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Skillet Donut Stout
Burial Beer Co.
- 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:
- 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:
Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut
3.8/5 rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
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, 2020Pours 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.
More User Ratings:
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
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, 2024Reviewing 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.
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
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, 2024Pours 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.
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
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, 2023Reviewed by dafla67 from Pennsylvania
4.08/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
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
Skillet Donut Stout from Burial Beer Co.
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
515 ratings
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