Ecliptic: Gravastar (Peanut Butter Oatmeal Stout)

I thought I would start out with Gravastar as my first beer from the Big Stouts Box 2023. I am not a fan of peanut butter so not sure what to expect. The peanut butter flavor is rather subdued which is more to my liking. It has a decent mouthfeel. To me this is a good but not exceptional stout. It is cool that this was created especially for the Big Stout box!

 

I thought it was good, not great. Happy to try this one!

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Overall- drinkable but nothing special.

My review: Overall 3.76

Beautiful beer that pours with a creamy mocha head and some lacing that sticks down the glass.

Nose is pretty characteristic for a stout. Oat, roasted malt, and a hint of peanut

Flavor profile is somewhat subdued and consists of mostly roasted malt but you can taste a hint of peanut upfront. The finish is all roasted malt with impressions of cofee and a hint of bitterness.

Feel is medium bodied (light for a stout but heavy for other styles) and high carbonation. I usually really enjoy the thick consistency of oatmeal stouts but it's just not here

Overall this is a pretty good stout- but nothing special. I have some trouble finding the oat and the peanut butter is very subtle as well. I would order this at a random brew pub on a road trip but would not take home a growler of it.

 

Nice peanut tones (more peanut than peanut butter connotation) not overpowering
Not heavy.
Not sweet.
Not objectionable.
It's a good beer, solid.

My normal complaint with this style is they are typically a bit too diluted and need more oomph. This one does a good job - but I'd still like a bit more punch.

I could see drinking this beer often vs being a 'special treat' beer.

Improved as it warmed, enjoyed it start to finish.

 

Tried the Gravastar Peanut Butter Oatmeal Stout from Ecliptic Brewing yesterday. The peanut butter flavor is subtle, which does seem to help the overall flavor. Well made.

 

Even if I didn't like this beer, just the fact that Ecliptic spells complement properly gives it a leg up on too many annoying ignoramuses!

 

I didn't mean that to be my "official" review, which is now to say Gravastar is a typically flawless Ecliptic brew; but just not terribly interesting for a PB stout.

 

Having this as my first beer from the box. I’m in agreement with the general sentiment above. The peanut butter is very subdued. I’m getting a little of it in the aroma but the taste is dominated by roasted malts. As far as oatmeal stouts go, this is a pretty good one. It has a decent body, not too thick with a slight creamy quality from the oats. I’m gonna let this warm up a bit, but overall I’d say this warrants a solid B on the grading scale. Would certainly drink it again, but not something I’d seek out.

 

I chose Gravastar as my 1st from the box because the brewers probably took a solid oatmeal stout and said, "let's ad junk to this and see if we can screw it up", they failed....it was somewhat better than I expected it to be, but if I see it on the shelf, I'll leave it behind.

 

My fourth beer from the box. This is my least favorite so far. Not bad, just not great. Not much on the nose, dark toasty, malty taste with some bitterness from the coffee. PB is barely detectable. Thin mouthfeel for me - I like a thick chewy stout. Drinkable, but I would not seek this one again.

 

Reading the reviews on Untappd, I have to start out by thanking Eclipse Brewing for their offering. Not a bad Stout. Just a bit off the mark as far as the peanut butter.

With that said, my review… 1st of EBB: Big Stouts. Amber-brown w/ a loose tan head that dissipated quickly. A hint of peanut out of the can, but otherwise that’s it. A VERY dark roast, mostly coffee w/ a hint of smoke. Very Obsidian-like, Shakespeare-ish. Definitely not a PB Stout.

 

A dark, typical stout pour with a good amount of head. Aroma is oaty with just a slight hint of peanut butter. More carbonation than I would have expected. Feel is very thin. A fair amount of coffee/roasty notes with some bitter chocolate. Not much peanut butter at all. As it warms up there's some caramel. Overall, a decent roasty stout but not much in the peanut butter department.

 

Pours like a stout should - dark, opaque, half inch compact head that ends up as a ring around an island.

Typical stout on the nose, a get peanut but not peanut butter. More like peanuts in the shell, and not very strong even upon warming. The stout part tastes fine - nice level of roast and a little coffee, maybe a bit of chocolate as it warms up. I don't get the feel I expect from. The addition of oats - it seems a bit thin. The peanut- and I still don't feel peanut butter - is present but I the background. It's drying, astringent, and it's coating the tongue. It's a decent stout, but not getting the oatmeal and only a little peanut non-butter.

 

Disappointing. I expected more. Very little peanut butter. What I get is mainly the malt flavors. Warming did not change it much. I would not get again.

 

not a bad oatmeal stout by any means but 1) the peanut butter is close to nonexistent and 2) this one was doomed to be the outcast in a box of BA and non-BA AIS & RIS.

 

Think I did the right thing by cracking this one with breakfast pancakes & eggs. It’s good, not epic or Extreme, peanut-y but not peanut butter, very fresh, nice little hop note.
Certainly not a Friday Night stout.,.