Ecliptic: Gravastar (Peanut Butter Oatmeal Stout)

I'm not getting any oatmeal or peanut with this, just coffee grounds and smoke. I think I'll pour the rest into a jar and make some chili with it.

 

Like other commenters I’m not necessarily glad to mix my peanut butter with my beer. But the peanutty taste is rather subdued, and it has a mellow overall profile. Good not great, but as observed before, it’s cool to drink something created for this event (us). Go Blue Jackets!

 

I’ll revise my opinion. This was the first beer out of the box for me, so I was expecting something big, bold, maybe a little crazy. This beer is not that. But as I finished it up, my opinion changed. Some beers require repeated tastes to reveal their character, for me anyway, and this beer is one of those. The subtle notes of the peanut butter blended very nicely with the character of the oatmeal stout, leaving a pleasing finish. Perhaps a little warming helped. I would buy a 4 pack of these; I just wouldn’t crack it open if I wanted something big and wild.

 

#5. Sure looks nice - black with a full, fluffy head. Reading the reviews, I thought it would be a lot lighter on the peanut butter. Have to say it took a few efforts, but the smell came through hard (and then hid again). It came through on the taste as well. It's not as in your face as the other one I had, but to me, it's pretty noticeable. The bitter, smoky, malty, coffee taste is always up front, but the peanut butter was right behind it. It is on the thinner side, though.

Yeah, more of a beer I'd crack to wind down on a Sunday night than an extreme one, but fine. I did give it plenty of time to warm after reading up, haha.

 

Notes of smoky dark chocolate on the nose and palate. A bit of peanut butter makes its way in there.
Mouthfeel too close to medium. Carbonation too close to high.
Not really extreme or big. Definitely an outlier in this box. Good with a beef burrito though. So I've got that going for me, which is nice.

 

it's friday! settling down after an easy day at work, although it was easy i'm ready for the weekend, so what a perfect way to relax and try a new beer. I just had a peanut butter stout recently so this is my second in a week. brown in color with a light brown / khaki fluffy head, foamy and frothy settling down after about one minute. not really a peanut butter smell, i'm getting it but it's faint. instead it's a bit acidic, and a bit like roasted coffee. the taste is all black coffee. there's very little peanut butter in there. it's bitter and leathery, and no particular flavors stick out, but i really expected more peanut. this is no match for great notion's peanut brother. now THAT is a peanut butter stout. this is, well, a bit shy on flavor. mouthfeel is medium. not particularly thrilled with this, and hey it's only 7% too. i like my beers high-powered, this just doesn't cut it for me.

 

L: Pretty much black. I poured aggressively and got a nice thick soapy-looking head.
S: Initially got a nice whiff of peanut butter which was pretty cool.
T: Some smoke and a tiny bit of peanut butter but in the middle I got some kind of tang. After drinking for a while I think the "tang" was some kind of acidic/sour/citrus taste. Aftertaste was a bit bitter.
F: Thinner than I'd like for an oatmeal stout. I desired more body.
O: The initial peanut butter smell and taste was nice but the body was thin and the citrusy/acidic taste and bitter aftertaste killed the peanut butter.

 

I opened this beer with some trepidation. First, I'm not a fan of peanut butter stouts. Second, I have yet to have a good stout with a ABV below 10%.
L: Pours black like coffee with a nice creamy head.
A: Smell of malt and coffee but I don't get any peanut butter
T: taste is coffee and malt but thankfully I don't get any peanut butter
F: smooth and thin. A very easy beer to drink
O: It drinks easy and smooth like a cup of coffee but not like a stout, which confirms my theory about ABV and how good the stout is. I would not purchase this one again. 3.75

 

My tenth beer from the Extreme Stouts box. The peanut or peanut butter tastes natural, not artificial. Other flavors of chocolate, coffee, and vanilla work together. The thinness of the body is what leads me to rate this lower than other peanut butter stouts. Very easy to drink, with its definite sweetness, but lacks a memorable hook.