even consistency. ~5-6cm in height with good (~5-7 minute) retention. Leaves a nice layer of even coating on the sides of the glass as it recedes. Body colour is, predictably, an opaque solid black. No yeast or sediment is visible within.

Aroma brings notes of sweet chocolate (malt), caramel, Whoppers-redolent malted milk balls, and a hint of roast along with the requisite dark malt sweetness. Suggests a beer that's too sweet for an oatmeal stout, lacking adequate balancing bitterness from roasted barley or other means (coffee, char, burnt sugars, etc.). Aromatic intensity is average.

Texture is light and thin bordering on watery, but has a nice smoothness and wetness to it - owing to the smoothening oats the style is named for. Well-carbonated with a nice softness and creaminess to it. Unrefreshing (to style). More body and dryness would help. The label calls it "silky" - which is a bit of a stretch, but I see what they're going for.

But texture is hardly the main issue here. It's indeed a bit too sweet in terms of (im)balance, but the most fundamental problem here is the lack of depth of flavour; there are no vivid deep expressive notes - just some shallow chocolate malt, the usual generic dark malt sweetness, and maybe some caramel/hints of roast. Build is too simple to interest discerning drinkers, and I don't require much of an oatmeal stout - just a nice one-two punch of robust dark malts and roasted barley; this doesn't deliver. Average flavour duration and intensity.

To style, there are no overt hop flavours. I find no overt off-flavours. No yeasty notes.

Overall, it's drinkable fare but it's also a bit of a shrug of a beer - but then what can one really expect in a $5.00 bomber? Oh, wait, actually a lot - see Lagunitas Hop Stoopid. Blue Point needs to go way bigger on the roasted malt(ed barley), get rid of the crystal malt & give this more body, and commit to more complexity (coffee wouldn't hurt, but if this delivered in terms of style basics it wouldn't need it). I can't imagine any drinker who's aware of both brands reaching for this over, say, Trader Joe's Stockyard Oatmeal Stout - and that's a lot cheaper and more widely available than this. Heaven forbid this try to compete with Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout, let alone Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast or other style paragons. I imagine it's successful because of Blue Point's niche "budget bomber" approach, but it's not a beer I'd buy a second time unless the selection at a given store was bleak. Not bad - just mediocre.

C (2.92) / AVERAGE
Nov 17, 2016
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Reviewed by puboflyons from New Hampshire

3.76/5  rDev +3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From the 12 fl. oz. bottle dated 01/21/2016. Sampled on July 12, 2016.

It pours deep dark brown with a modest head. Opaque.

The aroma has a touch of chocolate malt and cooked oatmeal. Low hop profile.

The body is thin to medium.

The taste brings out some nice sweet dark malt, oatmeal, and chocolate characteristics with a mild and clean finish.
Jul 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.84 by drews240 from Rhode Island

Jul 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.49 by JorgesThemeSwimming from Massachusetts

Apr 23, 2016
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Reviewed by BloodSoakedAleMug from New York

4/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: Pours completely black from the bottle into a brandy tumbler, even when held directly up to the light. A blend of white and café colored bubbles mix with each other to form a two colored swirl, one finger head.

Smell: It's absolutely sexy. Huge, chewy, toasted oat smell. I get soft notes of candied raisins and plums too. They fade and take a backseat to the smell of rich bitter dark chocolate malt. Coffee and caramel. Mild vanilla bean ice cream smell (from the lactose and oats).

Feel: At 5.3% abv it has a fairly thin feel to it, yet it's still chewy and thick enough for you to swash around and savor like a meal in a glass. Slates your thirst but finishes dry.

Taste: The beer is too tasty to put down and stop drinking. Bittersweet dark chocolate and vanilla beans dance upon the savory, soft, and decadent flavors of roasted oats and porridge. Subtle coffee bean flavors. Prominent aftertaste of raisins and black currant.
Apr 15, 2016
 
Rated: 4.12 by acp21178 from New York

Feb 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.79 by rorjets from Connecticut

Feb 04, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by Gkruszewski from New York

Jan 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.71 by Spyderglx from New York

Nov 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by baseball636 from Connecticut

Nov 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by StoutElk_92 from Massachusetts

Nov 17, 2015
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Rated by wac9 from Pennsylvania

1.18/5  rDev -67.7%
look: 4 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
this is one of the worest i hae had for a oatmeal stout it smell and taste boozy nothing good here big disappiontment here
Aug 25, 2015
Oatmeal Stout from Blue Point Brewing Company
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 220 ratings