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Southern Tier Back Burner

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4403.77/5.03.75/5.0Special10%83Snifter
Commercial Description:
“first brew of the year” Long ago, British farmhouse brewers made special ales using the first runnings of the mash. These beers, now called barley wine, are brewed in the tradition of days past. At Southern Tier this long awaited brew is placed on the back burner until the start of the new year. Back Burner Barley Wine is a celebration of things to come and things remembered. It’s conceived in three small batches, using voluminous amounts of barley and hops. The process starts early in the morning and ends late into the night. We hope this rare brew reignites your spirit for another trip around the sun. 10% abv. • 15ºL
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 Barrios (858), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 7, 2009  
Pours a lasting film and ring of beige head with a copper body. Aromas of barley and resin hops. Caramel, resin, and cocoa flavors with a sticky, bitter finish. Balanced very well.


 Cavie (1369), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 6, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of drowland. Clear red orange pour. Lots of sweet malts and alcohol. Taste has sweet flavors as well with heavy heavy tastes. Wow....stout.


 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Aug 18, 2009  
Dark copper in color with a large off-white head. Aroma is of caramel, candy, brown sugar and toffee. Taste is the same with some alcohol heat.


 Soonah (920), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 14, 2009  
Poured a clear, dark copper color with a short, creamy off-white head. The aroma was lots of brown sugar, vanilla, malt and some light hoppiness. The flavor was dominated by chewy, toffee-like malts. Some spicy hops and a bit of citrus come out as it opens up. Medium bodied mouthfeel. Almost sticky.


 angrypirate06 (709), Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Aug 8, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a ruby brown color with a off white foamy head. Aroma is caramel, woodiness, oak, vanilla, apples, and a hint of hops. Flavor is smooth caramel up front, then a nice hoppy astringency, mellowed out by a woody background.


 markwise (1175), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 7, 2009  
Bomber from Wine Merchant Findlay, OH. Pours opaque caramel brown with an off-white head. Nose is caramel, booze, sugar, and citrus with slightly piney hops. Flavor is lots of caramel up front smoothing the way for the hop bouquet coming through. Those fade and then the caramel and booze come and leave their impression. Hops kill softly, not like a battering ram. Very smooth, medium-bodied barley wine with lingering caramel and hops.


 Bov (5425), Bienne, Switzerland
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/518/20
Aug 4, 2009  
from crackedkettle.com - quite clear dark brown colour, little beige foam; the nose shows a nice balance between malts and hops; mint prune and quince; full-bodied and with some sweet malt backbone; the palate remains quite velvety; bitter and long aftertaste of prunes and hops - superb and dangerously drinkable at this alcohol level


 Allen (1339), Switzerland
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Jul 31, 2009  
Bottled. Courtesy of Bov. Liquorice allsorts, mint and quinces in the nose. Complex. Full bodied. Very nice. Thanks a lot Bov!



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