Southern Tier Cuvée Series 1

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

Bottle from goldtwins, the strong ale king. Tried at Alesmith tasting room. Amber color. Some buttery oakiness. Better than I was expecting. Age did it some good.

Bottle. Poured cloudy orangish gold. Aroma is sweet, fruity, and oaky. Plenty of sweetness and some mild hop aroma as well. Taste is kind of messy mix of fruit, oak, spice, hops, and sweetness. Mouth is really sticky. Overall, an okay brew, though a little disappointing, considering some of the brews coming out of ST.

Light amber color with a diminished beige head. Sweet caramelized sugar aromas. Hints of honey, dried fruit and light oak. Sweet flavors oozing with honey, candied fruit, floral hops, and hints of brandied oak. Stomach is feeling rather warm. Fairly thick and lightly sticky in feel. Finish is lightly sweet with a bit of spice and citrus peel. I can’t quit get over how much my guts are burning after each swig. A light oak and gentle bitterness in the linger. I could use a little more bitterness to balance all the sweetness. I see this one only getting a bit more sticky and gooey in sweetness at time passes. Might even pass as a traditional barelywine with a little more time.

22oz. bottle. Strongly sweet aroma, full of honey and vanilla, with lighter notes of golden raisin, toffee and some mild oak. Initially clear medium orange color with a slight head and not much lacing to speak of. Flavor is drippingly sweet and fairly alcoholic, with brown sugary, caramel maltiness throughout, combined with a noticeable alcoholic fire and a background of peppery spiciness, oak, apricot, pineapple and butterscotch, very low degree of bitterness detected. Syrupy, sticky, warming palate with a low amount of effervescence and an extremely full body. I think I wanted to like this a lot more than I actually did.

(Out of a 22oz bottle into a tulip glass...) Honey and copper color. Head disappears quickly. Hazy but glowing inside like a lava lamp. Some scant carbonation. There is woody oak in the nose. Hint of Belgian spike. Some nicely toasted caramel malts. Woody and roasted. Magnificent blend of the oak, accented with vanilla. Belgian spices, raisins, alcohol, caramel, molasses. Just sweet enough, with a dry base. Coconut and nuttyness. Pleasant, mild aftertaste. The feel is creamy and fizzy. Leaves a nice film. Superior. It disappeared before I knew it was gone.

bottle thanks to zinister. Shared at the August tasting at my place. Pours a clear, orange-red with a tan head. nose of orange rind, caramel and oak. Taste is the same with malt prominent.

Bottle, acquired in Seattle. Auburn pour with very little head. Aroma is pit fruit, spicy yeast, brown sugar, pretty sweet overall. Flavor is the same, very sweet overall with mostly brown sugar and yeast and some wood.

650ml bottle. Poured a deeper and slightly hazy golden color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of oaky/woodiness, caramel, some and some vanilla. Tastes of caramel, woody, fruitiness, and vanilla. Somewhat on the sweeter side. Some alcohol in the finish.