Mean Old Tom | Maine Beer Company
Brewed by:
Maine Beer Company
Maine, United States
mainebeercompany.com
Style: American Stout
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6.50%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
Our American-style stout aged on organic vanilla beans. Intense notes of coffee and dark chocolate lead way to subtle notes of natural vanilla. Flaked oats generate a silky mouthfeel.
Added by jakeaustin on 03-03-2010
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Ratings: 2,440 | Reviews: 474
3.94/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Draught 12oz snifter at Wet City in Baltimore.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Draught 12oz snifter at Wet City in Baltimore.
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3.23/5 rDev -19%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Just ok. Probably my least favorite beer from them.
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Just ok. Probably my least favorite beer from them.
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3.66/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.24/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.16/5 rDev -20.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.57/5 rDev -10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I drank a bottle last night. I had bought it a few weeks before, so unless the store had it on the shelf for a long time (unusual for Maine Beer), it was reasonably fresh. I thought it was just "OK" for a stout offering. It looked nice and had the smooth stout feel that I like, but the smell and taste just didn't excite me. I got much more of a coffee flavor than I expected (though it didn't compare to a gem like the Founders' Breakfast Stout or Tree House Single Shot) and very little vanilla bean. Most stouts grow on me while going through the bottle, but this one didn't.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I drank a bottle last night. I had bought it a few weeks before, so unless the store had it on the shelf for a long time (unusual for Maine Beer), it was reasonably fresh. I thought it was just "OK" for a stout offering. It looked nice and had the smooth stout feel that I like, but the smell and taste just didn't excite me. I got much more of a coffee flavor than I expected (though it didn't compare to a gem like the Founders' Breakfast Stout or Tree House Single Shot) and very little vanilla bean. Most stouts grow on me while going through the bottle, but this one didn't.
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4.13/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.82/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.37/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
On tap at Cloverleaf Tavern in Caldwell. Pours a jet black ebony hue with moderate frothing. Assertive aroma replete with hints of chocolate and mocha. Similar overall flavor profile.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
On tap at Cloverleaf Tavern in Caldwell. Pours a jet black ebony hue with moderate frothing. Assertive aroma replete with hints of chocolate and mocha. Similar overall flavor profile.
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4.14/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.75/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.3/5 rDev +7.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
My old favourite Oatmeal stout is St Ambroise. I usually try to hold other stouts up to that standard. Recently a Rogue stout and Mean Old Tom have lived up to that standard. This one has a super dark burnt aroma & taste which follows with a very roasted malt smooth full flavour. It's one of the top 3 stouts I've had to date.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
My old favourite Oatmeal stout is St Ambroise. I usually try to hold other stouts up to that standard. Recently a Rogue stout and Mean Old Tom have lived up to that standard. This one has a super dark burnt aroma & taste which follows with a very roasted malt smooth full flavour. It's one of the top 3 stouts I've had to date.
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3.79/5 rDev -5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.6/5 rDev +15.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottled on 2/19/13. Enjoyed on 12/13/17. Picked up from a local dealer that cellars the good stuff.
L: Amazing foam retention/color for any stout, let alone one of this age. Pitch black, nicely blended.
S: Citrus, Coffee, Maple, Bourbon, Earth.
T: Coffee, earth. maple, grass, watermelon, pine, vanilla bean.
F: Citrusy but not acidic, very light, but also creamy on the aftertaste. Alcohol is very nicely hidden.
O: This was an amazing find, and an amazing brew. Very refreshing and light for a stout.I expected a much more bitter and heavy stout after almost 5 years in the bottle, but it was absolutely delicious.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottled on 2/19/13. Enjoyed on 12/13/17. Picked up from a local dealer that cellars the good stuff.
L: Amazing foam retention/color for any stout, let alone one of this age. Pitch black, nicely blended.
S: Citrus, Coffee, Maple, Bourbon, Earth.
T: Coffee, earth. maple, grass, watermelon, pine, vanilla bean.
F: Citrusy but not acidic, very light, but also creamy on the aftertaste. Alcohol is very nicely hidden.
O: This was an amazing find, and an amazing brew. Very refreshing and light for a stout.I expected a much more bitter and heavy stout after almost 5 years in the bottle, but it was absolutely delicious.
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4.33/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.61/5 rDev +15.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Mean Old Tom from Maine Beer Company
Beer rating:
3.99 out of
5 with
2,440 ratings
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