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Southern Tier Phin & Matts Extraordinary Ale

Southern Tier Phin & Matts Extraordinary Ale

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An American Pale Ale brewed by
Southern Tier Brewing Company

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
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3973.26/5.03.26/5.05.6%59.6 Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
When Phin and Matt sat down to collaborate on their new beer, they knew it had to be different if they were to call it extraordinary. "Let sprinkle it with fairy dust and wave our magic wands," said Phin. "No way," said Matt, "We've got to do better than that. This beer has to be better than any other in the galaxy." "Let's do some market research." So the two strapped on their rocket pack packs and traveled to the intergalactic beer store. After sampling an array of beers from acrossed the galaxy, the duo hit on an idea. "I've got it" exclaimed Matt, "we'll use vast amounts of whole hops, the finest malt, and put a little more love in every batch." "Eureka!" shouted Phin. And thus became a beer so fresh and tasty the duo put their names on it. 37 IBU's, 5.6% ABV

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 ThaBobfather (130), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20

Apr 30, 2008  
Bitter aroma with a nice scent of hops, like planted flowers. Color of Miller Lite, but a good color for this ale. Unfortunately it tastes like Miller Lite with better hops. Too watery, not enough of a pale ale taste. It is a good hot weather beer. Very refreshing. I can’t get over the lack of taste. It doesn’t stay with me at all. It’s very close to water. I wouldn’t say extraordinary. It’s good though.

 BückDich (4497), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/514/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Bottle: Pours a copper gold color with light head and lacing. The nose is toasty with a subtle spice and herbal hop note. The flavor is chewy with a full malty body, a smooth leafy floral hop lick on the palate and a balanced and refreshing crispy tail. Nice biscuit and dry malt dust note overall. Chewy and sweet. Nice!


 General_Gao (2368), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 22, 2008  
12oz bottle. Nice citrusy hop nose with hints of flower blossom and grape candy. Poured a clear light orange color. Head was rocky and white with decent retention and lacing. Light to medium bodied and delicately sweet. The flavor was similar to the Mikkeller All Others Pale as far as the hops went. Earthy, green vegetables, grassy, and sprucy. Not much malt backbone. There was a detracting metallic note. Decent, but nothing special.


 Drnk_McDermott (1519), Park Forest, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/512/20
Jul 8, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Tried to guess the style before I saw the description here. Smell upon opening was a little tart, like a wheat, then sweetens up like a dubbel. Pours an amber beer with busy columns of bubbles rising from sides of glass, slightly puffy white head. So it does look more like an IPA. Smell now suggests some chewy malts and an APA load of hops. Taste may be a little thin on malt for what’s boasted. Nice spicy hop load with a bit of PNW to it. Good, yes. Extraordinary? Ennh.


 joshwilfong (486), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 4, 2008  
dark brown with white head. flavor has some definite crystal malt with a nice hop aspect to it. a flavorful and drinkable beer, perfect for a social setting. a great drinking beer


 dmac (799), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jul 1, 2008  
12 oz bottle purchased at Oak Tree. This one poured with waaaay to much head. Virtually it was a glass of head so I thought it might have been infected but the aroma and flavor seemed to be okay. Aroma had a slight bit of mustiness, the malt profile seemed to be wheaty although I’m pretty sure this isn’t brewed with wheat. Flavor is dominated by lots of malts with some spicey pepper as well. For some reason I was expecting something smooth and easy drinking and this was much fuller and more complex then I was anticipating.




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