Southern Tier Phin & Matts Extraordinary Ale

Bottle and draft. This one changes everytime I try it. Decent aroma and look but the flavor is sometimes well hopped sometimes overly malty.

Sampled at Real Beer Expo (Rochester). Cask? Med. golden colur and no head. Lots of green hops and a little malt o the nose. A bit of carbonation. Hops up front, malt in the back. A hint of bitterness and a strange aftertaste (how’s that for descriptive...). Not quite extraordinary.

Courtesy of JCW. Golden with no head. Aroma rather strange, hoppy (citrus I guess) but very oxidized. Flavor has mellow citrus with no backbone whatsoever. Very watered down, average at best. Acquired another bottle for re-rate/benefit of doubt.

brewtopia 10/21/06. aroma of fresh sticky hops and some malt. Taste is the same, well balanced APA.

12 oz bottle pours a light amber color with virtually no head. Very weak malty light carmel and hoppy aromas come into the nose. The mouthfeel is light to medium with some carbonation. The flavors come across as raw. Very raw, as if they had just bottled this days before. It tastes an awful lot like homebrew that needs to sit in the bottle and mellow for another couple weeks. Raw grain and malt flavors cling to my palate with a light bitterness. No date on the bottle but this tastes like it shouldn’t have been released yet.

Thanks to shadey for this bottle. Pours gold/amber, with a white head. Aromas are subtle, but very pleasant hops, with a touch of caramel. Flavors are slightly bitter hops, along with some fruit and caramel.

12 oz. bottle via trade with shadey - Pours a clear amber color with a nice off white head. Light lacing. Lively carbonation. Has a citrus hop aroma and flavor. Very little malt. Light to medium body. A decent PA, but not extraordinary. Thanks Shane.

Well balanced! Hops and malt both come through. Color is light amber, not "pale". I’m an IPA fan, but I like this better than Southern Tier’s IPA. A nice surprise in a World Market variety pack.