Southern Tier Back Burner

Bottle@Home. Loads of hop in the aroma, light fruity. Chestnut colour, beige small head, good lace. Sweet, very bitter, nutty, raisin, pine, heavily hopped. Full and hop dry finish. Although lots of bitter hop and alcohol still good drinkability.

pours a clear burnt auburn with a small white-yellowish head, and great lacing. smell is faint, some caramel, some grain, and a touch of spice. taste is sticky, some spice, caramel, a touch of nuts, and a roastiness to it, ends dry and slightly bitter.

Bottle at DLD 09 ... deep copper ... little tofee malt nose ... sweet toffee ... rich malts ...too much vanilla

Got this bomber in a recent trade with kirok1999. The bottle says it was the first beer of 2007 so it must be about a year old now. Dark red color that is almost brown but not quite. The flavor smells great, hoppy, toffee, West Coast. The flavor follows up with a chewy, hop-laden taste. Lots of hops in this one and that is how I like it. Given how good this tastes now I bet a couple years will treat this beer well. Best beer I have had from Southern Tier but I’m biased toward barleywines. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 03-24-2008 03:38:08 id: 646809

Pours a brownish bronze with a smallish, pillowy, off-white head. Smells really nice. Certainly on the hoppy side for a barley wine, and potent - pale, resiny hops dominate the brew, with caramel malts and dried fruits (raisins, dates) balancing. The flavor is a little weak up front, but sneaks up on you fast. Low carbonation makes it a bit lifeless, but there’s definitely an alcohol burn. Full body, slightly sticky mouthfeel, and a dry finish. Good. But as has become the norm for ST, not anything worth writing home about. I do like their labels, though...

Bottled. Aroma has american citric hoppiness and sweetish fruity caramel malts. Hazy, amber coloured beer with a white head. The taste is bitter, sweet, has citric and piney hoppiness, caramel, some alcohol. Quite full and dry. Good one.

#28 Bottle. [Papsoe grand American tasting] Small light bubbly beige head. Spare display of lacework. Light cloudy amber color. Aroma of rye bread, fruit, toasted malt, caramel, light vinous, raisins, mild wood. Feels like a Barley Wine. (This is a blind tasting). Full bodied, soft carbonation. Heavy sweet flavor with mild counter bitterness. Lingering toasted malty and light nutty finish. 8 / 3 / 8 / 4 / 16 = 3.9

From bottle, Papsoes blindtasting #28. Pours hazy deep amber with a small and off-white head. Dry wooden and hoppy aroma, smooth caramelish too. Sweet caramelish, light breadish and roasted malt flavoured. Mild hoppy bitterness and wooden too. Sweet and caramelish finish. Bitter and slowly growing dryness into the far finish.