Southern Tier Big Red

22 oz. bottle my mother-in-law brought back from NY - Pours an amber color with a very slight haze and a one finger thick off white head. Aroma is toasted malt, bread, and fruity esters. Flavor is sweet toasted malt and esters. Has a nice bit of bitterness too. Alcohol is fairly well hidden. Medium body. A good beer.

Pours a reddish brown with a big off-white head. Hops aroma with a hint of caramel. Nice balance of bitter and sweetness. Medium bodied. Smooth texture.

Nice reddish appearance with long lasting head. Earthy, caramel. Alcohol in the finish, but still failrly smooth and clean.

A slightly cloudy, golden brown pour with a creamy, white head.. This is a big one. Big mouth filling, malt flavor followed by a strong, flowery hop hit then fading to a bitter aftertaste. The hops are big but so is the malt. Sipping slowly the alcohol effect comes in slowly. A robust beer for when the day is done.

THOUGHTS: Saw this for a few weeks and didn’t pick it up because of the dull lable and not having liked their raspberry beer much, but after trying Pum King I neede to try as many Southern Tier beers as I could. This one seemed breat at first then bad, then back to good again. Would have been incredible without the rubber smell. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, medium to dark orange with an average-sized, white head that mostly diminished except for a ring around the edge of the glass and left good lacing. The aroma was moderate caramel malt and heavy citrus (orange) hops. But there was also a band-aid or burnt rubber smell. Overall it was nice but the rubber smells kept it from being great. The initial flavor was moderately sweet and lightly bitter, while the finish was moderate to heavy sweetness and heavy to harsh bitterness with an average to long duration. The medium body was somewhat syrupy with slightly tingly carbonation and a somewhat metallic finish.

Bottle. Tulip glass. Clear ruby color little head. The write up on the bottle advertises Hallertau hops but the aroma is dominated by malt. Sweet caramel malt aroma and taste with grapefruit hops. Spicy with a bitter finish. A good beer but I’m not particularly fond.

This was a malty baby, though the hops were there. Definitely some smoke, though little fire. Surprisingly high in ABV. An easy drink and a beautiful dark red bottle.

This beer can definitely sneak up on you if your not careful because its fairly strong, tastes great, and is very smooth and drinkable