Southern Tier Big Red

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

Thin head of medium sized bubbles. Light carbonation. Light sprucy hops aroma with some sweet malts and spices. I have a bad feeling about this brew. Something just seems like it will be disappointing whether it be the color or the thickness of the brew from the pour. We will see. Color is a rather boring orangish brown. Don’t see no imperial RED in there anywhere. Harsh roastyness and bitterness in the flavor. Lot sof hops and ashy malts. Some dry roasted peanut skins also. Yeah this is a bit of a disapointment. Hides its alcohol pretty dang well though. Finishes dry and bitter with a bit of sweet malts. Finish is actually better than it tastes going down. I will pass on this one a second time.

Amber orange with a moderate head, good lacing and retention. Aroma is floral spicy hops with caramel sweetness, a touch of chocolate. Medium bodied, fairly sweet finish. Doesn’t feel at all like 93 IBUs.

Amber pour with a fading tan head. Chewy aroma with loads of sweet caramel malt, peppery bread, and spicy hallertau hints. The flavor is also somewhat peppery with a chewy bread character, somewhat sweet and sticky. Doesn’t taste like 93 IBUs, but the hallertaus come through with only a hint in the finish. It could be all the chocolate and caramel malts that sweeten this thing up. I need more hop assertiveness, and less sweet malts in my ASAs.

Reddish amber, foamy pour. Slight carbonation, but it subsided rather quickly. Fairly floral, hoppy aroma, but the flavor did not match. Flavor was spicy, with a hint of pine needle. Detected a bit of an alcohol flavor as well. Palate was dry, but not overwhelmingly so. Nice, strong hoppy beer.

Pours redish orange, with a white head. Aroma is floral and hoppy. Flavor is hops, alcohol, and sugar. Fairly heavy body.

22 oz bomber shared with rebelbeerguy. Poured a watery looking clear red with a foamy white head. Very fruity aroma, strong pineapple and apple to on this one. Very dry on the palate, a little to dry for my taste. Strong bitter aftertaste, didn’t really think this one was that great.

17-May-07 Bomber. Medium sized, sticky white head of loose foam that laces in sheets. Beer is about the color of Lucille Ball’s hair and clear. Beautiful aromas in this; Hallertau is an interesting choice and it worked out great for the nose as the stuff is floral, fresh cut produce (peppers, greens), ginger, light peat. Wow, this is a sweet sniff! Flavor is decent, but not at all living up to the precedent of the aroma. Generic fruity with some melony focus up front, plum-like fruits across the middle with mild grassiness and some springtime notes like new chives and wet trees. The finish introduces a punch of alcohol that makes you pay for what had been, until then, a quite pleasant experience. Also in the finish is a nice mix of bitter twang and drawn out but simple earthy malts. These guys have a pretty solid lineup of slightly better than average stuff. Wish it wasn’t so expensive compared to other ’bomber options.’

Pours out a reddish amber with a thin one finger head. Aroma of floral hops with slight caramel and sweetness. Taste is spicy/floral hops as the backbone with some caramel lingering throughout. No sign of the high abv.