Southern Tier Hoppe

Taste 2/9 Bottle. Looks: Pale gold with a thin white top. Aroma: Grain, hay(wheat) citrus. Taste: Mild flavorings and easy to drink. Yeasty, grain and some spice. Quite bitter and un astringent. Unique.

Bottle snagged at the brewery... have had it on tap there also... it is a bit more bitter out of the bottle... nice rush of hops and citrus...smoother aftertaste then unearthly.. can’t wait to try the new bottle of Gemini I have...

65 cl bottle at Rotary "student pub", Göteborg
On Ferbuary 26, 2009
Hazy golden color, small white head. Sweet, bitter, pineapple, caramel taste. Hoppy, citrus, sweet scent. Smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness.

Bottle 650 ml. The category here says American Strong Ale and the label Imperial extra pale ale... sound like an interesting entcounter. The first thing that hits you when popped is a scient of sweet malts. The pour is medium golden with a clearnes and a fine white head. The nose is very malty with hops, almonds and steel. The palate is rather thick and creamy. The taste is dominated of alcohol and sweet notes from the american hops and something like sweet brown sugar with a hoppy-bitter finish that not really works for me. It could be better balanced imo. Drinking something for New York state is a plesure though...I soon have to go there.

Truly dissapointing. I expected an interesting American pale ale, but the outcome is not at all exciting. The aroma is more alcohol-sweet than hoppy - strange for a beer named Hoppe. The mouthfeel is thin and unsatisfying for a beer at that abv, and the flavour is primairily sweet and malty with a metallic turn towards bitterness at the end. I don’t get it ...

(Bottle at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-02-24) Golden and clear. Medium sized white head. Hops, malts, alcohol and sweetness in aroma. Full bodied and dry palate with medium carbonation. Malts, sweetness, bitterness, grass and some bread in taste. Malty and bitter aftertaste.

Pours a light copper with a thick white head. nice hop pine aroma. Good malt body with a touch of hop bitterness balancing it out. Don’t know if this a strong ale or just a ramped up pale ale. Good brew, though.

22 oz. bottle. Aroma of pinr notes, not over powering. Poured a clear copper color with small short lived head. Flavor is somewhat bland, and yet still tasty over time. Palate is clean and overall this ale is subtlety pleasing.