Black Widow Oatmeal Stout
Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co.

Black Widow Oatmeal StoutBlack Widow Oatmeal Stout
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From:
Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co.
 
Montana, United States
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
ABV:
5.9%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.67 | pDev: 16.89%
Reviews:
67
Ratings:
94
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 29, 2019
Added:
Apr 10, 2002
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  5
The Biter is a smooth malty oatmeal stout balanced by flavors of roasted barley with chocolate malt. Gentle bittering but generous aroma is given by the popular English hop, East Kent Golding.

This gentle stout will be attractive to anyone who likes a full-flavored beer, including hard-core connoisseurs of stout.

The image was developed to symbolize the alluring, if not sinister character of the Black Widow Stout!
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Ratings by beerguy101:
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Reviewed by beerguy101 from California

3.42/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Dark black color. Small tan quickly diminishing head. Aroma is espresso, chocolate and malt. A light to medium bodied Oatmeal stout. Malts are roasted, with chocolate and coffee flavors. Smooth taste, but I was expecting a thicker bodied beer. Well balanced and it has a nice dry finish. Nice beer. It’s hard not to like a beer that on the label quotes ”This ale is brewed with the finest hops & malted grains with only a hint of spiders” Mouthfeel is a little thin. Finish is clean and dry. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.
Mar 06, 2004
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.4 by skywizzard from Georgia

Sep 29, 2019
 
Rated: 3.58 by LXIXME from New Mexico

Aug 07, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kolb from Montana

May 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by NickMunford from Wyoming

Oct 27, 2016
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Reviewed by Impetuous from Montana

3.94/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Smooth malty goodness
Great flavor
Flip I love oatmeal stouts
So good
So good
It's like my favorite 70s Judas Priest songs
Breaking the law
Breaking the law
Jul 16, 2016
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

3.59/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Very dark brown body with an exceptionally thick, dense, creamy head. Roasted grain and dark fruit aroma; hints of chocolate. Sweet chocolate flavor with an edge of tang, perhaps some phenol character; roasted grain flavors. Heavy body; smooth; rather dry finish.

I'm not sure about the tangy element, but this is otherwise a decent stout.
Feb 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.58 by SamuelMiller from Montana

Jan 10, 2016
 
Rated: 3.87 by B_B from California

Dec 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.78 by 5EKF from Illinois

Nov 29, 2015
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Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania

3.69/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Undated bottle at 42 degrees into snifter
From a trade with @JayWhitson
Aroma of toasted malt
Head small (< two cm, aggressive pour), light brown, frothy/fizzy, rapidly diminishing to three mm ring and layer with rocks
Lacing fair – some arcs of tiny bubbles
Body dark brown, opaque
Flavor of burnt malt, fizzy; no hops, no alcohol, no diacetyl
Palate medium, fizzy

Appearance 4, Aroma 4, Flavor 3.5, Palate 3.5, Overall 3.75
Oct 30, 2015
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Reviewed by Libeertarian from Montana

4.22/5  rDev +15%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
It pours a thick, opaque, dark brown, topped with a massive, sturdy tan head with larger bubbles for the most part, but finer where it sticks out over the top of the glass. Excellent retention. Looks like a root beer float. Smells mainly of sweet chocolate, with molasses and blueberries harder to pick out. A bit roasty and meaty as well. First few sips are all bubbles. These taste bitter, but also like the outer layer of a roasted pork loin or the like. The beer itself is incredibly metallic-tart throughout, but easily balanced out as it fizzes up, bringing forth the smoke and roast aspects, be it meat or tobacco or coffee, not so much chocolate as one might assume going by the aromas. The finish is all cigar smoke. Full bodied, viscous, fairly acidic, teeth-coating, with lots of suds, and a stiff swallow. A great Montana take on the Oatmeal Stout. I prefer it to the Shakespeare Rogue, I think, but that's truly a matter of taste. The Black Widow is 'harsher' on the palate, so to speak.
Sep 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.88 by costanzo_mike from Massachusetts

Sep 13, 2015
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Rated by Hootie159 from Massachusetts

3.81/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
Insanely bubbly. Makes it very difficult to gauge the taste.
Sep 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.71 by sporklift87 from Colorado

Apr 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by a77cj7 from South Dakota

Nov 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.84 by ADKbeerguy from New York

Oct 31, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by BrewtalHonesty from Oregon

Sep 01, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Can_if_you_can from Minnesota

Aug 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Smileitsfreetobehappy from Alaska

Jul 29, 2014
Black Widow Oatmeal Stout from Yellowstone Valley Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 94 ratings