Southern Tier Mild Ale

Formerly brewed at Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Mild Ale
Lakewood, New York USA

What a fine beer. Very true to the mild style with a nice english malt palate and light, complentary hopprofile. Amber color with a little lace and and wonderful smooth drnkablility. A great take on the style. TRUE

Clear pumpkin. Tightly-packed white foam with slowly forming rocks. Unspent roasted grain aroma with hints of toasted hay, cookie, and coconut. Meaty, toffeeish whispers. Absolutely zero ester, hop presence. Slick body. Feathery carbonation. Toasted grains and very clean mineral character fades to a firm, roasted malt, toasted graham backing. Mild honey sweetness and pie crust malt character. Twinge of juicy melon acidity in the center stabilizes the firm maltiness. Immaculately clean from the moderate dryness and pristine, albeit understated, malt flavors. Becomes quite nutty as it nears room temp. Light rounded hop fruitiness arrives toward the finish and shapes the subtle malt astringency. Subtle chalkiness lingers and adds some depth as it grits up the palate. Tasty roasted malt and mineral belches. If they strengthened the malt bill and reduced the alcohol, this would be even more superb. Very tasty Americanized Mild.

Bottled. Poured a clear orange color with a small off white head. The name MILD is befitting of this beer, as this is a mild, malty, caramel confection. It was really drinkable. This beer would make a great session beer. This isn't a beer with complex flavors, but it sure does quench my thirst and it tastes GREAT! I will be drinking this again very soon.

Poured a clear orange/amber with a small white head. Lightly malty nose, with some american hops present. flavor is nicely balanced, with toasty/sweet malts backed with just enough hops. good, easy drinking amber ale-like a smooth boont amber.

Bottle: Copper/light amber color with a small white head. I found that the head didn’t last very long, though it did survive in a small ring around the outside of the glass for the duration. Roasted grain aroma with hints of lemon, cookie, and a very slight toffee scent. I really enjoyed the taste to this beer - an exercise in balance and being mild/easy to drink. This is one of those styles of beer that isn’t going to get rated very highly simply because it’s mild. Take time to enjoy the subtleties here. There are notes of roasted grain, sweet malt and low acidic and mild hops. The light carbonation blends perfectly with the subtle flavors, not getting in the way. Tastes of melon, honey, citrus, and dirt. Finishes with a hop fruitiness and other flavors that I can only describe as almost identical to brewing Lipton tea, leaving the tea bag in too long. Very nice.

Hazy light amber with a small white head. Aroma of freshly cracked malt with some caramel. Flavor is malty, with just a slight spicy bitterness in the finish. A great session brew, in a vastly under-appreciated style. Unfortunately, this is being discontinued for the time being due to lack of interest. Seems manly men don’t like drinking a beer with "mild" in the name. I guess I’m not a manly man.

Coper pour with a thin head that survives the entire life of hte bear. Lacing is good. The aroma is of sweet malt. I don’t know that I have tried many milds, but if this is what they taste like, I am hooked. Slightly sweet flavor from the malt with a good crisp slightly bitter finish. Very good for quenching your thirst.

Clear amber color with a mildly sour apple aroma. Big fluffy head with lots of lacing. Slight caramel flavor and nice dry, bitter finish. Overall enjoyable effort.