Southern Tier IPA

A well balanced IPA that is quenching and dry. The hops are juicy and just right for the beers gravity. The malt builds a nice backbone for the overall structure of the beer. At 6.5% it is still highly drinkable, but it will kick your butt if not paying attention. A great example of an American style IPA.

Bottle @ Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours a clear amber color with a white head. Sweet malty hoppy aroma with grapefruit hints. Sweet malty and hoppy flavor with hints of grapefruit. Sweet malty hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

This is my first Southern Tier. I visited a Comfort Inn in Jamestown, NY and the mart across the street was selling it. I picked it up b/c I love IPAs. The bartender at the Comfort Inn told me about them. So, here goes my first taste of Southern Tier. Pours a nice orange. Little foam. Malty smell, bitter hop aroma. Piney bitter hop aroma. Here goes the taste. WOW, was not expecting this! That’s a good IPA! Piney, bitter, yet sweet and malty. Very delicious! A nice feel in your mouth, then the after taste is just wow! Very bitter! I like this, very good, well done Southern Tier.

Looks great. Every beer I’ve had from Southern Tier tastes, looks, and smells ultra ultra fresh. This one is no exception. Smell is complex and fruity. I wish there was a rose or flower that smelled like this. Taste is really unique. It’s an IPA, hands down, but it just has tons of prickly flavors. Immediate after-taste is a little off, but hardly noticeable. Starts out smooth and creamy, then the palate does a 90 degree turn into a dry ass desert. Probably evidenced by the 6.5 ABV. Six pack for 7.49? Worth every penny.

This is a real easy drinker. Very smooth and tastes great. Golden in color on the pour with little head. Smell is slight hoppy. Taste is crisp, refreshing and nice. I could see going through a sixer of this with no problem. A solid, easily sessionable brew.

looks refreshingly good in the glass. moderately darkish and clear amber with a short foamy head. there certainly is a lot going on tastewise. all of the usual things that make an ipa nice and tasty. but for me nothing really stands out, except that there is a low malt profile. the word i keep thinking with this is moderate as in moderately...and then a bit better. and that is how i will speak to this rating. a nice safe ipa which is -moderately- refreshing. with a nice moderate carbonation and a pleasant m-----te bitterness. oh, and just a touch of quality allfruit sweetness.

Poured into pint glass with large foamy off white head and active carbonation. Amber colour. Aroma of grapefruit hops, hindering with a sweet candy like aroma. Initial taste is a mouthfull hits with several profiles. Grapefruit, caramel overlaying a nectar fruit. Finishing with a chewy malt body and bitter hops lasting on the palate. Long lasting head and good lacing of the glass. Great Ipa.

A good IPA, though I’ll never be a big fan of the genre. Pours prettily amber with a very light head. Tastes of honeysuckle mingling with grass and pine notes, as well as a soupcon of hardwood, with a warming alcohol and hops finish.