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The Poet
New Holland Brewing Company
- From:
- New Holland Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Oatmeal Stout
Ranked #130 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #13,940 - Avg:
- 3.93 | pDev: 10.69%
- Reviews:
- 789
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 09, 2024
- Added:
- Feb 01, 2003
- Wants:
- 105
- Gots:
- 523
IBU's: 40
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Ratings by tkdchampxi:
Reviewed by tkdchampxi from New Jersey
4.05/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.05/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This is a good, well-made stout that fills your nose with bold, dark coffee and malted barley. The taste comes close to matching the smell, but I almost just want to sit with my glass and savor this beer through my nostrils. Worth trying, and better than many offerings, but not quite inspiring me to verse or rhyme. If it were more concentrated in flavor then allowed to mellow in carbonation, it's be overall much better.
A: pitch black, but with a creamy off-white, half-centimeter head that quickly dissipated. Low lacing. Thin bubbles that sparkle and remind me of champagne. The beer swishes thinly, like coca cola, and ripples with every vibration of the table.
S: this is possibly one of the best smelling beers I've ever had. The front smells like sweet chocolate - Hershey melted into a glass. There is coffee and malted barley in the middle. There is caramel on the finish and mixed throughout.
T: I am let down by the taste here. Dark, roasty, and just a touch bitter. Tastes a bit like thinly brewed coffee, carbonated, and mixed into a brown ale. I like it, but don't love it.
M: too thin - this beer would benefit from some added viscosity and a but less carbonation.
Jun 28, 2014A: pitch black, but with a creamy off-white, half-centimeter head that quickly dissipated. Low lacing. Thin bubbles that sparkle and remind me of champagne. The beer swishes thinly, like coca cola, and ripples with every vibration of the table.
S: this is possibly one of the best smelling beers I've ever had. The front smells like sweet chocolate - Hershey melted into a glass. There is coffee and malted barley in the middle. There is caramel on the finish and mixed throughout.
T: I am let down by the taste here. Dark, roasty, and just a touch bitter. Tastes a bit like thinly brewed coffee, carbonated, and mixed into a brown ale. I like it, but don't love it.
M: too thin - this beer would benefit from some added viscosity and a but less carbonation.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by TwilightBeerCareer from Illinois
3.95/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
The look and smell of The Poet are just average, but the taste and mouthfeel save the day. Nice hints of chocolate, roastiness, and char on the taste, with a smooth and creamy, albeit a little thin, mouthfeel. Will gladly drink this again.
Oct 15, 2023Reviewed by mpruden from Ohio
3.99/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured fairly aggressively from a 12-oz can with an illegible date, purchased several months ago at the brewery, into a pint glass.
Look: Dark brown, with a large tan head that lingered a little while, leaving smooth, even lacing.
Nose: Mild and sweet, some oatmeal, some brown sugar.
Mouthfeel: Smooth from the oatmeal, and medium thick, plenty of carbonation.
Attack: The malt and dark roast come through here.
Finish: Bitterness from the dark roast.
Overall: This very drinkable ale is quite pleasant, and not overwhelming in any sense. If the Oatmeal Stout category were divided into English vs. American, I would think of this more as an English ale; i.e., not hop-heavy bitter. I'd be happy to buy and drink it again.
Oct 08, 2023Look: Dark brown, with a large tan head that lingered a little while, leaving smooth, even lacing.
Nose: Mild and sweet, some oatmeal, some brown sugar.
Mouthfeel: Smooth from the oatmeal, and medium thick, plenty of carbonation.
Attack: The malt and dark roast come through here.
Finish: Bitterness from the dark roast.
Overall: This very drinkable ale is quite pleasant, and not overwhelming in any sense. If the Oatmeal Stout category were divided into English vs. American, I would think of this more as an English ale; i.e., not hop-heavy bitter. I'd be happy to buy and drink it again.
