Southern Tier Gemini

Amazing hop aroma and much cleaner palate than Unearlthy, definately more balanced. Nice creamy texture which allows a small amount of bite from the hops to emerge. Subtle floral and recognizable fruit flavors. A finish that begs for more.

Bottle. Love the wax top! Wonderful, sweet, fruity, hoppy aroma with near perfect balance. It’s hard to imagine a more perfect aroma, so i will go ahead and give it the perfect 10, which I don’t do so lightly. Slightly hazy dark gold body with plentiful visible carbonation rising from the middle of the glass. Similar in this way to ST’s Big Red. I love a beer that has carbonation like this because it confirms that the beer is alive and fresh. Beautiful lacing that leaves layers on the glass, revealing the succession of consumption, like a tree stump reveals its rings of history. If you’re an IPA/Double IPA nut like me, you get to a point when you’ve had a couple hundred of them where it’s hard to determine, without comparing side-by-side, where the top entries rank. When you taste an outstanding one, you just know it’s outstanding. But how outstanding? It’s sometimes hard to say. Is this the best Double IPA I’ve ever had. I don’t think so. Can I be sure of that? Not really. I’m not sure I’d even be able to say it’s better than one of it’s blended elements, UnEarthly, is on it’s own as I recall liking that better. Although I’m pretty sure I like it better than the Hoppe on it’s own. Reminds me very much like Three Floyds Alpha King, even given the considerable difference in strength. Gemini hides it’s strength whereas Alpha King accentuates it’s. I would love to put this brew up against the likes of Dreadnaught and Ruination. I think it could hold it’s own and wouldn’t be overly surprised if it beat out one of them in a taste test. I’m generally a beer purist and shy away from mixing beers together. Without a lot of experience in doing this, I have still seen where it has created a beer better than the sum of it’s parts. That isn’t the case with this beer, as it doesn’t surpass the UnEarthly, at least i don’t think so without comparing them directly, but the product is very impressive indeed. What’s perhaps not logical is that Alpha King is that my rating for Alpha King is still one of my few perfect 5s. This brew is better, yet doesn’t get the top rating. I bought 3 other bottles to bring with me for beer enthusiast friends of mine in MN. For their sake, let’s hope they make it there.

An awful lot of Southern Tier beers have come into my life lately. They are mostly excellent, and this one is especially so. Appearance is not as great as other Southern Tier beers I’ve had lately. Appearance is a straw color which is transparent but hazy. There is a ton of very fluffy, sturdy, and appealing head on this beer. Aroma is fantastic; light and very citrus-y balanced with some maltiness. Flavor is also fantastic, balanced but highly hopped, citrus-y, and sweet. There is also some nice piney-ness. I thought it was great. Mouthfeel is appropriately a bit thick and sticky. I really enjoyed this beer. In fact, I thought it was fantastic. I got this 22oz bomber at 3 Cellars.

Glass: tulip Purchased at: Canals discount liquors, Burlington, NJ (Thanks, Mike!) Price: $5.69 Size: 22 fl oz ABV: 10.5% IBU: n/a Estimated Calories: 400C RateBeer Rating: 98 Aural: quiet opening, average carbonation, uneventful pour Aroma 10 out of 10 Intensity: strong Balance: sweet Impression: nice Malt Aroma: barley wheat bread sugar cinnamon toast peanuts Hops Aroma: pine resin grapefruit and lime Other Aroma: woody Notes: Impressive strong IPA style aroma Appearance 4 out of 5 Color: copper Clarity: brilliant Head Retention: persistent Lace: intricate Notes: beautiful head and lace on an average clear body. Flavor 10 out of 10 Intensity: strong Balance: very bitter Impression: very nice Malt Flavor: barley wheat bread syrup toasted walnut Hops Flavor: coriander pine tar grapefruit zest Other: woody Notes: An absolutely wonderful taste Palate 4 out of 5 Mouthfeel Sensation: creamy slick warming Body: medium Carbonation: medium Finish Length: long Intensity: strong Balance: bitter Notes: a very good body, palate, and finish. General Impression: 18 out of 20 Craftmanship: excellent Freshness: fresh Personal Taste: liked very much Notes: Like many other great IPAs: very hoppy, sweet, bitter, and luxurious. Address : <http://beercritic.wordpress.com/>

irishboy and i needed a chainsaw to get this open,but once we did it was worth it for sure.small semi-cloudy yellow with a nice white head that left webbing on the glass.the aroma is full of sticky,wet,green hops.just what i want from a hop bomb.the flavor boasts huge amounts of ivry,citurs,pine,and green wet sticky hops.this ranks up with some of the best double ipa’s i have ever had.