Southern Tier Jah-va

I love this, I mean love. More than Kevin Arnold loved Winnie Cooper. Chocklate is a great beer..... but i would drink this more often. ..

High quality coffee beans are present in this brew and they are preseneted in an unburnt fashion. This has been my favorite straight up java stout.

lots of coffee notes, amazing for 12%, like a beer espresso. Some spicey overtones. Very awesome stout.

Bottle pours black with a large tan head and clingy lace. The aroma is chocolate and espresso. The flavor is solid dark chocolate, malted milk, espresso, with a lingering bitter roast. Alcohol is not tasted. The palate is lively and fairly rich. Overall, this is delicious. I’m starting it out rather cold and like it this way.

I think I hyped this beer up a little bit to much before trying it so I was a bit let down. It is a good beer but I prefer some of the other java stouts out there (Bells and Barley Island offerings). I also found the Southern Tier Oatmeal stout to be better as well. But this is good in its own right. Aroma is coffee beans and alcohol. The alcohol taste is noticeable , but not overly strong. Coffee taste is weak in the mix and is just a supporting flavor with hints of sugary syrup. It is oily on the palate, but not all that thick for some reason. The taste it leaves on the palate is pleasant though.

I really do not know what to think of this beer. It had so many positive notes but some of the weaker notes really dragged it down. Poured a nice opaque black hue with a brown head which sadly had marginal at best lacing. Body seemed thin and was to an extent. Although this beer was creamy it was rather thin. Flavor had a strong coffee presence mixed with a sliight dark baking cocoa note in the background. Alcohol was present through out but stronger on the finish. My one disapoointent was the body being too thin. For an imperial stout i expected more and it wasn’t too be. Still good overall.

22oz bottle. Pours black with a creamy tan head but looks a little thinner than the oat or choklat, and a little thinner on the palate too. Coffee is definitely there but does not overpower, which is good. Smokey and malty with a bit of hops. A little alcohol burn with the aftertaste, but other than that it was well hidden. Not as complex as others, but gets better as it warms. Pretty good but not my favorite IS.

bottle. black with 1/2" than head. heavy aromas of coffee and roasted malt. good tasty sweet beer