Big Oaty
High Branch Brewing Company
- From:
- High Branch Brewing Company
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.5%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.36 | pDev: 2.98%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 18, 2021
- Added:
- Apr 06, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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This is our first ever “Triple IPA.” 9.5% and dry hopped at 4 different points in the process. Hopped with Citra, Mosaic, and Azacca. Think pineapple, pine, and citrus. This one has a silky smooth body with the most oats we’ve ever added to a beer (hence the name).
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina
4.38/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.38/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
A: Pours an extremely milky murky deep golden yellow in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate burnt orange + bright yellow + orange + copper colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy pillowy foamy white head that slowly reduces to a large patch of medium thick film covering a little more than 75% of the surface of the beer with a very thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Light amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy citrus/grapefruit, tropical/mango, citrus/tangerine, tropical/pineapple, and pine hops over the top of moderate aromas of biscuit + oat + honey malts with a light amount of honey sweetness.
T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of biscuit + oat + honey malts with a light amount of honey sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy citrus/grapefruit, tropical/mango, citrus/tangerine, tropical/pineapple, and pine hops which impart a hint of bitterness which fades away almost instantly leaving lingering citrus + tropical + pine hop flavors.
M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Creamy with a moderate amounts of soft/fluffiness mid-body and a hint of dryness in the finish.
O: Easy to drink with very well hidden alcohol and a wonderfully soft/fluffy/creamy mouthfeel. Really enjoyable with a very pleasant hop profile. I could easily have a couple of these but they would definitely sneak up on you.
Apr 21, 2019S: Moderate to strong aromas of juicy citrus/grapefruit, tropical/mango, citrus/tangerine, tropical/pineapple, and pine hops over the top of moderate aromas of biscuit + oat + honey malts with a light amount of honey sweetness.
T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of biscuit + oat + honey malts with a light amount of honey sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of juicy citrus/grapefruit, tropical/mango, citrus/tangerine, tropical/pineapple, and pine hops which impart a hint of bitterness which fades away almost instantly leaving lingering citrus + tropical + pine hop flavors.
M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Creamy with a moderate amounts of soft/fluffiness mid-body and a hint of dryness in the finish.
O: Easy to drink with very well hidden alcohol and a wonderfully soft/fluffy/creamy mouthfeel. Really enjoyable with a very pleasant hop profile. I could easily have a couple of these but they would definitely sneak up on you.
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.4/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Appearance: Pours a cloudy honey color with a two finger head; decent retention and some streaky lacing
Smell: Papaya, mango, melon and passionfruit
Taste: Papaya, mango and melon flavors forward with the passionfruit adding a moderate bitterness that builds through the middle; a balance of flavors through the finish
Mouthfeel: Medium to full body; creamy with moderate carbonation
Overall: Big Oaty brings a perfect balance between the juicy and bitter elements and keeps the sweetness in check; this beer is as good as anything I have tasted from the NE IPA heavy hitters
Apr 07, 2019Smell: Papaya, mango, melon and passionfruit
Taste: Papaya, mango and melon flavors forward with the passionfruit adding a moderate bitterness that builds through the middle; a balance of flavors through the finish
Mouthfeel: Medium to full body; creamy with moderate carbonation
Overall: Big Oaty brings a perfect balance between the juicy and bitter elements and keeps the sweetness in check; this beer is as good as anything I have tasted from the NE IPA heavy hitters
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