Reviewed by The_Snow_Bird from Michigan
3.64/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a very dark brown with a medium caramel colored head that goes away quickly. Gives a sweet roasted oat smell. Has a watered down roasted malt taste.
Apr 11, 2023Reviewed by Weisenbeer from Ohio
3.93/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
It's cold outside and I thought this would be a good beer to try.... Velvety smooth and taste pretty good .... Not really my style so perhaps I'm not the best critic... But for this type of beer I give it a thumbs up and above average
Mar 17, 2023Rated by rclangk from West Virginia
4/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
10/01/22: Austyn’s, Marietta, Ohio
Oct 02, 2022Reviewed by damndirtyape from Ohio
3.96/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz can served in a Samuel smith ale glass. Date stamp on bottom of can: 06/08/22 09:27.
Appearance: Very dark brown, with some light at the edges. Thick tan head with lots of persistent lacing.
Smell: Faint cocoa powder and a bit of roasted malt. More sweet than anything.
Taste: Definite chocolate note up front, with some notable malt sweetness. Roasted malt character shows up, along with some lingering char and herbal notes at the finish.
Mouthfeel: Very good thickness, with just right carbonation. A bit of a dry finish.
Overall / Drinkability: Easily drinkable, and definitely on the sweet side for an outmeal stout. I'd almost call it a sweet / milk stout, but it's not quite there. Definitely need to pair this with some pastry or dessert, although I think this would go well with a burger as well.
Sep 10, 2022Appearance: Very dark brown, with some light at the edges. Thick tan head with lots of persistent lacing.
Smell: Faint cocoa powder and a bit of roasted malt. More sweet than anything.
Taste: Definite chocolate note up front, with some notable malt sweetness. Roasted malt character shows up, along with some lingering char and herbal notes at the finish.
Mouthfeel: Very good thickness, with just right carbonation. A bit of a dry finish.
Overall / Drinkability: Easily drinkable, and definitely on the sweet side for an outmeal stout. I'd almost call it a sweet / milk stout, but it's not quite there. Definitely need to pair this with some pastry or dessert, although I think this would go well with a burger as well.
Reviewed by sodavisions from Michigan
3.32/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
3.32/5 rDev -15.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.25
Poured into a cool beer snifter-thing from Target
LOOK: Coca-Cola brown/black, three finger tan head that quickly disappears, moderate lacing
SMELL: Espresso, Dark chocolate (like those high-cacao % ones that taste like chalk at Whole Foods), and malt.
TASTE: Moderate carbonation, sweet espresso opening, then milk chocolate, then an extra punch of sweetness and bitterness on the finish from it being beer and not a Lindt bar.
FEEL: Way lighter than expected for a stout, but not necessarily a bad thing if you look at it more like a session-y sort of thing. Is it Terrapin Wake-n-Bake? No, but it doesn’t need to be.
OVERALL: Not the greatest Stout-with-a-capital-S in the world by any means but a pretty solid drink without being too heavy.
Apr 14, 2022LOOK: Coca-Cola brown/black, three finger tan head that quickly disappears, moderate lacing
SMELL: Espresso, Dark chocolate (like those high-cacao % ones that taste like chalk at Whole Foods), and malt.
TASTE: Moderate carbonation, sweet espresso opening, then milk chocolate, then an extra punch of sweetness and bitterness on the finish from it being beer and not a Lindt bar.
FEEL: Way lighter than expected for a stout, but not necessarily a bad thing if you look at it more like a session-y sort of thing. Is it Terrapin Wake-n-Bake? No, but it doesn’t need to be.
OVERALL: Not the greatest Stout-with-a-capital-S in the world by any means but a pretty solid drink without being too heavy.
Reviewed by ZebulonXZogg from Illinois
3.77/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured a very dark brown, big frothy tan head than did not stick around long, and spotty lacing. Coffee, malt a bit of cocoa fill the senses, a bit thin. Not bad.
Apr 04, 2022
The Poet from New Holland Brewing Company
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
2573 ratings
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