Southern Tier Back Burner

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

Sweet malty and dried fruit aroma with a hoppy kick. Some honey and flowers. Dark reddish brown with a diminishing head. Sweet hoppy flavor, honey, caramel, rasin, drying and bitter balance on the finish. Earthiness with some cloves and cider like flavors. Palate is even, neither too thick nor too thin. Mild duration. Good.

tasting sample on 11/5/09... dark red pour into a snifter... big malt nose, light hops... medium body with apple, raisins and a sweet malt forward finish. nice barleywine... would like to try a full glass of this and revisit.

WOW! Damn good beer. ST never dissapoints me, no matter what they put out. Colour is a beautiful ruby red-slight mahogay colour. Sweet, big ass vanilla coloured head. Aroma is enticing with its caramel, carrot cake, cinnamon and berry scent. All sorts of flavours. a little hotness initially, but its expected at 10%. Even a little biscuity near the finish. Apples and a little ginger. Another winner from Southern Tier.

Bomber shared at the Butters’ 1500 tasting. Clear ruby red pour with great light tan head for a BW. Nose of raisins, cake, plums, and boatloads of sweet maltiness. Flavor loses the cakiness, but retains all the other sweet dark fruit. No trace of such a high abv. Great sipping barleywine.

22 oz bomber, 2008. Ooh, this beer smells quite nice. Big, bold, rich, and malty, but well balanced at the same time. Notes (in no particular order), cocoa powder, oats, vanilla beans, fruity cherry and strawberry, light booze, earthy hops, mild citrus, and nutty caramel. Pour was also appealing with medium thick pale cream head, medium opaque body, and red wood in color. It really doesn’t disappoint the whole way through as it tastes nearly as good as it smells and looks. A full, creamy, and highly drinkable body that still has the right amount of kick like a well made barley wine should. The flavor notes may not be quite as complex as the aroma, but still have lots of character. Rich, yet fruity malts are strong, but backed nicely with earthy and mild citrus hops. At the same time, the nutty hazelnut, coffee bean, roasted dark grains, and mixed fruit add some additional notes to think about. This beer was truly a pleasure to drink from start to finish. It really fits how I picture a good, standard barley wine to be. Very impressed.

Bottle 2008. Pours Medium dark amber/red with a thin head and decent lacing. Smells wonderfully of piney hops and caramel, with hints of a dark fruit such as prune. Very smooth mouthfeel with nice carbonation. Has a very good taste of piney hops and roasted caramel malts. Man , this is good stuff! Gives me the invariable warm fuzzies. Might be upfront in taste and not very complex but who the hell cares!Definitely going to be aging a bottle.

Pouring a deep red its aroma mirrors its flavor; heavy maltiness with a nice balance of hops. A good example of the style.

Aroma is fruity with hints of yeast and hops. It’s clear, copper color is off set by it’s creamy beige head. It has a medium sweet taste that leads to a lightly bitter aftertaste. It’s a full body beer with a creamy texture, light carbonation and a bitter finish. I don’t have alot of experience with barley wine style beers but I would drink this one again.