Gemini (2007-2013)
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Special Out of Production|
Score
7.59
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High in the winter sky, two parallel stick figures are visible & known as “the twins,” or the constellation Gemini. The astronauts of the 1960s flew as teams of two in a program named after the celestial pairing. At Southern Tier, we have our own fraternal twins, Hoppe & Unearthly. Blended together & placed in this vessel, the mission of our Gemini is to travel high & take passengers on a journey far into the heavens.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours amber with a medium head. Lots of lacing. Aroma is mild floral, not as hoppy as one would expect. Neither is taste. Blending of hops is noticeable, some malts. Good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Aroma of floral citric hops, some very nice sweet bready malts, and a big note of caramel. Flavor is a big mix of tropical fruit, and sweet bready cara malts. The head is a dark beige, and it coats he glass very thickly. The finish is quite dry, but the bitterness lingers. An interesting double IPA. quite hoppy, but also quite sweet and malty. Its the best of both worlds, and an incrfedibly balanced DIPA.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From Feb 2008
I got a bottle each from Nutbrown and Joe1510 in trade...thanks Alan & Joe!
Hmmm..waxed over cap on this 22oz bottle that I found to be kind of a pain in the ass to open(Hey, I've dealt with Grand Teton waxed bottles)
but..it pours a clear light gold with at least a 2 finger head of foam that shrinks some but never less than about a 1/2" by the end of the session. Lots of lacing too!
The smell is *very* nice for the style and the way I almost expect from the style: equal portions of caramel malt & grapefruit hops.
The taste starts of a bit sweeter than I would have expected judging from how balanced the nose was but the hops are there all right, nice notes of grapefruit, some floral, a tiny bit of grass and it's still dominated by the sweetness from the malt. Maybe just a tad too sweet, even for me. The balance just isn't at the level I like for a DIPA but that's not saying that I'm not liking what I'm drinking. Confused yet? ;^)
The mouthfeel is really thick for me, the carbonation is on the medium-light side and the finish is slightly bitter. It's good stuff but finishing one bottle will do it for me as I'm starting the notice the abv though I don't notice it in the taste nor much during and after the swallow.
Bottom line: I think it's a really good DIPA that the only complaint I have for it is that it's just a *tad* bit too sweet. Not too much of a complaint, when I think about it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
From old notes. 650ml bottle. Light hazy golden color with white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, caramel, pine, grapefruit, light grassy. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle @ Home. Pours amber with a offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, grass, citrus, pine. Flavor is light sweet, malty, caramel, hops, grass, grapefruit, pine. Medium body, average carbonation, lasting bitter finish. 070610
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from BOE, picked up directly from store/warehouse Saturday 27th December consumed at home, Sunday 28th December 2014 Bit disappointed that this appears to be from older stick, i.e. older label, different write-up from 2014 version, and at about £10 a bottle that is a little frustrating. However to be fair to BOE I could find no BBD or BBE date, though on the flip side one would have thought their stock management should have weeded this out. Sweet in the way that many US beers of this style can often be. Soft in mouth and as Loz suggests feels quite filling, not sure how this would have differed if very fresh but I guess it would have been a little crisper, that said I am enjoying it. Colour is warm gold/light amber with sticky white head. A sweet, malty and slightly boozy beer with some oomph.... A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov15 3.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at Craig’s. Huge crystal malt, sweet toffee, bitter and dry, juicy pine.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 2/24/2014. Pours fairly crystal clear orange amber color with a 1-2 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon zest, orange peel, pineapple, floral, grass, pine, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fantastic aromas with awesome complexity of juicy citrus hops and moderate malt sweetness; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pineapple, floral, grass, pine, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Fair amount of floral/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon zest, orange peel, pineapple, citrus rind, floral, grass, pine, light caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Damn nice complexity of juicy citrus hop and moderate malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a smooth, lightly slick, and fairly crisp/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is an awesome DIPA. All around great complexity of juicy citrus hops and moderate malt balance; and very smooth to sip on for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From notes, consumed on 4/18/13. Bottle (dated 1/27/12) poured into a Belgian snifter. Pours golden brown with a finger of off-white head. Aromas of oak, booze, nutty notes, toasty notes. Tasting notes of oak, toast, nuts, slight booze, caramel. Warm finish. Aged pretty nicely with almost 15 months on it. Medium body with a semi-dry finish.