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Southern Tier Harvest Ale

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3213.63/5.03.61/5.0Autumn5.7%98.9English pint
Commercial Description:
Harvest Ale is our celebration of the changing weather and the sowing of hops and barley that will be used in our upcoming brews. We usher in the fall with a classic English style Extra Special Bitter of the highest order. Deep ruby in color with an even deeper hop flavor… in fact, we throw fresh English hops into every brewing vessel, then dry hop after fermentation to impart a zesty kick. This beer has real hop character that mingles with fresh malted barley for an experience that will make you wish it were fall year ‘round.
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 madsberg (4963), Søborg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20

Oct 31, 2009  
Bottled. Golden coloured. Unclear. Dense off white head. Aroma of fruits, sweetness, flowers and light pine. Flavour is flowery, fruity, piney and has some sweetness and caramel. medium to full bodied. Ends on a sweet bitterness, which lingers for quite a while. Nice one.

 KornDogg (192), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/515/20
Nov 30, 2009  
Bottle. Floral/hop aroma. Light golden body- thin head. Nice hop flavor with hints of malt. Dry finish with a bitter aftertaste


 caesar (3034), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 28, 2009  
Bottled. Clear golden color, short white head. Aroma of grainy hops, some malt. Bit dryish grainy taste, quite bitter, slight sweet. Dry palate.


 Dedollewaitor (3699), Odense, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Nov 28, 2009  
Bottle @ Hj Hansen, Odense. Pours clear golden with a small white head and lacings. Nose is freshly hopped. Citrus and pine. Medium bodied. Dry bitter and crisp flavor. Nice.


 Heathen (795), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/101/57/102/510/20
Nov 21, 2009  
THOUGHTS: Not at all what I was expecting. It really didn’t seem at all like an ESB. More like a British pale ale, but just slightly British at that. Not an awful beer, but it really missed the mark. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a slightly hazy, light gold with barely any head that left barely fair lacing. The aroma was light bread, caramel and biscuit; moderate to heavy pine, grapefruit and lemon hops; slight honey; and apricot. The initial flavor was sweet, slightly bitter and a little acidic; while the finish was acidic and bitter with a fairly long duration. It was nice but a little watery. There was light caramel malt, light bread and biscuit, lemony, piney hops, some yeast, metallic hops and perfumy hops. The light to medium body leaned more to the light side and was a little syrupy and then fairly dry with fizzy carbonation and a metallic and lightly dry finish.


 thewolf (5738), Kolding, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
Nov 17, 2009  
Bottle, bought @ Ølbutikken, Cph.
Pours clear, dark golden with a fine, creamy, white head. Lovely hoppy aroma. Lots of grapefruit, light piney, peach and oranges. Medium carbonation, finde creamy mouthfeel. Light dryness. Flavour starts with a lots of fat maltiness, rather sweet, some caramel. Then a lots of grapefruity, resiny hops. Light oranges and lots of dryness in the rather long finish. Nice.


 BVery (464), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 14, 2009  
BOTTLE: clear light gold color, very mild hop nose. Taste is hop, citrus, a little malt that adds a bit of body as well. Easy drinking, but keeps some depth of flavor. I’m a fan.


 beerandIT (183), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/513/20
Nov 12, 2009  
From a bottle on 11/01/09, pours a beautiful gold color. No head that sticks around at all on the pour. In the aroma it is as if you get a nice smell of some fresh hops along with almost a smell of fall in a way. On the palate you get hops, very balanced hops from the front through the finish. Leaves the palate but who cares it goes down so damn easy. Great beer to just throw back if you are in that type of mood.


 KimJohansen (7005), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 9, 2009  
Clear golden with a tiny white head. Hoppy aroma with lemons and malty notes. Sweet flavour with loads of hops, lemons and piney notes. Finished bitter.



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