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Southern Tier Big Red

Southern Tier Big Red - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
89
overall
Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4113.54/5.03.53/5.0Special9%54.2Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Inspiration can sometimes be found in the strangest of places. This eccentric brew started with a single flower from a hop named Hallertau. The delicate and spicy aroma present in the flower has been responsible for generations of great beers. Hallertau hops are to a brewer what an old tractor is to a farmer: reliable. Big Red expresses the nobility of Hallertau by placing it at the forefront of this Imperial Ale. Pour it into a snifter. A swirl allows the spicy aromas to come forward as a taste to the lips reveals the complex balance between sweet malts and the bitterness of hops. Big Red’s ability to please is as dependable as your grandpa’s old tractor. Please consume wisely.
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 Trev (849), Lakeville, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 17, 2008  
poured an amber colour witha medium head Aroma is woody herbal hop and caramel malt with a medium alc presence. Flavour was again herby pine hop, toasty malt tones and a noticable alc throughout that doesn’t totally jive with the herbal hopiness. makes it a tad medicinal at times.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2909), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Pours a clear amber color with a thin white head. Pleasant aroma of hops, caramel and malt. Good flavor of caramel, malt and hops. The body is light to medium with a liquorous texture and gentle carbonation. Quite good.


 jmm635 (249), Havertown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 27, 2008  
Pours a nice amber color with a very rocky white head. Nice lacing. Has a nice hoppy aroma with a little spice. Flavor is balanced between malts, hops, slightly spicy, but there’s a weird taste I can’t really place. Not a terrible beer, but nothing real special.


 douglas88 (1555), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 25, 2008  
Bomber thanks to wasatch. Pours a light golden color with a medium white head. The aroma is very powerful; caramel malts in your face, very aggressive. The flavor was just tons of caramel malts, very sweet and strong. Some light hops attempt to balance it out. Very tasty. Strong and fairly warm, but so good you don’t notice.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 22, 2008  
Bottle. Ruby beer with an off-white head. Toasty, malty aroma. Malty, toasty, caramel flavor with grapefruit/pine hops. Medium-plus bodied. Malt lingers with grapefruit/pine and light spiciness. Nice balance.


 ketchepillar (475), Viña del Mar, Chile
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Oct 14, 2008  
Hallertau is definitely a little out of place in this beer, but I do love hallertau. Great finish with some nice chocolate, hops, and malt. Definitely has the distinct trademark ST wheat flavor. Some nice sweetness. Earthy flowery hops.


 hillfiiiiire (283), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 14, 2008  
Copper body with a nice frothy white head. The aroma is a caramel sweet, subdued floral hops, and a little sweet fruit. Flavor is kind of boring, but not bad. Again some caramel, a little fruitiness, and subdued floral notes. Just bleh, but not offensive.


 crowderm (275), Recklinghausen, Germany
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 14, 2008  
Good looking copper pour with thin off-white head. Nice hop aroma, mostly floral and citrus backed up by some a solid malt sweetness and hint of spice, nutmeg maybe. Flavor is made up of slight tropical fruit, spice, sweet malt, with a floral/grassy hop finish. Tasty, but nothing really stands out about this beer. Full, resinous mouthfeel. Another solid Southern Tier brew.



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