Cuvée Series Two
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Special Out of Production|
Score
7.05
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Ale aged in American Oak
ALE IMPRESSIONS: Dark ruby red color, roasted malt flavor with apparent bitterness. Finishes with a rich caramel and espresso aroma.
AMERICAN OAK IMPRESSIONS: Impressions of vanilla crème, classic crème brûlée and nougat. A little more oak flavor than series one, but with creamy intensity.
11.0% abv. • individually boxed, foil labeled 22 oz bottle
ALE IMPRESSIONS: Dark ruby red color, roasted malt flavor with apparent bitterness. Finishes with a rich caramel and espresso aroma.
AMERICAN OAK IMPRESSIONS: Impressions of vanilla crème, classic crème brûlée and nougat. A little more oak flavor than series one, but with creamy intensity.
11.0% abv. • individually boxed, foil labeled 22 oz bottle
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
The pour produces a gorgeous deep amber body that approaches garnet in color with a minimal white head. Alcohol and dried fruits come quickly to the nose along with dark caramel. The flavor is sweet, alcoholic, reminiscent of an English Barleywine. Smooth and warming.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2011
at 14:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter caramellic flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate. Good but then again......
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2011
at 11:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Voldby. Small head with short duration. Color is reddish amber. Aroma and taste are oak, tar, caramel, hops, syrop and malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2011
at 11:31
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark copper with small beige head. Flavour is malt, caramel, dark fruit, oak and vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2011
at 11:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Oak Tree. Pours hazy dark ruddy amber with no real head. Aromas of brown sugar, dark fruit, a little hop, and arguably vanilla and oak. Med plus body. It starts sweet, moves towards dark fruit, shifts to oaky astringency. The finish is fairly dry and oaky, though the sugar sort of hangs around. Pretty good stuff.
Tried
on 19 Jan 2011
at 17:42
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Brouwer's Cafe, pours dark hazy orange with a beige head. Aroma of candied sugar and caramel malts. Flavour is very sweet, with candied sugar, burnt caramel, with a little hop bite at the end - cloyingly sweet, but it's well-made still.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2010
at 10:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Small yellow dense head over dark amber-red beer, well-carbonated. Very vinous nose, biscuit, brandy, sweet molasses, mushrooms or even truffle, and then a good dose of American hops. Superbly balanced combination. Rather cheesy flavour, again very vinous, alcoholic and faint higher alcohols, esters, and a raw eggyolk flavour. Slick, alcoholic MF, but slightly empty palate, highly carbonated. Very balanced ’big’ beer, very complex, but slightly less rewarding in the palate - pity. Many thanks to fonefan and C.!
Tried
from Can
on 09 May 2010
at 11:24
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled@O’Haras. Reddish amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is fruits, alcohol, mild chocolate, some strong dry hops. Flavour is quite much the same. Quite crappy to be honest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2010
at 08:44
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A dark orange amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, wonderful barrel aged barley wine with caramel, treacle, intense butter and wine, alcohol. In mouth, a great barley wine with smooth caramel, floral hops, super warming alcohol. a bit simple but effective. Tasted at CNY brewfest, Feb. 6 2010.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2010
at 20:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
(Bottle at Pikkulintu) Poured with red wine colour and almos clear. Didn’t form any head. Aroma contained malts, raisin, hint of vanilla, oat porridge and alcohol. Palate was medium bodied, stinging and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, mildly raisin, molasses, wood, mildly saltiness and mild bitterness. Aftertaste contained bitterness and wood.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2010
at 11:39