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Southern Tier Cherry Saison

Southern Tier Cherry Saison

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A Saison brewed by
Southern Tier Brewing Company

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
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2433.25/5.03.24/5.0Special8%26.7Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Cherry saison is concurrent with the best of summer weather. The days are long and warm, and the spring blossoms have gracefully turned to plump drupes. Much in the same way, our Imperial Cherry Saison undergoes subtle but noticable changes while cruising from kettle to bright tank. Like the sun ripening fruit, a pit stop makes this beer better. Cherry Saison is aged with French Oak staves, imparting overtones of spice and balancing the natural sweetness of the cherries. Cherry Saison is the first in this series to incorporate oak aging. Enjoy it as a dessert beer, or tilt it back while sitting under a shady tree on a warm summer afternoon.

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 kkearn (689), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20

Jul 7, 2008  
22oz bottle, from Capone’s (Norristown, PA). Pours hazy golden, capped with a thin white head. Aromas of wheat, vanilla, oak, and a very faint touch of black cherry. Nice saison flavor; wheat, some earth and mild hops, along with some oak. I really don’t get much of a cherry flavor. Long, wheaty finish with some oak character. Overall, a fairly nice saison. I like the contribution of the oak.

 jefcon (850), Arlington, Virginia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/511/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Hazy and orange-gold in the glass. I was expecting some sourness on the nose, some alcohol, or something out of the ordinary, but this beer has the nose of a very wheaty, very rustic saison that sports some heavy spice, too. There is just a hint of sweet perfume. I suppose you could call it cherry. Tasting is a whole different ballgame. The front end has a sweet, hop presence -- lemon, apricot -- some wood. Then just a little bit of sweet cherry hidden in there. Towards the end, the palate kind of falls apart, and the alcohol is rough and slick, the malts turn woodsy, and it finishes poorly.


 SuperDave70 (822), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Pours a hazy gold with a small fizzy head. Aroma of yeast, wheat, spice and cherries. Unfortunately, that doesn’t carry through to the flavor. The first couple sips were lots of alcohol, and not much else. After that, it did mellow out a bit and the other flavors came through. However, it’s not a great Saison on its own, and there isn’t enough cherry character to make up for it. Just ok.


 Ungstrup (11378), Frederiksberg, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Oct 5, 2008  
Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet wtih strong notes of cherries, and light notes of malt - not me. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of straw, hops, and quite a lot of cherries, leading to a slightly acidic, dry and woody finish. Weird - I don’t think the components fits together.


 jimbowood (737), Athens, Georgia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
Oct 4, 2008  
bottle. In a day of drain pours, this one takes the cake. Expecting a complex, full bodied Saison and I was let down. Not very good.


 DougShoemaker (2613), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Aroma of wheat?, lemon and yeast, hazy yellow, pours a tiny white head. Godd taste odf wheat?, yeast and lemon. Light bodied, refreshing. Good, but a Saison?



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