Southern Tier Iniquity

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

Quite nice indeed, though rather doubt it was worth the $7 for a bomber. (I’m not sure any but a very select few beers are worth $7 a bomber given my marginal utility scake). Basically it’s an Imperial Black IPA, which means you expect something like Stone Sublime with a more sticky, sweet and thick quality. Here it wasn’t so much sticky as it was silky, and not all that thick. A pretty tasty semi-sweet treat. This black-IPA thing is really a nice recent style innovation.

ON draught at the Alchemy: Two REALLY nice imp ipas in one night. they both had their pluses and minuses. This one was just a bit sweeter in taste so I probably liked the conductor a little more. A dark semi murky reddish amber colour wit a full beige head. Nose as some soft fruits, a bit of spice and fresh hops floating through. Flavours are generous of hops as one would expect them to be. Plenty of prune, caramel and raisin notes underlying the taste. Noticeable spice and bready malt come through also. Awesome beer from Southern Tier.

Bottle shared with Angeloregon... Poured near black with amber highlights and a thing, light tan head. Floral, yeasty, malty aroma with a touch of hops. This was more sweet and malty than hoppy. It had a lot of baked bread like tones and sweet, boozy notes. Very solid and complex, with just a touch of hops for accent rather than bitterness.

Bottle, pours a red-hued, black body with a thin tan head. Nice mix of floral and grapefruit hops on the aroma with hints of citrus and dark fruit. Flavor is more of the same with a dark, roasted malt flavor and cocoa. Medium body; smooth mouthfeel with a light carbonation. Slightly sweet on the finish with some hop bite.

22 oz. bottle from Ludlow Wines. I’ve been sitting on this one for a while, glad to finally get around to it. Pours a dark brown color, pretty much opaque, with a small tan head that leaves a rim of bubbles. Aroma of sweet malts, caramel, chocolate, dark fruits, brown sugar, licorice, hops, and alcohol. The flavor is well balanced, between notes of all of the above, roasty, sweet, and smooth. The mouthfeel is syrupy and a little chewy. Sweet, smooth, with well-masked alcohol. Another nice Imperial offering from Southern Tier- different than the rest, although most fall under the American Strong Ale classification.

not much hoppiness here. sweet and malty. almost like a porter. black/brown in color. cheeks warm up as you drink. Great black ale, only so-so ipa

Bottle shared by glid02 at the Brick Store. Pours a deep, clear copper with a very small creamy beige head that hangs around as a swirl for a while and leaves no lacing. The aroma is fairly hop forward with some oranges and pineapples up front which is balanced a bit by some dark roasted malts, though the hops are the main attraction in the nose. There is a bit of sweet caramel and some chocolate as well. The taste seems to be slightly less hoppy, but the citrus hops are still the most dominant feature of the beer. There are some dark malts in the background, but they seem sweeter than I was expecting with very little roasted character. There is some chocolate in there though. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied and very smooth with the hops sticking to the tongue after each sip. This is an extremely good and very unique beer. It’s definitely more on the IPA side of things with the hops showing out, but the sweetness of the malts and chocolate make for an intriguing and very drinkable mix. The alcohol is completely unnoticeable.

Roasted malt, deep hoppy goodness and a slight tartness on the nose for this one. Very satisfying! Easy to drink but with plenty of alcohol profile. Dried fruit and sweet hop flavor abound here. Finish is a little thin, but not too bad. Overall a nice DIPA.