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Southern Tier Jah-va

Southern Tier Jah-va - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
6643.93/5.03.92/5.0Winter11%83.1Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Three thousand feet above sea level in the misty mountains of Jamaica, some of the worlds finest Arabica beans are hand picked on their way to becoming Blue Mountain Coffee. Halfway around the world, plump spring barley grows to maturity in the loamy soil of North America while aromatic hops are cutivated to exacting standards. Here in our kettles, these three special ingredients are blended to create a heady mixture of sweet sugar, dark roast, and complex flavor. Please enjoy this brew in moderation.
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 boFNjackson (1233), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
May 10, 2009  
Bottle... Poured black with a light, light, brown head. Aroma of chocolate and coffee beans. Light, thin palate with a soft carbonation. Initial coffee and chocolate notes with a kick of alcohol and a little bit of hops for bitterness. Strong roasted grains. Super sweet finish. A little cloying but still good.


BillWyce (90), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
May 10, 2009  
Poured black with pretty much no head at all. Noted a coffee aroma with a touch of malty sweetness underneath. somewhat oily palate. Nice coffee flavor with a slight astringency to it. Hint of roasted malt sweetness at the back. Very nice, unless you’re turned off by the coffee, in which case, it’s doubtful you’d pick this up anyway.


Spastastic (9), , Pennsylvania, USA
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3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 10, 2009  


 PJClarke (610), London, Greater London, England
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/59/20
May 10, 2009  
On tap: Black with chocolate brown at the edges. Little or no head. Slightly soapy chocolate aromas, metallic and fuddy. Way too strong. Overly metallic and rich. Coffee to the fore with burnt chocolate finish. Quite unpleasant too muchness. Over the top biting dryness and sour bitterness. Unsmooth and unrefind. A victim of the ’bigger is better’ mentality I believe.


 carruthm (1112), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/516/20
May 9, 2009  
black with a thin tan head. aroma of bourbon, coffee, chocolate, vanilla and perhaps a touch of cherry cordial. hot alcohol palate and bitter taste.


 trevor211 (500), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
May 2, 2009  
Snifter at Bottleworks - congrats to the guys for the successful installation of a few taps at what has got to be one of the country’s best bottle shops! Poured black, with a good-sized tan head. Tons of oak in the aroma - this one’s got a lot of wood in it. The coffee component is mild, but certainly present - one of my favorite things about the brew is the definite presence of roasty coffee without that note drowning out everything else I like about an impy stout - notes of dark chocolate and molasses. Slightly tart with the coffee and all the oak, and nice and thick, but well carbonated. Only slightly boozy, considering the 12%!


 Avengedpoet (325), Mesa, Arizona, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/518/20
May 2, 2009  
Thanks to rustychiles for the share. Pours deep black with minimal wisps of a tan head. Aroma is deep chocolate, coffee, and roast malts. A taste to match. Sex in a glass.


 bb (2905), Martinez, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 1, 2009  
Bottle. Very dark brown with a thin tan head. Roasty, coffee aroma with some chocolate and a bit of caramel. Rich malt flavor with coffee and dark chocolate. Fuller silky body. Coffee and roast lingers with some chocolate and some hops. Alcohol nitceable, but in balance. Some complexity, but it doesn’t completely win me over.



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