Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle pours out a coppery orange topped with a tan head. The aroma or HOPS is GREAT. This was Very good a STRONG IPA at 11%. Very good Thanks Bück Dich
Dogbrick (24210) reviewed Hop Sun from Southern Tier Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled at the Odds and Ends Tasting on 8/16/06: Hazy dark gold color with a medium thin and fluffy off-white head, with thin patches of lacing. Nice aroma of hops, malt and wheat. Light-bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Hops and wheat flavors dominate, with some citrus in the background. The finish is mostly bitter but still retains the wheaty character. Pretty enjoyable overall.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Tripel from Southern Tier Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Murky bronze orange in color with a foamy white head. Sweet metallic citrus aroma. Sour citrus flavor finished a tangy malt.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Completely brown and opaque with a light brown head. Sweetish, burned aroma with some ashy touches. Extremely full-bodied, rich and sweet body. Tons of roasted malts with lightly burned accents. Fat and sweet finish with bitter, burned notes and an almost prune like character. Yummy - but in small doses only. 130806
SHIG (13882) reviewed IPA from Southern Tier Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours a brown amber with creamy off white head. Sweet rich spicy aroma opens your sences. Sour dry tastes finishes rich and deep sweet malt flavor.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Porter from Southern Tier Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
Dark black in color with a thick creamy light brown head. Rich sweet caramel roasted malt smell. WOW! Deep rich roasted flavor with awesome taste bud popping finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Light amber in color with a light white head. Floral sweet caramel malt smell. Rich malt and spicy flavor pours into every taste bud. Very nice ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Clear deep amber with a tall off-white head. Last shot from the bottle pours yeasty and cloudy. Big malt aroma supported fully by a grapefuity hops. Well balanced flavor that follows the aroma. The flavor profile leans slightly to the malty side. Big body, sticky palate. I’d like another please.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Viscous black pour with lasting tan lace - aroma is dominated by dark roast coffee, port, alcohol and a burnt toffee/caramel presence - the body is substantially thinner than the pour suggests - cloyingly sweet, with a serious alcohol burn - coffee bitterness tries desperately to balance it, but falls far short - the coffee flavor itself is more like that of the dregs from a coffee pot that has been sitting on the burner for hours - a hint of plum, and a port-like flavor try to come to the fore near the finish, but the alcohol burn quickly becomes the most prominent feature in the flavor, leaving a boozy, overly sweet finish - this beer is trying very hard at being Speedway Stout, and is failing miserably at it.
notalush (7339) reviewed Big Red from Southern Tier Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Copper/red pour with lasting, sticky lace - very floral and spruce/pine aroma, with some candy-like sweetness and very present hallertau, but a strange, metallic character rounds it out - slight sweetness up front, which is quickly squashed by and overwhelming, dry bitterness...we’re talking martini dry - other than some mild background malt that is so faint I can’t even identify what kind it is, this beer is all hops - even a hophead needs something else to his beer, guys!