Total Eclipse
Lunar Brewing
- From:
- Lunar Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Oatmeal Stout
Ranked #282 - ABV:
- 6.3%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #29,056 - Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 12.06%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 15, 2025
- Added:
- Apr 26, 2004
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
Export style Oatmeal Stout with lots of roasted and caramel notes
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Reviewed by 1000lbgrizzly from Illinois
3.92/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.92/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
BLACK thick body, light tan dense head, spotty lacing. Aroma contains big chocolate fudge, lactose sugar, toffee, and roasted malt. Inviting. Taste is initially a bit watered down, but picks up with roasty malt, mild floral/piney hop character, with a great finish of chocolate brownie. Mostly dry. Feel is light-medium body, nearly flat but more smooth, compliments of the nitro pour.
Damn tasty, just wish the feel matched the thick chocolate brownie batter nose and flavor.
Jan 28, 2016Damn tasty, just wish the feel matched the thick chocolate brownie batter nose and flavor.
Reviewed by JohnnyChicago from Illinois
4.17/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
4.17/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
On-tap at the brewpub; served in a shaker pint.
A: Pours a deep, dark chocolate brown with a latte-coloured head.
S: Smells very rich and complex. Caramel-filled milk chocolate bars come to mind. There is also a bit of honey aroma.
T: Sweet and smooth. Taste is Whoppers and sweet and condensed milk. The hops are only enough to balance out the sweetness and keep the brew from tipping its equilibrium.
D: The mouthfeel is actually a little thin for an oatmeal stout, but what it lacks in mouthfeel it nails in drinkability. This is one of those beers where you have to make a conscious effort to slow down; otherwise you are liable to down the whole pint in >5 minutes.
Overall: Another great beer from Lunar. This one seems to be on tap pretty frequently, so its definitely a brew to try. Not many flaws. Its dark enough for the cold weather, low-ABV enough for the heat, cheap, complex, and unavailable anywhere else. Get some!
Oct 21, 2011A: Pours a deep, dark chocolate brown with a latte-coloured head.
S: Smells very rich and complex. Caramel-filled milk chocolate bars come to mind. There is also a bit of honey aroma.
T: Sweet and smooth. Taste is Whoppers and sweet and condensed milk. The hops are only enough to balance out the sweetness and keep the brew from tipping its equilibrium.
D: The mouthfeel is actually a little thin for an oatmeal stout, but what it lacks in mouthfeel it nails in drinkability. This is one of those beers where you have to make a conscious effort to slow down; otherwise you are liable to down the whole pint in >5 minutes.
Overall: Another great beer from Lunar. This one seems to be on tap pretty frequently, so its definitely a brew to try. Not many flaws. Its dark enough for the cold weather, low-ABV enough for the heat, cheap, complex, and unavailable anywhere else. Get some!
Reviewed by TMoney2591 from Illinois
4.08/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +9.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Served in a shaker pint glass at the brewpub.
I will resist the urge to make a Bonnie Tyler joke here. Maybe next time. This brew pours a a lovely onyx topped by a finger of ecru foam. The nose comprises coffee, roasted malts, light smoke, and chocolate syrup. The taste holds notes of light roasted malts, light cocoa powder, and a nice vein of vanilla. The body is a solid medium, with a straightforward nitrogenation and a consequently ridiculously smooth feel. Overall, a very nice bit o' stout, nice and simple and really getting the most out of the nitro tap.
Nov 24, 2010I will resist the urge to make a Bonnie Tyler joke here. Maybe next time. This brew pours a a lovely onyx topped by a finger of ecru foam. The nose comprises coffee, roasted malts, light smoke, and chocolate syrup. The taste holds notes of light roasted malts, light cocoa powder, and a nice vein of vanilla. The body is a solid medium, with a straightforward nitrogenation and a consequently ridiculously smooth feel. Overall, a very nice bit o' stout, nice and simple and really getting the most out of the nitro tap.
Reviewed by Vdubb86 from Illinois
3.66/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.66/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Served in a pint glass at Lunar
This is a nice dark stout and being that it was on nitro only added to it's beauty. I went in for a whiff to find that there really wasn't much of anything there. I got hints of some caramel, but it was weak at best. The taste was pretty good there were hints of coffee in the background along with a slight oat taste, but just like the nose it was pretty vacant. The mouthfeel was a bit watery I assume from the fact that it was on nitro. Despite all of that it went down easier than most beers I've had. It's still a pretty good brew.
