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Southern Tier Jah-va

Southern Tier Jah-va - Imperial Stout

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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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 BigMilly8 (374), Holiday, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/103/517/20
Apr 16, 2008  
From bottle - Thanks to Imadeadguy : Pours dark carbonated black color, looks pepsi like. A small offwhite head forms, then dies down. Nose is sweet chocolate, some nice coffee bean smells, and some fruit maybe. Taste is much the same, very good and very smooth. There is a pretty good amount of alcohol present, but it is nice. Medium body with a smooth thin finish. Aftertaste is quite roasted and nice. Really good stout.


 santos999 (318), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/52/102/59/20
Apr 14, 2008  
A 12% Imperial Stout brewed with Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee is what my dreams are made of. This beer pours a deep black with a thin beige head. The smell is chocolate truffle all the way, much like the coffee, with some vinous, spicy, dairy and potent alcohol notes. The taste is entirely too strong for me. The alcohol is intense! The coffee flavors overwhelm everything else, it’s surprisingly bitter, and somehow it’s kinda thin! Soy sauce, cumin, vinegar, rotten milk, stale bittersweet chocolate, and dark fruits. What is going on here? It does get better as it warms and breathes, but honestly a big disappointment for me.


 ryan (1774), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 14, 2008  
Black body with a small tan head. The nose is sweet chocolate, coffee, toffee and some dark fruits. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter with lots of coffee, chocolate, prunes, light pine and molasses. Full body is sticky with moderate carbonation.


 StFun (535), Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/517/20
Apr 14, 2008  
Huge thanks to jjpm and gmcc for this one! Must have something to do with initials? Anyways, I was very pumped for this one and, sadly, it fell short of what I wanted. Must have gotten it to hyped in my mind. Pours black with thin head and thin lacing. Very full bodied, incredibly creamy. The 12% is hidden well, but warms you up quickly. Flavor is used coffee grounds and espresso. Just never gets quite coffee enough, and never quite achieves what Bells Java Stout does. Solid offering from Southern Tier though.


 fiver29 (703), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Apr 13, 2008  
Bottle pours a pitch black. Has a tan head that goes away quickly. Smells like a roasted malt coffee brew. Tastes like a very good roasted malt brew with semi sweet chocolate, barley, coffee, and has a little bit of hops on the backside. Very good brew.


 pforei (338), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/510/20
Apr 13, 2008  
Bottle and the next day on tap at Stanton Public. Pitch black with creamy dark tan head. Sweet roasted chocolate/cocoa and brown sugar/caramel malty aroma. Faintest hint of coffee aroma. At room temp, slightly more coffee taste. Hops are difficult to discern. Sugary sweet with a sticky, syrupy, thick body. Ironically, it lacks the coffee bitterness that would have balanced the sweetness and prevented the taste from cloying.


 RollinHard (750), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/59/104/518/20
Apr 8, 2008  
Many thanks to TheRealBastard for sending this beer. Very very dark pour, black with a medium sized brown head. Aroma is kinda strange and a bit misguided; the strongest element is some sort of parsely/spruce, carrots and grass, then the "nose in a bag of coffee beans" aroma comes out along with dark chocolate. Flavor, WOAH. This is one hell of a malt-bomb! Big dark chocolate flavors, mocha, hot chocolate, vanilla, roast, licorice and maple. Very very desserty, could use a raisin note to balance. Sweet finish going down, dark chocolate, bitter mellow roast finish. Thick, incredibly creamy and viscous, the way a big stout texture should be. Carbonation is a bit prickly though. Very good flavor and I love the thickness but the aromas kinda fucked up.


 Prostman (1077), Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 7, 2008  
This was a really good beer. Intense coffee flavors makes for a really interesting brew.



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