Southern Tier Jah-va

Bottle->snifter: Pours a spare head on top of a muddily black body. The malt smells of hay and straw, the hops of herbs and perhaps celery, with the yeast being somewhat sweaty. For an after aroma, I believe I picked up some grape and brown sugar as well. This beer is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, and moderately bitter with a salty tinge to it. The body is medium, texture is slick, the carbonation is flat, 2 and the finish is astringent. I’ve tried home brewing stouts at home with fresh, high quality grounds placed in a sack in the vat. What I found was a hint of a coffee composte-type odor which reminds me of my knock box from my espresso spoils. Not bad, per se, but per se, but that may put some people off. A good beer otherwise, though I’da like to have seen more coffee flavor and aroma.

Bottle courtesy of MRBendo. Thanks!!

Pours a deep dark viscous black with 2 fingers of beautiful deep brown head with lots of very small bubbles.

Aroma of roasted coffee beans, chocolate, malt and burnt barley.

Nice creamy mouthfeel and a HUGE roasty chocolate coffee flavors are apparent and this one finishes with a very nice bittersweet flavor. The flavors all jump out at you, but they all balance perfectly.

I want MORE of this beer, this is fantastic stuff.

Huh...I wasn’t as impressed by this beer as many others on this site. I was really expecting this beer to be quite "big," and I didn’t find it to be that exactly. I thought it a decent beer but it wasn’t as coffee-ish or as malty or as hoppy as I might’ve expected from the billing on its packaging. Nothing wrong with it specifically, it was just a little thin and not very exciting for a bold style from a great brewer that’s 12% ABV. As with most Southern Tier beers, appearance is quite appealing. Body had a dark opaque color, and head was tan and plentiful. Aroma was pretty minimal, but had some dark roastiness and faint coffee smell. Flavor was a bit on the watery side, and had some faint roastiness and coffee flavor. Mouthfeel was a bit thin. I thought this beer was OK, but I couldn’t help but be a bit disappointed in the level of intensity I found inside the bottle. I bought this bottle at 3 Cellars in Franklin, WI.

Winter 08 batch. Pours a deep black with foamy brown head. Coffee and malt aromas. Flavors of coffee, chocolate, and roasted malt. Very impressive beer overall. Nice smooth finish. If you love coffee then go grab a few of these and be prepared to fall in love.

22oz bottle. Poured black with a medium sized brown head. Aroma of roasted chocolate and coffee. Nice creamy thick body and has flavors of roasted coffee and sweet chocolate. It shows some light signs of hops to balance things out. Very nice. I have had different batches, bottles, kegs, and they seem to all have differences. All good but some outstanding.

Black bodied, brown head. Chocolate and strong coffee aroma. Alcohol is noticeable in the nose. Flavor is thick and chocolaty with a strong backbone of coffee and an alcohol burn on the tongue. A very nice but predictable offering.

22oz bottle brewed Winter 2008 purchased at Spirits RB. As soon as I sniffed this beer I thought it was young, yup actually reading the bottle would have confirmed it. Lots of hops coming through on the aroma for an Impy Stout with notes of coffee, roasted malts, coffee, dark chocolate, burnt coffee beans and perhaps some more coffee. Pours an average shade of black with lots of visible carbonation and a small beige head. Slightly thin palate with lots of carbonation and well hidden alcohol for a 12% monster. Flavor is similar to the aroma coffee, raosted malts, slight chocolate and a bit of hops. Good beer but like most high school seniors still needs some serious age to hit it’s peak.

Shared by Robert at SL. Color was dark brown. Smelled of coffee, roasted nuts, chocolate. The flavor was coffee, burnt sugar, chocolate. A good amount of alcohol was noticable. Good texture to it. Personally I dont like coffee, so I dont know what I was expecting. I love Southern tier, but, this one just wasnt for me. Thanks again Robert!