Cinnamon Roll
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Regular|
Score
6.69
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep dark brown coloured body with a deep opaque brown body and a smooth, thinnish single to perhaps two centimetre tall light brown head. Aroma of pure canella with a good dose of roasted malt with a big hit of prunes and plums and a bigger hit from the spices with a bit of nutmeg coming through, but almost all canella here, as expected. Full-bodied; Rich canella flavour with a big dose of malt and earthiness and a smooth oatmeal body along with some mushroom and musty flavours and finishing with a slight bit of bitterness from all the malts. Aftertaste shows some malts, a heavy bit of canella and nutmeg and ending with a touch of alcohol, some grain and a touch of brown sugars and caramelised toffee. Overall, a nice, if not simplistic beer full of malt, alcohol, earth and a ton of canella all over the place, as expected. Nice to sample, and even if you love cinnamon, which I do, this is just 'good', but nothing really to go out of your way for or make it a point to try. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from K-1 Beer and Wine in Arlington, Virginia on 07-November-2017 for US$8,99 sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia in Pungoteague, Virginia on 26-January-2018.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2018
at 03:04
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Sampled on draft at Tapped this beer poured a nut brown color with orange highlights and a large foamy dark tan head that lingered and left great lacing. The aroma was very strong with sweet cinnamon sugar. The flavor was strong cinnamon sugar - very sweet - with a bit of tasty malt and bread. Very long finish. Thick and full body. Outstanding
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2018
at 17:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
22 ounce bottle. Copper colored pour. Thick, creamy beige head. Huge cinnamon nose. Toasted malt flavor has lots of creamy caramel and cinnamon. Sweet malt and nutty notes. Quite delicious. Tastes just like a coffee roll. Mmm!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2017
at 21:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle sample at Anderson Bine & Vine, courtesy of staff, thanks! Nice aroma, exactly a cinnamon bun, right down to the vanilla frosting. Taste is shockingly sweet cinnamon, caramel, vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2017
at 12:33
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
12 oz bottle thanks to TJ. Clear brown in color, fast dying head that leaves nothing in the wake. Aroma is indeed what they say, cinnamon roll from any commercial shopping mall. It smells nice. But the flavor is nothing but cinnamon. Seriously, can't even taste anything other than spice. Meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2017
at 13:29
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Poured from bottle dated 10/10/17 cinnamon brown with a tan head. Aroma is you guessed it.....cinnamon. Taste is...here it comes...cinnamon. Sickly sweet all cinnamon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2017
at 13:28
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Hard to fault a beer for tasting exactly like what the label says, but equally as hard to laud a beer as over-spiced and cloyingly sweet as this one. Tons of cinnamon and lactose, overwhelming in their nonstop sweetness, underlined by caramel and boozy heat. Subtle as a sledgehammer to the groin. Hard pass.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2017
at 13:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
$4.10 bottle from Wine Warehouse. Pours clear brown with a small off-white head. Smells exactly like a cinnamon roll... it's unmistakable. Cinnamon, sweet cake, brown sugar, vanilla. I can't imagine a beer smelling any more like what the flavor is supposed to be than this. Flavor, again, tastes like a liquid cinnamon roll. This is insane. Cinnamon, vanilla frosting, caramel, nuts, sweet roll. Damn. Nice work.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2017
at 17:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 10/10/2017. Pours slightly hazy deep ruby red/brownish color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge cinnamon, nutmeg, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla icing, brown bread crust, biscuit dough, and herbal spice earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of cinnamon, vanilla, and dark/bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge cinnamon, nutmeg, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla icing, brown bread crust, biscuit dough, and herbal spice earthiness. Light herbal bitterness and cinnamon spiciness on the finish. Lingering notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, caramel, brown sugar, vanilla icing, brown bread crust, biscuit dough, and herbal spice earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of cinnamon, vanilla, and dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from bitter/spiciness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and fairly sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden; a mildly increasing warmth of 8.6%, along with some cinnamon spice heat. Overall this is an awesome spiced strong ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of cinnamon, vanilla, and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mildly bitter/spicy/drying finish. Tastes exactly like a cinnamon roll in every way. Perfectly balanced spice and sweet doughy malts. Never overly sweet or heavy, but definitely dessert-like. A really enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2017
at 20:07