Buffalo Bill's Blueberry Oatmeal Stout
Buffalo Bill's Brewery

Buffalo Bill's Blueberry Oatmeal StoutBuffalo Bill's Blueberry Oatmeal Stout
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From:
Buffalo Bill's Brewery
 
California, United States
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
76
Avg:
3.33 | pDev: 18.62%
Reviews:
258
Ratings:
518
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 24, 2021
Added:
Dec 22, 2007
Wants:
  23
Gots:
  32
Oatmeal stout brewed with blueberries with natural flavor added.

At 7.5% alcohol, this award-winning brew is a true winter warmer. Blueberry Oatmeal Stout has hints of chocolate, oatmeal and fresh blueberries. A wonderful pairing of flavors! Great for the holidays and for those who enjoy discovering new beers.
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Ratings by RblWthACoz:
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Reviewed by RblWthACoz from Pennsylvania

4.03/5  rDev +21%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours black with a tan head. Quite a bit of lacing on the way down. Nose is almost like coffee tones and blueberry. Flavor carries the blueberry too of course, but there is a biting tang that kind of detracts a bit. Still it is decent though. Pretty robust character overall. Sweet tangy tones are there for sure. Feel has a biting carbonation a bit and the liquid is fairly well bodied. Overall this is a pretty decent fruit stout. I can't say I have had a lot of them, but this one is working pretty well.
Jun 10, 2008
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.21 by BNoble4Life from New York

Jan 24, 2021
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Reviewed by SoccerSeuss from Virginia

3.28/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Poured from bottle into pint glass. Dark coffee brown and cloudy. Oats and malts with a hint of blueberry on the nose. Taste followed the aroma with a coffee finish. Medium bodied.

Stouts aren't my favorite but this was an enjoyable brew.
Jan 23, 2021
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Reviewed by dkoehler42 from New York

2.09/5  rDev -37.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
I found this on a whim at a local haunt, and decided to give it a whirl. It does not appear to be connected to Silence of the Lambs. It's a blueberry oatmeal stout with chocolate. The nose is missing, but there is a chewy oat note and the burn from the alcohol. I don't really taste blueberry, maybe the sugar converted to alcohol? I wouldn't buy this again.
Jan 01, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by paulish from New York

Jun 07, 2020
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Reviewed by Stoutmaster9 from California

3.69/5  rDev +10.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Smoke from the bottle.
Black to dark brown, ruby hue at the tail end.
Two finger tan head. Foamy.
Bread-oatmeal-chocolate scent.
Creamy-mellow, &, as above. (I eat blueberries Every single day, thus my ability to detect them here may be hindered!)

The 7.9% is somewhat well-hidden. Dose not seem much at first, but totally grows on you! The dance between chocolate-malt and a sleepy booze undercurrent builds up steadily, to a refined plateau.

A good sipper, enjoyed with dark chocolate truffle.
Mar 25, 2020
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Reviewed by EnderFett11 from Virginia

4.18/5  rDev +25.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured moderately hard from a bottle into a snifter glass, forming around a finger of light brown head that faded to almost nothing. Brown coffee color. Smell is a pleasant oatmeal stout with a hint of blueberry, barely detectable. Taste is similar, primarily malty oatmeal with a bit of blueberry, gets a little more bitter as it warms. Light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation. A solid oatmeal stout with the blueberry making it unique.
Mar 01, 2020
 
Rated: 4.5 by tp1962 from Illinois

Jul 31, 2018
 
Rated: 3.25 by BltByKrmn from New York

Jul 26, 2018
 
Rated: 3.29 by OKCNittany from Oklahoma

Jun 20, 2018
 
Rated: 3.45 by craigbelly from Iowa

May 19, 2018
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Reviewed by VABA from Virginia

3.55/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A-A very dark opaque color with very little head and lacing.
A-Aroma had some blueberry hints.
T-The taste has a slight blueberry flavor, but very minimal.
M-A very light bodied yet very smooth stout.
O-A decent stout.
Feb 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.53 by OldDirty from New York

Jan 28, 2018
 
Rated: 4.01 by kkazemi from North Carolina

Jan 22, 2018
 
Rated: 2.5 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Dec 29, 2017
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Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia

3.48/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
From the bottle, it pours a very dark brown with a modest head, soon reducing to a thin ring. Roasted malt and a touch of blueberry in the nose. The mouth gets a lovely feeling wash over the tongue with a touch of blueberry along with the expected roasted malt. It finishes with a roasted malt flavor on the tongue.

2020 update: Head lasts longer and taste is good.
Dec 27, 2017
 
Rated: 4.03 by GaryColeman from California

Oct 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.3 by CaptainHate from Ohio

Aug 20, 2017
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

1.91/5  rDev -42.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
Murky brown with a light tan, bumpy foam.

Smell is kind of tart, almost spoiled blueberry with stale Melba toast.

Taste is tart, metallic blueberry with chewy, crackery toast.

Thin, powdery dry, yet I'm starting to get unwanted hints of cough syrup. Blech!
Apr 26, 2017
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Reviewed by BlunderfulGuy from Nebraska

3.9/5  rDev +17.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
No bottled on date, sadly.

Look: Clear other than a pinch of yeast from the bottom of the bottle, very dark brown with a big tan head which goes down to a cap of foam after a few minutes. Good lacing and tight bubbles.
Smell: Some fruitiness, roasted grain, and blueberry oatmeal and fruit pie aromas with a faint, creamy coffee background. A hint of alcohol, nuttiness, little hop aroma. It makes me hungry for breakfast.
Taste: More roasted grains, coffee with sweet cream, dark chocolates. There's much less fruit than the aroma until it warms up and a hint of alcohol pricks my tongue with a bite of sweet blueberry pie filling. The hops come through in the aftertaste with coffee and oatmeal for a lingering medium-dry finish.
Feel: Classic creamy oatmeal stout.

A note on the hops: This bottle's hops are much more dank, piney and even fruity than the subtle noble, earthy hops I remembered, which makes me wonder if it's from their Nov/Dec 2015 batch using (from what I briefly gathered) Kent Goldings and Cascade, or from 2016 using Northern Brewer, Kent Goldings, and Chinook. Whichever it is I like the upgrade, they're more noticeable and better complement rest of the beer while sticking to style.

Foremost it's an oatmeal stout with blueberry to complement everything. It's worth noting that too cold (straight out of the fridge) and it's all roasted grains, coffee and bitter chocolate, but a little warmer is where the blueberry comes through and the balance between oats, burnt grains, hops, and sweet fruits comes together.
Apr 17, 2017
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