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Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout 3.68 580

Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout

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95
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common

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5803.69/5.03.68/5.010%53Snifter
Commercial Description:
“a stout of great contention” We are not the harbingers of truth as some may suggest but it may indeed be argued that our brewing philosophy is tantamount to a dessert with a bellicose past. How, you may ask, would a brewery determine a likeness to hard-coated custard? Our response is simple; it’s all in the power of history, and of course, the extra finesse needed to top off a contentious treat with definition.

By comprehending the labyrinthine movement of time, one would not think it strange to trace the errant path of an ordinary object such as a cream dessert only to discover that it has been the cause of cultural disputes since the middle ages. The British founders of burnt cream and from Spain, crema catalana, both stand by their creative originality and we respect that, but it was the French Crème Brûlée, amid the strife of contention, that survived to represent our deliciously creamy brew. 10.0% abv • 25º plato • 195º L • 22 oz / 1/6 keg 2-row pale malt / dark caramel malt / vanilla bean / lactose sugar / kettle hops: columbus / aroma hops: horizon
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 Papsoe (15103), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
May 19, 2009  
Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of fiver29. Pours a clear dark brown with a reddish hue and a small, beige head. Intense aroma of burned caramel. Medium body, hard roasted malts, chocolate and intense caramel. Malt bitter finish. Would be tough to drink a lot of, rather cloying. 010509


 yespr (12404), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 6, 2008    Updated: May 2, 2009
22 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown and with a creamy tan head. Aroma is dense creme brulee and sweet caramel. Solid vanilla. Flavour is sweet and creamy creme brulee in flavour and texture. Smooth and sweet finish. Lovely although I would expect it to be cloying in larger pours than the sample I had.7-4-8-4-15=3.8

From bottle, Papsoes blindtasting #25. Pours almost clear and deep brown with a golden deep amber glare and a small off-white head. Toffee and mocca aroma. Sweet toffee, caramel, liqourice and mocca flavoured. Very sweet and roasted. Mild bitterness and light roasted caramelish finish. Simple and very flavourful.6-3-6-3-13=3.1


 omhper (12247), Stockholm, Sweden
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/510/20
Nov 30, 2009  
Bottled at Örebro Öl- och Whiskeyfestival. Dark brown, small head. Strong aroma of coffee, vanilla and, well... creme brulee... The flavour is exactly that as well - burnt sugar, traecle, coffee, vanilla and caramel. Not bad in itself, just extremely superficial and one dimensional. A good beer for people that don’t like beer. Pseudo-craft beer.


 fonefan (11866), VestJylland, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
May 12, 2009  
Bottle 650ml. @ [ Chris O’s pre NYE Tasting ].
Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, milk chocolate, coffee, nutty, vanilla, coconut. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a average duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is soft. [20081230]


 oh6gdx (9047), Vasa, Finland
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Oct 7, 2009  
Bottled@Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Black colour, small, slightly off-white head. Aroma is vanilla, chocolate, coffee, roasted malts as well as some berries. And some more vanillaish notes. Flavour is toffee, cream, coffee, lots of vanilla with some slight hints of roasted malts. Totally kickass. Mild smoked wooden notes as it gets warm. A lovaly vanillabomb, which I am really fond of...


 joergen (8627), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 6, 2008  
Bottle. Dark brown - almost black -coloured with a small beige head. Sweet aroma of burnt sugar, caramel, chocolate and hazellnuts. Overall it smells like a creme brulee. Sweet and roasted flavour of caramel, burnt sugar and chocolate with notes of hops. Roasted and hoppy finish. If the intention was to make a beer that tastes like a creme brulee, the brewer has succeeded with this one. But to sweet for me.


 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Oct 12, 2008    Updated: Jan 17, 2009

Date: August 26, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Appearance: black, fine beige head
Aroma: sweet vanilla and caramel aroma, touch of roasted coffee, the best candy caramel sweetness ever like it was just roasted with a blow torch
Flavor: rich roasted coffee flavor sweetened with caramel and vanilla, light balancing bitterness grows with the coffee character, vanilla gets to be a bit much after a while

Date: December 07, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: trade
Score: 4.1 to 4.3
Score: iii to iiii
Aroma: sweet caramelized sugar aroma
Flavor: sugar crystal flavor, lots of vanilla sweetness, touch of chocolate
Overall: still an amazing creme brulee taste alike, like an every flavor jellybean

Aroma: 9/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***4


 Oakes (8115), Kowloon, Hong Kong
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/103/52/101/53/20
Sep 30, 2008  
Big artificial nut and vanilla aroma. Very dark. Tastes like a vanilla hazelnut syrup mixed with cheap, stale coffee. Truly awful and utterly undrinkable.



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