Oak Stand

Name: Oak Stand
Brand: Fonta Flora Brewery
Rating: 3.8 (106 reviews)

Fonta Flora Brewery

Morganton, NC

Tavour Rating

3.8

Style

Schwarzbier

ABV

6.5%

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About This Beer

The brewers paired up with their friends at Home Place Beer in nearby Burnsville. Together, they crafted a mashbill with locally sourced barley and specialty grains for a jet-black brew. Then they steeped the beer on white oak harvested right from their very own Whippoorwill Farm property!

Tasting Notes

The brew flows with flavors of roasted hazelnuts, espresso, baker’s chocolate, and fruit leather. The oak adds distinctive notes of smooth vanilla and soft, woody tannins.

Roasty Crisp Smooth Dry

Noteworthy Ingredients

Oak

Reviews

3.8

106 Ratings

bill.harddog

4.0

Good Schwarz!

squigglechick

4.75

Nice smokey flavor

ericksen.greg

3.5

Dark with a strong flavor of oak.

klymko

4.0

Oaky, smoky, and smooth. A really pleasant dark beer.

bradley693

4.0

Excited to try it always love a good schwarzbier

thor18

4.25

Great nice beer. Oak is really nice.

Jimbay808

4.0

Earthy, oaky dark lager. Well done. Another please.

kain13

3.0

It was a one upon opening, it had the aroma of an Old Milwaukee. After warming up it had a pleasant taste and smell. 1 to start, 4 to finish.

NW_Stout

3.75

It's like I got up, went outside, and bit a tree. So Much Oak!

hartcjohn

4.0

The sxhwarz

amanda2605

3.5

Oak! Dark and Smokey. Unexpected smooth mouth feel. Almost thought it was a nitro at first.

thomas2883

3.5

Oaky and dark. Good representation of the style

paul3753

4.25

Schwartzy and Oaky

Hbarss

4.25

Really nice dark lager! Smooth, dark, roasty.

Zsnyd78

3.25

What a unique taste. It’s almost like barbecue. I really enjoy it. Could be strong for others though. Very Smokey and oaky.

without_an_i

4.0

Would buy again

PiccinaRobo9

4.0

Very good— smokey, toasty, full-bodied

angela27

5.0

Loved it!

john273

3.75

Love that clean, woodsy character.

tanner548

3.75

3.80

mdunlop1

3.5

Well balanced and light. Great for the afternoon

logan353

5.0

Excellent shwarzbier that focuses more on caramel and molasses than roast. Chewy, Little bit of roastiness with the vanilla and oak on the finish. Earthy throughout. Another great fonta flora brew

theUnwise

4.0

Light but good.

cjristopher

3.75

Aroma is toasted grain, coffee, barley. Flavor is the same with addition of mild oak, molasses, and earthy hints. Really great depth of flavor for the style. This is the best beer I’ve had from this brewery! Nice

gregory13

5.0

Not as heavy as it looks, very nice smooth smoky oak flavor

BobbyB

5.0

Big roasty aroma and flavor with light oaky and smoky notes. Great balance of flavors and lightly creamy. Delicious Schwarzbier!

r1111

3.0

I wish the oak notes came through more.

zach2412

4.0

nice smoky, multi layered dark lager

david10390

4.0

not too smoky, but I really like the oak flavor.

SurlySteve

4.0

Creamy head, smoky aroma, stout-like appearance, dark roasted coffee and malt tastes with a hint of vanilla, crisp and crushable, medium-bodied, with a dry finish.

kevin7469

4.0

nice dark lager. plenty of smoke

claystar9

4.0

Incredibly unique. Tasted like you left your dark lager open by a campfire.