Nov 24, 2010This is a nice dark stout and being that it was on nitro only added to it's beauty. I went in for a whiff to find that there really wasn't much of anything there. I got hints of some caramel, but it was weak at best. The taste was pretty good there were hints of coffee in the background along with a slight oat taste, but just like the nose it was pretty vacant. The mouthfeel was a bit watery I assume from the fact that it was on nitro. Despite all of that it went down easier than most beers I've had. It's still a pretty good brew.
Reviewed by mrquartetman from Illinois
3.38/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.38/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A: Dark and opaque, as a stout should be
S: The tipoff that this beer isn't what it should be: a barely discernible roasty malt. Not a typical stout aroma.
T: Thin, thin, thin. Not at all the smoothness and sweetness you'd expect from an oatmeal stout. The flavor is that of underbrewed coffee.
M: Not so good because that maltiness is missing.
D: I wouldn't recommend it. I didn't finish it.
I just wonder if what I had was the dregs of the keg. It was really a bit of a shock to taste it and find it like a really small beer.
Mar 23, 2009S: The tipoff that this beer isn't what it should be: a barely discernible roasty malt. Not a typical stout aroma.
T: Thin, thin, thin. Not at all the smoothness and sweetness you'd expect from an oatmeal stout. The flavor is that of underbrewed coffee.
M: Not so good because that maltiness is missing.
D: I wouldn't recommend it. I didn't finish it.
I just wonder if what I had was the dregs of the keg. It was really a bit of a shock to taste it and find it like a really small beer.
Reviewed by pmcadamis from Illinois
4.5/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.5/5 rDev +20.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
A - Pitch black with a big creamy head of tan foam. Looks pretty damn tempting.
S - Black bread, nice yeast notes, milk chocolate, and chocolate candies. This smells really smooth and sweet.
T - Chocolate milk and milk chocolate. Some really nice roasted grains and oatmeal flavors are present, along with some sweet chocolate syrup notes too. This is really tasty stuff, and it's sweeter than a lot of other stouts...that scores big points in my book.
M - Super creamy and smooth! This is FULL BODIED in a big way. The carbonation is silky and the finish is more like dark chocolate than the milk chocolate flavors present at first sip.
D - This is a killer brew! I was completely impressed with this one.
Apr 28, 2008S - Black bread, nice yeast notes, milk chocolate, and chocolate candies. This smells really smooth and sweet.
T - Chocolate milk and milk chocolate. Some really nice roasted grains and oatmeal flavors are present, along with some sweet chocolate syrup notes too. This is really tasty stuff, and it's sweeter than a lot of other stouts...that scores big points in my book.
M - Super creamy and smooth! This is FULL BODIED in a big way. The carbonation is silky and the finish is more like dark chocolate than the milk chocolate flavors present at first sip.
D - This is a killer brew! I was completely impressed with this one.
Reviewed by rhoadsrage from Illinois
3.13/5 rDev -16.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.13/5 rDev -16.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
(Served in an American pint glass)
Not served on nitro as described on menu and also called an oatmeal export style stout.
A- This beer has a jet black body with a thick creamy dark tan head and no sign of carbonation. The head turns bubbly and fades after a bit.
S- This beer has a soft aroma of black roasted malt with a hint of some darker roasted malt notes and a prune hint to it.
T- This beer has a roasted coffee malt flavor with a taste of stale dark malt to follow. There is a soft soapy hint finished by an odd tanginess that might be from oats.
M- This beer has a medium-full mouthfeel with a very soft astringency in the tang at the finish.
D- This beer has a bit of an odd flavor and is pretty light on the complexity. Most of the flavors that are there are ok.
Mar 19, 2008Not served on nitro as described on menu and also called an oatmeal export style stout.
A- This beer has a jet black body with a thick creamy dark tan head and no sign of carbonation. The head turns bubbly and fades after a bit.
S- This beer has a soft aroma of black roasted malt with a hint of some darker roasted malt notes and a prune hint to it.
T- This beer has a roasted coffee malt flavor with a taste of stale dark malt to follow. There is a soft soapy hint finished by an odd tanginess that might be from oats.
M- This beer has a medium-full mouthfeel with a very soft astringency in the tang at the finish.
D- This beer has a bit of an odd flavor and is pretty light on the complexity. Most of the flavors that are there are ok.
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