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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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 cbeers21 (563), Miami, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Jun 29, 2008  
Wow. ya so thats pretty much coffee right there, no cream or sugars. Nice pour reveals aromas of bittering espresso and coffee-quality booziness on the nose. A solid hop background and decent malts chewyness provides decent balance for this tasty brew.


 Vas19 (293), Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 29, 2008    Updated: Jun 30, 2008
Pours black with virtually no head. Sweet coffee chocolate nose with a hint of hops. Flavor is more coffee and chocolate with a lingering hoppy flavor. Good beer.


 DocHop (278), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/518/20
Jun 29, 2008  
Pours a very dark brown with almost no head. Deliciously sweet aroma of coffee, slight roast, oats, and chocolate. Wow, extremely heavy body. Creamy like an oat beer. The coffee flavor is so sweet and thick. Not as roasted as I imagined, in a good way. The sweetness lingers for a long time. No sign of the high ABV except in the stomach. Excellent beer.


hiphop (84), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Deep black in colour, near headless - just leaves a small beige head ring around the glass. The aroma is deeply roasty, loads of coffee and dark chocolate, lots of malt, light sweetness and light alcohol. The flavour is of intense roasted malts, dark chocolate and cold coffee, alcohol, vanilla and espresso. Dry bitter mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes chalky, bitter, dry with just a bit of alcohol warmth. This is one big beer.


 Beerman6686 (1266), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/516/20
Jun 26, 2008  
Pours a black black color with a small dark brown head. Aroma is of a lot of coffee, just plain coffee. Flavor is also of a lot of coffee, but just the general stout coffee taste, not an in your face experince like i expected like i got from the choklat and pumking.


 thedm (3833), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Jun 26, 2008  
This bottled brew from Indianapolis, IN poured a small sized head of foamy dark brown colored finely sized mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a semi-opaque dark brown colored soda pop like body. The aroma was of nice chocolate coffee and malty notes. The mouth feel was strongly tingly from start to finish. The strong flavor of dark malts hops coffee and chocolate was mildly vinous and very yummy.


 oteyj (716), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20
Jun 25, 2008  
Snifter. Pours pitch black with modest tan head. Aromas of espresso, roasted malt, chocolate, and peanut butter. Smells like a roasted mocha with a dash of hop content. Flavors are deeply roasted though sweet. Coffee is quite noticable. Among other flavors are roasted, though not burnt malt, as well as a bit of bitter chocolate. Balance is great and coffee adds a great twist of flavors- I’m such a sucker for coffee stouts!


 KieferUGA (461), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/518/20
Jun 21, 2008  
22 oz. bottle. Pours a dark black. Thin, light brown head. Nice roasted coffee aroma. Very thick mouthfeel, smooth and creamy. Sweetness upfront, but the finish is long and bitter. Some warming alcohol, but not overpowering.



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