Southern Tier Big Red

(22 oz bottle) copper with whitish head adn nice lace. Aroma of toasty malt, fruit (?apricot), hops. Flavor is nicely balanced biscuit malt and floral hops.

Man, this stuff is tits, balance balance balance is the word here . . on the nose you get some fruit notes along with spice box, and that hoppy touch in the background. . . . The pallet is great ! ABV, well hidden in this stuff. It’s got a great hop finish, but not to overbearing, just enough to be addicting. . . Medium to Full. . If this stuff gets to warm watch out, the hops bite your mouth and the finish gets a bit sweet, but still maintains it’s balance. . . Great use of Hallertau here. . . decent Carb. Great pallet sick to it. . . Went Tail Gating to a Baseball game and slammed 6 22oz before going in the game, now thats Pre-Game Drinkin’ ! Another piece of art work in a bottle from Southern Tier, just keep off the Kiddie beer boys !

22 oz bottle. Pours a redish orange color with a long lasting small white head. Aroma is a touch of hops, toasted malts. Flavor is a touch of malts, with hops. Creamy, with a fantastic finish.

Bright, amber/orange appearance with a small, off white head and modest lacing. Hits of spicy, citrusy hops in the aroma with toasty malts in the background. Hops hold the upper hand in the taste at first, but by mid gulp biscuity malts add balance and earthiness. Medium-bodied, nicely carbonated mouthfeel. Lingering finish not overwhelmed by the relatively high abv.

650 ml. Clear, deep copper with a small but lasting head leaving some soapy lacing. Aroma is juicy caramel-drizzled citrus fruit, resin and tea leaf. Flavor begins with a lesser version of the same, turns towards more tea leaf, nutmeg, rye, soggy wood and peppery herbs. Long finish of peppery oak and toasted walnut. Near-medium body is dry and too fizzy.

I really enjoyed this one. Poured from a bomber, nice amber color, fine head with nice lacing. Not as "red" as expected, but wow what flavor! Front is rich caramel, sweet, some citrus. Back is aromatic bitter hops, great balance, alcohol does not sting. Creamy and rich texture. Great until the end.

I have always wondered about those few really low ratings that someone gives a beer that is pretty well regarded. Well now I am one of those. I really didn’t enjoy this beer. Just very different, I didn’t like the hops, the carmel and malt just weren’t right, the finish made me think of medicine. I probably need to conclude that either the bottle is bad, or I am just wrong. I actually am giving a bitter higher rating then I felt while drinking as a benefit of the doubt thing and will try again sometime.

hunkering down listening to Pat mAcdonald trying another new southern tier brew. hazy amber with no red in sight. the aroma is woody and earthy with hints of caramel. not sure where the citrus is that i see others mentioning. the flavor is interesting, the hop profile is certainly different in a beer of this type. spicy, hints of floral, and lots of earthy wood. caramel is the other dominant flavor. the body is lighter than expected with a prickly feel and a clean dry finish. not sticky at all.