Big Boat Oatmeal Stout
Fitger's Brewhouse

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From:
Fitger's Brewhouse
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
Oatmeal Stout
ABV:
6.6%
Score:
92
Avg:
4.15 | pDev: 8.67%
Reviews:
46
Ratings:
133
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 25, 2019
Added:
Sep 02, 2003
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  14
Big Boat Oatmeal Stout is one of our year-round standards. Big Boat is large in body and a beautiful pitch black in the glass. Notes of dark chocolate and coffee are balanced by English hops. This beer is nitrogenized for a smooth, velvety pour.

45 IBU
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Reviewed by morimech from Minnesota

4.04/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This is the canned version brewed under contract by Barley Johns Brewing in New Richmond, WI for Duluth Brewhouse. Rich and luscious oatmeal stout with nice flavors of chocolate and mild roasted malt. Chewy body and appropriately carbonated. Nice beer.
Nov 25, 2019
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Reviewed by bbtkd from South Dakota

4.27/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Fitger's Big Boat Nitro Oatmeal Stout, 6.6% ABV. Pours black and thick with a gorgeous two-finger beige nitro head that had excellent retention. Sweet chocolate nose, taste follows, slight bitterness. Excellent creamy/chewy oatmeal mouthfeel. Overall outstanding.
Sep 07, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by ian_graf from Minnesota

Jul 28, 2019
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Reviewed by FrMatthewLC from Virginia

4.54/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
I got delayed on a flight & this beer at the MSP Airport made the extra wait bearable.

A strong oatmeal stout that combines both the thick malty taste expected in a stout with a good hops flavor corresponding to its 45 IBU rating.
Jul 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4.34 by Ckimmerle from Minnesota

May 27, 2019
 
Rated: 3.72 by npendres from Wisconsin

Mar 30, 2019
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Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota

4.02/5  rDev -3.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Big Boat Oatmeal pours an almost completely black color, with a very small, but lightly lacing head. Nice robust aroma, sweet, creamy, with a bitter bite. Flavor is big and full, nice lactose, creamy flavors, with a mellow bitter finish. Good body and feel. Overall, a really good no frills oatmeal stout. Nice bitterness mixed in.
Feb 11, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by Dovers from Wisconsin

Sep 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.92 by StormAles from Canada (ON)

Jul 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3.98 by BrewNoob1 from Minnesota

Jun 10, 2017
 
Rated: 3.83 by Powderhornphil from Minnesota

Nov 07, 2016
 
Rated: 4.34 by ta_hagen from Minnesota

Oct 19, 2016
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Reviewed by SD-Alefan from South Dakota

4.45/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Enjoyed on tap at Endion Station. Pours a dark chcolate brown with a creamy tan head that persists nicely.
Aroma is roasty, chocolate, a bit of coffee, maybe a touch of dark molasses.
A tasty stout. Lots of dark chocolate and roasted notes, a bit of coffee, a hint of sweet brown sugar or caramel.
Great mouthfeel, smooth and creamy, luscious.
Outstanding.
Jun 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by fredmugs from Indiana

Jun 20, 2016
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Reviewed by Taybeh from Minnesota

4.21/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
From a mini-growler (crowler?) into a nonic. Pours a fabulous thick dark brown almost black walnut with 2 fingers of thick khaki head with great retention and decent lacing. On the nose, nice: roasted grains, a little faint dark chocolate, some bitter coffee. Taste and mouthful, this is really good: follows the nose, but a little more chocolate, a little less coffee, good integration of flavors that starts around midway and carries on through the end. I don't get much vanilla, for which I am grateful, though there is some cream. It has a sweet edge to it that does a little battle with the hints of coffee bitterness. Quite full bodied, malty, with a very smooth mouthful, and a dry finish. This pretty much nails what I take to be an oatmeal stout's goals. Here's what would be fun...a side-by-side of this one and summit's oatmeal stout. My money would be on this one.
Jun 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by d5001986 from Wisconsin

Feb 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.39 by Hopstout from Minnesota

Feb 02, 2016
 
Rated: 4.34 by Lancer873 from Minnesota

Nov 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4.11 by Rilesmiles from Wisconsin

Oct 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4.37 by JeffSK from Wisconsin

Oct 08, 2015
Big Boat Oatmeal Stout from Fitger's Brewhouse
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 133 ratings