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Apathy
Greenbush Brewing Company
- From:
- Greenbush Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Oatmeal Stout
- ABV:
- 6.7%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.84 | pDev: 9.9%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 14, 2019
- Added:
- Nov 25, 2011
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 3
Beat those ho-hum doldrums with a tall taste of Apathy, our roasty Oatmeal Stout. It's enough to snap you out of whatever state of indifference you're in.
46 IBU
46 IBU
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Ratings by SmartyPints:
Reviewed by SmartyPints from Michigan
4.08/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Had on tap at Greenbush.
A- Pours a deep black color. One finger dark tan head shows medium retention. Long lace sticks to my glass with each and every sip.
S- Good clean roast up front with this beer with oats and chocolate acting as secondary aromas right after the roast. Hints of vanilla follow this along with a hint of alcohol in the ending. The chocolate in the backend shows up a little more as it warms.
T- Good roasted malt comes out first with a bittersweet chocolate like flavor right after. The roasted malts do come out more after the initial chocoalte flavor in a coffee like hit. The middle shows off more the coffee roast along with a matching bittersweet chocolate. Ending of the beer shows a light bitterness from hops and a little dose of roasted malts.
M- Medium-heavy body. Carbonation was a little light for the style I thought but managed to work itself out with the beer nicely. Lots of roasted coffee and chocolate left on the palate. Hints of warming alcohol, bittering hops, and light roast are left long into the aftertaste. No off flavors at all in this beer. Medium drying on the palate from the alcohol.
O- This beer was a good example of the style without going overboard. Smooth with a perfect amount in the aroma and flavor. The ABV is nice and low enough that you can drink a couple of these to stay warm in the coming winter months.
Dec 08, 2011A- Pours a deep black color. One finger dark tan head shows medium retention. Long lace sticks to my glass with each and every sip.
S- Good clean roast up front with this beer with oats and chocolate acting as secondary aromas right after the roast. Hints of vanilla follow this along with a hint of alcohol in the ending. The chocolate in the backend shows up a little more as it warms.
T- Good roasted malt comes out first with a bittersweet chocolate like flavor right after. The roasted malts do come out more after the initial chocoalte flavor in a coffee like hit. The middle shows off more the coffee roast along with a matching bittersweet chocolate. Ending of the beer shows a light bitterness from hops and a little dose of roasted malts.
M- Medium-heavy body. Carbonation was a little light for the style I thought but managed to work itself out with the beer nicely. Lots of roasted coffee and chocolate left on the palate. Hints of warming alcohol, bittering hops, and light roast are left long into the aftertaste. No off flavors at all in this beer. Medium drying on the palate from the alcohol.
O- This beer was a good example of the style without going overboard. Smooth with a perfect amount in the aroma and flavor. The ABV is nice and low enough that you can drink a couple of these to stay warm in the coming winter months.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois
3.09/5 rDev -19.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.09/5 rDev -19.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Taste: dark cocoa and toasted malt, cookies, coffee, with clean finish. Semi sweet dark chocolate toasted coffee bean nose.
Black/brown hue, mostly opaque, with a tan foamy head but not much lace on the glass. Medium body but no heavier. thinner dry finish. 46 IBUs
Feb 17, 2018Black/brown hue, mostly opaque, with a tan foamy head but not much lace on the glass. Medium body but no heavier. thinner dry finish. 46 IBUs
Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
3.91/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours nearly opaque dark brown/black color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted oats, and dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of nuttiness, vanilla, smoke, char, dark fruit, herbal, wood, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. A bit too yeasty, but not overpowering. Taste of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted oats, and dark/brown bread; with light notes of nuttiness, vanilla, smoke, char, dark fruit, herbal, wood, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness. Light roast/char and herbal/woody/spicy hop bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, caramel, brown sugar, toasted oats, dark/brown bread, nuttiness, smoke, char, dark fruit, herbal, wood, pepper, and yeast/roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance; and zero acrid/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from hop/char bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.7%. Overall this is a delicious oatmeal stout. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/drying finish. Absolutely spot on English style example. Nicely rich and complex English malts; with mild complementing EKG hops and fruity English yeast. A very enjoyable offering.
Jan 13, 2018Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
3.81/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 ounce bottle into a snifter. Bottled 11/17/16, had 1/9/17.
Pours a dark brown, kind of a cola color, fairly opaque, with a quickly dissipating half inch foamy head and some soapy lacing. The smell is roasted malts, coffee, some chocolate and caramel, light vanilla and cocoa. The taste also leads with the roasted malts, then coffee, dark chocolate, more vanilla than the nose, some caramel. A fair amount of bitterness throughout, especially for the listed 46 IBU. Mostly smooth, somewhat creamy, well carbonated. The body feels a little light, but not thin.
A solid oatmeal stout, enjoyable to drink. Worth a try.
Jun 09, 2017Pours a dark brown, kind of a cola color, fairly opaque, with a quickly dissipating half inch foamy head and some soapy lacing. The smell is roasted malts, coffee, some chocolate and caramel, light vanilla and cocoa. The taste also leads with the roasted malts, then coffee, dark chocolate, more vanilla than the nose, some caramel. A fair amount of bitterness throughout, especially for the listed 46 IBU. Mostly smooth, somewhat creamy, well carbonated. The body feels a little light, but not thin.
A solid oatmeal stout, enjoyable to drink. Worth a try.
Apathy from Greenbush Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
74 ratings
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