Skillet Donut Stout
Burial Beer Co.

Skillet Donut StoutSkillet Donut Stout
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From:
Burial Beer Co.
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
Ranked #21
ABV:
8%
Score:
94
Ranked #2,575
Avg:
4.22 | pDev: 7.11%
Reviews:
122
Ratings:
515
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 01, 2024
Added:
Jul 14, 2013
Wants:
  68
Gots:
  81
Formerly Skillet Oatmeal Doughnut Stout
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Ratings by jrc1093:
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Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut

3.8/5  rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Canned on 5/15/20

Pours a dense jet-black body sporting a firm, frothy finger and a half of tan foam; decent head retention yields a minimal, spotty cap, thin collar, and a light spatter if webby lacing around the glass.

Aroma opens with a robust, hearty dose of freshly roasted coffee of over time tinged with vanilla cream; invites notes of dark chocolates and oakier tones of vanilla oast the middle, with slight impressions of blueberry and mixed dark berries on the back end; incredibly coffee-forward, though it accomplishes this note well.

Taste brings out a roasty malted char upfront into semi-bitter fresh coffee/coffee grounds; cacao is a sporadic presence in the backdrop, softening to milk chocolate tones over time; a touch of oatmeal rounds over the mid-palate while molasses integrates seamlessly as the beer warms; a weighty roast returns on the back end of the palate, easing into a char on the finish.

Mouthfeel is medium-bodied with a lighter carbonation fluffing up on the palate occasionally; sufficiently silky mid-palate fades into a drying, thinner finish with a mild, roasty acidity and a pleasant, bittering char.

The coffee shines through in spades here, ultimately dominating atop a steady roast and soft oatmeal presence; largely one-dimensional and periodically faltering along the palate, this is only at most an enjoyable coffee-forward stout that struggles to become much more.
May 31, 2020
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Reviewed by Reef from South Carolina

4.74/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
16 oz. can date stamped 1/11/24

Reviewing on a cold rainy morning, so probably optimal setting.
Deep black color, one finger brown varied head. Full lacing curtains and surface cap.
First aroma is the pastry and vanilla. Followed by coffee, cocoa, light Roasty malt.
Coffee and light hop zest come in with first swallow. Cocoa, molasses, light stone fruit, donut sweetness develops.
Full coating mouthfeel. Oat smoothness. Good carbonation, no alcohol heat.
Superior breakfast stout.
Mar 01, 2024
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Reviewed by papposilenus from New Hampshire

4.32/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
From a 16oz can, dated 12/13/23. Served in the preternaturally fragile spiegelau BA tasting glass.

Pours essentially black with the merest hint of mahogany at the margins and a finger-plus of sudsy mocha head. Retention is unremarkable but leaves a reasonably sturdy sheet of lacing.

Nose is cakey and roasty - probably power of suggestion but it’s the aroma of donut shop coffee and a plain donut.

Taste is smooth, mellow, creamy, cakey with a gentle bite of bitter coffee. Sweeter further in, hot cocoa powder, malted milk balls and kids’ breakfast cereal.

Feel is silky smooth, medium bodied with ample fine, tingly carbonation. No sense of the 8% abv on the palate or in the gullet.

Overall, excellent! I’m a slut for a good oatmeal stout and this one does everything an oatmeal stout is supposed to. Not too sweet, not too bitter; not too syrupy, not too dry. No sharp edges and no hard corners. A genuine treat.
Jan 10, 2024
 
Rated: 4.3 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Sep 26, 2023
 
Rated: 4.6 by markallmon from Tennessee

Sep 17, 2023
 
Rated: 3.98 by Qu3st from Massachusetts

Sep 16, 2023
 
Rated: 4.17 by Boone757 from Virginia

Jun 24, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by ejimhof from Pennsylvania

Apr 29, 2023
 
Rated: 4.38 by Wisconsin_IPA_Lover from Wisconsin

Apr 06, 2023
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Reviewed by dd53grif from Michigan

4.19/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A Tavour Treat. Pours a dark brown color with a foamy tan head that lasts quite a while. Aroma is black coffee and roasted malts. Taste is chocolate and caramel. Starts sweet and finishes with minimum bitterness.
Apr 03, 2023
 
Rated: 4.31 by bschmidt_37 from Illinois

Mar 20, 2023
 
Rated: 4.5 by 1971bernat from Virginia

Mar 16, 2023
 
Rated: 4.24 by shelby415 from Oregon

Mar 12, 2023
 
Rated: 4.5 by Samnem from Pennsylvania

Mar 11, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by McBraniel from Virginia

Feb 11, 2023
 
Rated: 4.7 by carolinabeerguy from North Carolina

Jan 06, 2023
 
Rated: 4.59 by cdarezz

Aug 14, 2022
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Reviewed by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

4.08/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours jet black. Aroma isn't as strong as expected. Yes, there some coffee but it's not particularly strong. Taste is much more intense & complex -- chocolate, coffee, bitter sweetness, roastiness & hints of vanilla. Mouthfeel way too thin for me. Decent oatmeal stout.
Jul 28, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by bpfrush from Wisconsin

Jun 29, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by FLBeerGuy from Florida

Jun 27, 2022
Skillet Donut Stout from Burial Beer Co.
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