Southern Tier Back Burner

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Lakewood, New York USA

Bouteille 2007 (650ml), courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur rouge-brune foncée et transparente. Nez malté de caramel toffee sucré légèrement rôti, de houblon citrique (pamplemousse) aux petites notes herbeuses et terreuses, fruité (raisins, prunes, léger d’agrumes, petites notes de figues), léger d’alcool et de biscuits ainsi que des notes de sucre brun. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-bas et une texture moyennement crémeuse et sirupeuse. Goût fruité (moyen de raisins et de prunes, notes d’agrumes, traces de figues) et accompagné d’un goût moyennement amer de houblon citrique (pamplemousse) et aux notes terreuses (présent toute la gorgée) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel toffee bien sucré et moyennement rôti ainsi qu’un léger goût de biscuits et de faibles notes de sucre brun et de chocolat noir parallèlement à un moyen goût d’alcool doux et un peu réchauffant puis en finale l’on assiste à un regain d’amertume de houblon légèrement plus terreuse et herbeuse ainsi qu’avec des petites notes résineuses. Post-goût long, moyennement amer de houblon citrique, légèrement herbeux et terreux avec un moyen goût rôti, fruité (moût de raisins, zest d’agrumes) et également un léger goût d’alcool.

Bomber.. Pours a clear copper in color with a white lacey head. This beer is full of malty, sweetness with some dried fruit and caramel flavors. The finish is full and warm with a good bit of alcohol. A pretty solid barley wine.

Short and sweet...I really enjoyed this one from Southern Tier. The sweetness is very well balanced out by the hops so neither taste is overbearing. A nice beer and a nice price at $5.99, I will be drinking this beer again.

Bottle sampled. Pours a dark copper color with a light tan head. Aroma of caramel malts, fruitiness, and some mild citrus hops. Flavor is very well balanced and fairly sweet with dark fruits, sweet malts, light toffee, and notes of grapefruit with a nice bittersweet finish

22oz - First brew 2007 - Aroma is very strong. Raisin, prune, molasses, alcohol, brown sugar and sharp hop bitterness. Pours mahogany with a small head and good lacing. Flavor is a bit more "old house" than the aroma but otherwise matches. Palate is sticky with the alcohol there but not overpowering. Mellow, flavorful and tasty.

Clear toffee body, medium cream head, patchy. Aroma of dense, burnt caramels, toffee, toast, and prickly alcohol. Big, faded citrusy hops punch the palate, coating the heavy, burnt caramel and toast malts with a bitter astringency. Basic, not stretching any boundaries. Southern Tier has a distinct yeast strain that leaves a dusty, slightly medicinal characteristic in all of their beers. Sweetness increases as the beer warms. Not bad, but rather plain.

22-oz bottle received via trade with adam_john. Pours a rubied brown with a spare, fizzy light brown head, mostly diminishing, spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, nutty, caramel), heavy hops (perfume, flowers), average yeast (dough) with notes of brown sugar and pear. Full bodied, gritty texture, lively carbonation and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, acidity and bitterness.

22 oz bomber. Dark brown brew with a fast-fading white head. Lovely aroma with a sweet rich maltiness. Strong citrus and a biscuit/cookie dough maltiness. Aroma is quite hoppy but this shows good balance as well. Flavour shows sweet toasty/cookie dough maltiness and sweet grapefruity/orange citrus. Light cherry as well. Slight chewy but nowhere near cloying. Surprisingly drinkable for a such a big beer. Rich and sweet with an orange marmalade flavour. Nice smoky caramelized brown sugar on the back behind all the citrus and biscuit. A lovely elegant beer.