Southern Tier Big Red

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

Greenville, SC - on tap at Barley’s Taproom. Dark copper pour with a nice white head that sticks around a while - good lacing. Sweet aroma of candied apples with a hint of vanilla. Flavor has some of the same vanilla notes with some mint, candied sugar and a hint of nuttiness in the back end. Sticky mouthfeel. A bit different, but enjoyable.

Bomber: Poured a deep amber, clear butt with a nice off white cap that lasted well enough considering the ABV% Aroma was very nice; pungent roasty malts with plenty of fruity esters and hop earthiness. Toasty-bready-toffee-fruity that’s the profile and it is well pronounced and executed. A substantial ale, firm bodied, satisfying and warming. I wish I had a supply of this last winter.

Bottle: pours a dark orange with a thin but bubbly white head, hop and spice aroma, taste has some sweetness, malty, bitterness, medium body. Pretty solid but unspectacular.

Pours more of a copper color than "big red". Very small white head with small bubbles. Malty aroma but not much presence. Flavor is way heavier than the appearance. Strong flavors. A lot of sweetness. You can get some hop flavor and a hop bitterness in the finish. A "creamy" mouthfeel which I have noticed in all their beers.

Bottle 1pt. 6fl.oz. @ home.
Clear medium red amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, spicy, light notes of chocolate, moderate to light heavy hoppy, grass. Flavor is moderate to heavy dark chocolate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090126]

Reddish/orange with a slight brown hue. Barely any head. When I was actually able to produce some head it was slightly off-white in color. Pretty good looking beer. Too subtle (in terms of flavor) for me. I am confused, the hop flavor leaves an almost pilsner-like taste in my mouth?! A very sweet flavored beer. Honey flavor with a slight bittering hop at first. The beer is very creamy. This is not what I expected for an American Strong Ale. Very sweet malt aroma with little hop aroma coming through. The beer is pungent, but again not the aromas I was expecting. Overall, a weird experience for me. I thought this was going to lean more towards an imperial/double, but that wasn’t the case. Its lacking hops...in my opinion.

Bottle. Looks neither big nor red. Aroma malty, grainy, sort of toasted, kind of wheaty. Flavor is corn syrup-gummy candy, some toffee and grains as well to keep things a bit interesting. Pretty poor.

Bottle. Pours a clear amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, lemon, raisin, alight booze, some oxidation. Flavor is sweeter, with lots of malt, iced tea, prunes, and raisins. Not very good, not hoppy either. Could be an old bottle, but I’m really not sure. Meh. 6/4/5/3/12 (3.0/5)