Southern Tier Brewing Company

Regional Brewery in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Artisanal Brewing Ventures
Associated with 3 Venues

Contact
2072 Stoneman Circle, Lakewood, NY, 14750, United States
Description
For us, good living means exploring – the opposite of “comfortable.” It’s not just about craft, but about questing, questioning, transforming “What If” into “Here’s How,” by way of an experiment so crazy, it just might work.

Exploration is the line from local beer maker to World-Class Brewer. It’s a pioneer impulse, and it sets the authentic, rural heartbeat of Southern Tier. It’s how we got here. And by the time others catch up, it’ll be why we’re already somewhere else.

From our wildly innovative founder, Phin DeMink, who’s still a daily inspiration, to the new generation of brewers, thinkers, and drinkers who share our pursuit of what’s next, we keep honing the creative edge of brewing discovery.

So this is an open invitation, to anyone who gives a damn about the difference between a well-crafted beer and a stunningly satisfying encounter with the new. Join us on the road less traveled.

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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can in a mixed 15-pack from Wegmans. Pale gold color, medium haze, low, thick head. Nose is orange juice, grapefruit juice, light pineapple and passion fruit. Tart, fruity flavor. Slightly dank. Slightly tangy and bitter. Rather thin for the style. More convincing than Citra Fog but barely. ST used to be exciting.

Tried on 11 Sep 2025 at 00:25


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can in a mixed 15-pack from Wegmans. Pale golden color; slightly hazy, airy head. Funky Citra in the nose, lemon and orange, overripe tropical fruits, slightly dank. Tangy citrus flavor , orange candy, nit of resin and ripe mango. Slightly juicy. Rather thin in texture. Lacks the characteristic smoothness of a hazy IPA. Ok but not thrilling.

Tried on 11 Sep 2025 at 00:08


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can in a mixed 15-pack from Wegmans. Medium golden color. Clear. Low head. Citrus nose, clean honey malt, light mineral and resin. Light malt flavor. Citrus and mineral hops. Somewhat thin and watery. Ok. A bit of tropical fruit.

Tried on 10 Sep 2025 at 23:54


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Wegmans. Pitch black with a tall white head. Huge pumpkin pie nose with chocolate caramel and a hint of maple syrup. Sweet pumpkin pie spice, caramel, chocolate and roasted malts with more maple syrup. Spicy finish of cinnamon and nutmeg. Medium to full body. Quite strong bitterness. Pretty impressive.

Tried on 10 Sep 2025 at 01:49

gave a cheers!

7.1
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Trader Joe's. Dark brown porter pour, foamy tan head. The usual pumpkin pie spice nose. Maltiness hits the palate first, then some pumpkin pie spice again. Hits of chocolate roast malt, and warming alcohol.

Tried from Bottle at Trader Joe's - Downers Grove on 07 Sep 2025 at 04:40


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Clear copper-gold color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Piney hops, citrus and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of piney hop, grapefruit and caramel malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a citrusy hop aftertaste. Decent overall.

Tried from Can from Barley Hopsters on 29 Aug 2025 at 12:43


4.4
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3.5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 5

Can for $2.50. Pour is clear pale yellow. Mild fresh, perhaps a tad of citrus, nose. White head fades immediately to nuttin. First taste is like an APA, not sure how this could be called an IPA. It does lack that typical veggie feeling you get with many session IPA. Clean, fresh. In the middle, I'm maybe now getting a little more IPA bitterness. I don't particular;y like IPA, but this one is not bad. I've had many APA that were much more IPA-ish bitter than this. Could use a little more co2. Not as good as North Peak Wanderer, Maumee Bay Summer Stinger, Saranac Session IPA nor Ballast Point Even Keel, but I find it acceptable as a lager lover.

Tried from Can from Giant Eagle - Seven Fields on 28 Aug 2025 at 16:47


8
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dark brown wtih large light brown head. Maple syrup, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Moderately sweet maple syrup, chocolate malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2025 at 00:55

gave a cheers!

8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

It is a typical American IPA, resinous one, a bit soily and mineral, decent bitterness, a bit watery and malty, 03.01.19, drinking it at Bonfol.

Tried from Bottle from Drinks of the World on 04 Aug 2025 at 18:00

gave a cheers!

7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours near black and smells of caramel, chocolate, and roast malt aroma. Caramel and chocolate come through nicely in the flavor. Sweet, malty, roasted. Full bodied.

Tried from Bottle from Belmont Beverage - West State on 26 Jul 2025 at 05:34