IPA
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.18
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IPA stands for India Pale Ale and ours is an American version of the classic style. IPA’s namesake lies in its colonial roots. British soldiers on their way to India drank a lot of beer, but found it would go stale on the long voyages. Meanwhile, brewers knew that by adding more hops, the beer would stay fresh. Voila! A new style was born and it is one we are proud to brew. Southern Tier IPA is a triple-hopped on its journey to your glass for a fully aromatic experience.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, Akkurat, Stockholm, 1 Jan 2009) Amber colour with frothy, beige head. Fruity, malty nose with notes of citrus, grapefruit, toffee and hints of chocolate. Fruity, malty taste with caramel, citrus, toffee and a hint of chocolate. Slightly earthy bitterness in the finish. A solid and reliable IPA. Very nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2009
at 19:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle thanks to ilovedarkbeer. Pours with a small off white head and a clear orange body. Good lacing. Aroma is citrus (orange) hops, and some caramel malt and a bit of honey. Taste is citrus hops and toffee. Lively carbonation and a water like mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2008
at 12:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Gold color and an impressive, rocky head that lasts a long time. Well carbonated. Citrus hops are immediately apparent without even getting close to the glass. Lots of bread and crackers in the flavor with only moderate hops, but good nonetheless. I expected a more bitter, more powerful IPA.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2008
at 14:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle to glass...copper body, small beige head...a nice typical ipa aroma...typical malt with a sweet hop scent, along with a tinge of metal....good ipa, i can dig it...the flavors represent the aromas in quite a similar manner...a little caramel in the finis
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2008
at 15:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear orange/amber with a thin white head. Aromas are floral and citrus hops (almost like oranges) with a little bit of caramel. Flavor has a fairly heavy grain presence (almost a grain dust like taste) that then transitions to a lively pine/citrus hops finish... Comes through as a little watery and not very complex, but still is pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2008
at 21:31
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours a sea foam head and has an amber body. Light hoppy aroma that is a little piny and a little citrusy. The beer itself is not overhopped like many other IPAs and as such it doesn’t rely on hops to give it all of its flavour. There are citrus notes and it and a sufficient amount of malts. Overall this beer doesn’t stand out in my opinion, but there is certainly nothing at all wrong with it.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2008
at 10:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz bottle given to me by csbosox. Pour is hazed orange golden with a big 3 inch off white head. Very nice cascading settling. Very slow to fall, when it does, nice sticky lacing. Aroma is fresh citrus (grapefruit) hops and sweet caramel maltiness. Nicely balanced nose. Taste is resin, bitter citrus hops, with some pine, which I hadn’t t pick up on in the nose. The malt picks up mid palate, and carries to the finish where the hop bitterness picks back up. There is a touch of earthy grassiness to the after taste, which I like. Nice IPA. Thanks Chris.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2008
at 10:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a deep orangey color ale with a medium foamy head with average retention and no lacing. Aroma of mild bitter hops are dominating. Taste is a mix between some bitter hops and a nice caramel malt base. Full body with OK carbonation. Well done but nothing that really stands out for the myriad of IPA offering in the US.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2008
at 12:57