Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout
Rated 3.818 by BeerPals
Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Boonville, CA, United States Style: Oatmeal Stout
5.7% Alcohol by Volume
13 International Bittering Units
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With its deep, dark brown-black color, thick, full-bodied, velvety-smooth mouth feel, mocha character, and strong yet subtle hop bite, Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout is one of the thickest, richest, and most complex stouts on the market today. In 1990, it became our first gold medal winner, at the Great American Beer Festival. Barney Flats was judged so superior to the other stouts that no other medals were even awarded in its catagory. Try it and see why Stewart Kallen described it as, "Slippery, creamy, dark, and sweet as a Pacific May morning," in his book, The 50 Greatest Beers in the World.
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| Overall Rank | 663 |
| Overall Percentile | 99.4 |
| Style Rank | 4 of 601 |
| Style Percentile | 99.3 |
| Lowest Score | 2.5 |
| Highest Score | 5.0 |
| Average Score | 3.847 |
| Weighted Score | 3.818 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.475 |
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85 Member Reviews
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
12oz bottle from the state gestapo
Appearance: Black with a nice sized beige head that dissipates fairly quickly leaving some light lacing
Aroma: Roasted malts and chocolate
Taste: Roasted malts, grainy, chocolate with some hop bite in the finish
Nice Oatmeal stoutAroma: 4 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 9
When I saw a bottle of this I had to try it. Oatmeal stout, got to be sweet and tasty, right up my alley. Sweet stouts are one of my favorite styles. 12 oz brown bottle with an inviting label. Has the ol’ seducing sweet stout aroma, roasty and peculiar. Pours very dark brown and opaque in my clear steeler stein, it is almost black. Very little head, just a tan ring around the edge of the glass. First taste is creamy and roasty with a little bit of burned campfire wood in the background. It’s not jus shy sluggin gorms neemer! The bitterness does continue to build as the drinks continue. I think I am becoming proficient in bootling, the slang of Boonville! Interesting and not too offensive, I find it to be a pretty decent brew. Just goes to show, everybody has their own style and everybody does not like the same style beer. Aroma of roastyness continues as you drink it, does not fade. This brew lacks any of the offensiveness of imperial stouts and is well behaved. I’d like to have another bottle of this so I can confirm the pleasantness of this beer. The only drawback I can find with this brew is the building bitterness on the finish. It is not quite as medicine as imperial stouts or IPA but it does let you know that you just consumed a malty or hoppy brew with its medium bitterness.
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8
bottle at home, Black beer with a small head, aroma is liquorice, hint of cardboard, dark fruit, Taste is watery, light bitter, fruity,... not bad, but could be better, maybe a bit too old?
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
35,5cl can from Systembolaget, Sälen. Pours black with a beige head. Roasty aroma with chocolate and hints of nuts, wood and licorice. Medium sweet with dark, malty flavours and a fairly light bitterness. Balanced and pleasant stout. Smooth and soft.
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8
Pours deep dark void with 2 minute mocha head. The mild aroma emits roasty to burnt malts, sweeter chocolate and malt notes to go along with a dash of earthy oxidation. The taste begins both sweet and roasty and moves toward sweeter malts, black licorice and then some tasty chocolate notes. The chocolate sensation gets quiet nice toward the finish where it becomes more and more roasty and charred like.
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Bottle: Poured a black oily color with a burnt brown head. Aroma is sweet with chocolate and oat. Taste is toasted barley, bakers dark chocolate, and nice smooth oat finish.
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
Brown unsubstantial head. Fruity nose, plums and some roastiness. Black as midnight, opaque. Full bodied brew. Creamy mouthfee.. Roasted flavor really comes through with some smooth coffee and chocolate notes.A pleasent oatmeal stout. Finish is medium dry and roasty with an appreciated hop bite, nice.
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
355 ml bottle, from Voldby Købmandsgaard. Pitch black colour, moderate tan head. Pleasant aroma of moderately roasted malts, caramel, oats, mild coffee and woodwork, hints of chocolate and liquorice. Nice flavour too, medium dry, with the same elements as the aroma. Very moderate hops. Smooth mouthfeel.
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
Pours a real dark brown colour with hardly any highlights. Big creamy-froth beige head with great retention and full lacing. Roasted malt aromas with nutty notes, caramel, maple syrup, dark fruits and the oats to round things up. Seems a bit light for the body, a little watery. The taste reflects on this, being a little milder than the nose. The roasted malts are smooth with the oats, hints of molasses and dark fruits. Not a bad brew for those who prefer their stouts thinner and with not as much punch.
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
Tasting w/ Marius. Dark brown, light brown lasting foam head. Light coffee aroma. Bit disappointing in taste (but then we had very strong beer just before), too much Barney there - too flat(e). Light bitter coffee. (Den Haag 201503)
