Harvest Ale
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
7.00
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Harvest Ale is our celebration of the changing weather and the sowing of hops and barley that will be used in our upcoming brews. We usher in the fall with a classic English style Extra Special Bitter of the highest order. Deep ruby in color with an even deeper hop flavor… in fact, we throw fresh English hops into every brewing vessel, then dry hop after fermentation to impart a zesty kick. This beer has real hop character that mingles with fresh malted barley for an experience that will make you wish it were fall year ‘round.
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5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark golden color with a small white head. The aroma was dryish fruity hops with a touch of nut. The flavor was tart, bitter and dryish with a crisp floral and fruity hop presence. The finish was medium length bitter fruity hops. The body was a bit thin. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2009
at 15:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Light amber color with snowy lace. Big citrus nose-fragrant and balanced, lots of pine. Earthy amber malt flavor, light, with hgue citrus: grapefruit and pine. A bit of caramel too. Big on hops, though well balanced, with great aromas and good bitterness. Nice stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2009
at 08:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle on 10/27/2008. Clear golden body with a large frothy off-white head. Toasty and floral hoppy aroma with some cheerios. More toasty cheerios flavor, with floral hops shining through in the background. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 15:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle. Pours a orange-amber color with a white head. Aroma is floral hops with orange. Flavor is a nice mellow malt flavor with a moderate amount of hop kick to it. Finishes pretty crisp without any offensive aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2008
at 01:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a slightly orange-ish gold with a medium sized, sudsy head (that dies back fairly quickly.) Aromas are fairly crisp... pine and citrus, but they are kind of subdued. While those hops dominate the nose and would make you think you were headed down the IPA path, flavor is more consistent with an English ESB... kind of a sweet honey and bread malt body with a bitter hops to hold it in check... it stays nice and crisp throughout and is pleasant enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2008
at 22:37
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville. Golden color with a medium head. Very big hops in the aroma, resin and pine, with a caramel backbone. Spicy and resiny hop taste with caramel in the background. Sticky, full bodied. Very nice. It’s a hop bomb bitter... I like!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2008
at 00:31
3.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
ST, expecting an over the top experience. Lid pop yeilds hop candy pine aroma. Looks ubiquitous pale yellow but is sparkling nicely. Rude hop taste bud bitter mowing palate. Premium bitter? More like an IPA. Soapy oily with lots of biting personality. Lingering bitter nearly terrible slippery mouth coating medicinal finish. Most likely would not purchase again. Burping volatile hoppy gasses. Quite difficult one time 12 oz bottle.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2008
at 15:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Jerc: Poured a deep hazy dirty yellow color ale with a huge foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aromas of green hops are dominating with some nice floral notes. Taste is also dominated by some bitter green hops with some floral notes. Body is full with some limited filtration and great carbonation. Very well done for the style and something that I wish was available more readily around me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2008
at 11:38