Southern Tier Back Burner

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

pours dark amber with cloudy beige head with thick lacing. piney-resin on nose(have smelled imp. ipas that are weaker), hops really out front, some dark malt on second passing. very hoppy at 1st, malt kicks in 1/2 way and finishes dry and clean. balanced well, which disquises alcohol %. very good

Sample from July Beer Club Meeting. A beautiful burnt amber color. Aroma is malty (almost of molasses). Flavor is a little sweet and roasted. Mouthfeel smooth and warm. A smooth barley wine.

Bottle. Pours a hazy deep brown with a hint of red and a medium, off-white head. Aroma is caramel, a hint of cocoa, minty hops. Taste starts off with a sweet, huge malt back bone with hints of dark fruit and even cocoa, with prickly hops emerging from the very beginning and really taking up residence midway with a prickly, minty, piny presence. The hops perfectly counterbalance the huge sweet malt without dominating. Finish is malt sweetness, drying hop bitterness and definitely a bit of spicy alcohol burn on the finish, complemented by the prickly hops - it’s clear how this beer got it’s name. Mouthfeel is heavy, syrupy, and oily, but with a light, crisp carbonation. Delicious.

Pours a slightly hazy deep red with a medium off white head. Smells of dark fruits, malts, and a little hops come through as well. A little sweet cinnamon is present too. Taste has some good dark fruits, semi-sweet, with a big malt backbone. The hops come into play a little in the end which had some light brown sugar symptoms too. Lively carbonation, but easy drinking brew. Good.

Bomber I picked up at the brewery.... one of my favorite barleywines.... caramel and hop flavor has a medium body, well balanced

Pours from the bomber a deep garnet-mahogany color. Pour creates a thin bone white head which fades to faint wisps of foam and some spotty lacing. Sweet, but moderate aromas of figs, raisins, prunes, dark caramel candy, toffee, vanilla bean and dark brown sugar are intially appreciated with some faint secondary whiffs of piney/citrusy hops and a touch of alcohol in the background. Full, sticky and slighty oily mouthfeel with a subdued carbonation level fits the big Barleywine style. Flavor profile is a hybrid of an English and American Barleywine in that it starts out sugary sweet with notes of dark dried fruits, toffee, brown sugar and dark rum but assertively finishes with a firm hit of Chinook hop citrus rind bitterness. The 10% abv is subtle and nicely warms up the finish. All in all an interesting and fairly complex BW that is certainly worth seeking out.

Dark ruby color with a big tan head. Aroma of caramel malts, fruit and citrus hops. Flavor is very sweet, with flavors of berries, raisons and some hops.

Bottle. Amber body, medium light tan head, malty, slightly fruity nose. Sweet body, mild flavor for a big beer, tasty, balances hops and malt well. Hides alcohol well.