Southern Tier Gemini

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Lakewood, New York USA

Pours a dark golden orange/ light amber color with a huge frothy white foam head that has excellent retention, leaving large chunks of lacing all over the glass. Strong golden ale aroma, surprisingly, with lots of light crisp fruit notes complementing the huge citrus and floral hop presence. Chewy, resinous full body for the style. The strong golden ale fruit notes are there but are dominated by a massive floral/citrus hop explosion. Hints of apple, pear and grape noticeable underneath the piney hops. This is a unique blend that is very well balanced, cancelling out the extremities of both the Hoppe and Unearthly.

Bottled. Orangeish golden colour with small white foamy head, leaves some slight lacing. Aroma is floral and fruity along with some slight grass and mild alcohol. Flavour is quite much the same along with some sweet malts as well as mild biscuity notes as well. Quite pleasant.

Pours a very golden orangeish hue with a small crown of head that leaves some nice lacing. Smell is surprisingly floral and fruity, not very strong, but nice in what is there and a nice change of pace from average DIPA scent. I can’t believe how well this comes together in the taste. Like the smell, but not muted, a very different but very tasty mix of fruity hops, not much on the resiny side. Something different and I approve, even though looking at the hop list, we have the 3cs. I don’t know what it is they did differently, but it works wonders. Great DIPA. Mouth is medium in body and carbonation. Works here. My first non malt bomb ST beer, and a real winner. I am going to have to try the beers that are mixed here.

Bottle. Pours golden with perfect off-white head. Aroma is very earthy, with hints of wheat and a bit of spice. Firm body, very carbonated, and highly refreshing. FInishes smooth and strong. There’s something intangible about this beer that makes it just a little better for me.

Bottled. Dark golden coloured. Unclear. Dense beige head. Fruits, grass, spice and light sweetness in the aroma. A bit subdued. Spice, light herbs, sweetness and light grape. Has a sourish touch. Medium to full bodied. Grassy bitter and sourish end Has a light alcohol touch. Quite refreshing and very easy to drink. Would be a killer in the summer heat, because it is tremendously quaffable.

Brewed in the USA....... Dog days of Summer Bash !!! Pours a orangish / amber color with a thin white head. Aroma of hops, pine, grass and some citrus notes. Taste is of fruits, hops, malts and toffee. The mouthfeel is sweet, medium in body with some dry lingering bitterness. Not bad, would like to try again.

Beautiful copper color; huge head; nice lace. Very nice aroma, hoppy, fruity and creamy, like fresh milk cream; notes of camomile. Delicious caramel and toffee flavor, quite sweet; it has a good body structure and a dynamic mouthfeel; the bitterness is strong but never oppressive, the hop brings good oils, some resins and fruits (sweet oranges); the final is unusually sweet (and fruity) compared to the average Double IPA, perfectly balancing the hops. Powerful, drinkable, dangerous. Excellent.

Quite interesting. Really does taste like two different beers layered into each other. Unique. Quite light for the ABV, but lots of sunny flavours. Nice easy drinking for 10.5%. Not too bitter.