Southern Tier Big Red

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Lakewood, New York USA

Bottle. Tulip glass. Clear ruby color little head. The write up on the bottle advertises Hallertau hops but the aroma is dominated by malt. Sweet caramel malt aroma and taste with grapefruit hops. Spicy with a bitter finish. A good beer but I’m not particularly fond.

This was a malty baby, though the hops were there. Definitely some smoke, though little fire. Surprisingly high in ABV. An easy drink and a beautiful dark red bottle.

This beer can definitely sneak up on you if your not careful because its fairly strong, tastes great, and is very smooth and drinkable

Thanks for sharing Jason. Clear orange, thin white head. Nose was very nice with full on caramel coated grains and cereal, with soft underlying notes of milk chocolate. Flavor is spicy hopped and bitter, but gains nice balance with grainy caramel and chocoalte-like tones to round this out. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, bittersweet finish. Didn’t expect much, but was pleasantly suprised as this was very well made...

Cheers jasonp, ruby colour, smokey malty aroma with a bitter hop taste,small head. I’d like to try it again todouble check!

Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur ambrée orange et très légèrement voilée. Nez de houblon citrique (pamplemousse), résineux, légèrement floral et aux notes terreuses, malté de caramel sucré et de biscuits, moyennement fruité (agrumes, notes d’abricots), léger d’épices (poivre) avec des notes d’alcool et des traces de chocolat noir. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse et aux notes résineuses. Goût amer de houblon résineux, floral et moyennement citrique (pamplemousse, qui dure toute la gorgée) avec un goût fruité (agrumes et zest, léger d’abricots) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel toffee sucré (notes rôties et traces de chocolat noir) et accompagné d’un léger goût de biscuits au miel, parallèlement à un léger goût d’alcool doux puis en finale l’on retrouve un regain d’amertume de houblon plus asséchant, plus citrique et légèrement terreux ainsi qu’un léger goût épicé (poivre) et de seigle asséchant. Post-goût long et sec, amer de houblon résineux, citrique, légèrement floral et terreux, fruité (zest d’agrumes) et avec un léger goût d’alcool et des notes de chocolat noir.

Brilliant copper in colour, large white coloured head, excellent retention, great lacing. The aroma is very hoppy, lots of pine, fruity, some orange citrus, lots of caramel sweetness. The flavour has lots of caramel sweetness, the hops seem to be more muted in the flavour then in the aroma, still quite hoppy though, lots of pine, highly sweet. Big and chewy mouthfeel, medium body, high carbonation. Finishes long, hoppy and very sweet. I’m not sure balance was in mind when they made this one. Full out hops from start to finish.

650ml bottle from the <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/new-york target=blank>Premier Gourmet in Buffalo, New York for $5.99.
Purchased on August 20, 2007 and opened on September 8, 2007.
No date.

Nose of big, sticky and coarse maraschino cherry and wood malts, but also hoppy and rich and a little overly sweet. Good qualities include some fruit and resinous hops, much like fruit cocktail, and as always Southern Tier executes their recipes flawlessly, but really this just falls into that imperial red/strong ale category that I just don’t really get much out of.