Early Bird
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Radler / Shandy Regular|
Score
6.03
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Rise and Shine! Early Bird Ale is a sweet and tart refresher with bursts of juicy blackberry, a squeeze of tart lemonade and an easy-sipping 4.5% ABV. Light notes of malty sweetness alongside Willamette and Centennial hops let this Blackberry Lemonade Ale bloom just in time for warmer weather. Take a sip of sunshine as spring returns and Early Bird takes flight!
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft: Poured a bright orange with a creamy white head. Aroma is loaded with blackberries. Taste is blackberry and lemon citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2026
at 14:13
5.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 5.5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
From a can pour is dirty hazy pale. Slight blackberry nose. First taste impression is that its just another dull fruit beer with some lemonade added to help increase the tartness. Lemonade seems like an adjunct afterthought in this one. Although it has decent carbonation and the lemon helps out with the texture, its still can't hide that its a dull fruit beer. It never recovers. In the middle, I'm wondering where is the blackberry? Yes, there was a blackberry aroma but its totally lacking in the taste, the lemonade is the overriding factor here. Well, in the end I can tell there is some beer in here. Oh well, on the finish, I guess it aint too bad but instead of ST trying to make a thousand different beers and trying to sell them, even if they are half ass; they should try to focus on what they do best. Anybody know what that is?
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 14 Sep 2025
at 20:08
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Hazy orange tan with a large white head. Artificial sugar, artificial berry and lemon. Long finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2025
at 00:18