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Southern Tier Porter

Southern Tier Porter - Porter

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 Percentile 
80
overall
Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Porter

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
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on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4473.38/5.03.37/5.05.2%70English pint, Stem glass
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Commercial Description:
Porter is our darkest beer, but not necessarily our strongest. It is widely held that the darker the beer the stronger the beer, but this is summarily false. The contribution of color comes directly from the color of malt that we use. Some malt is roasted to achieve dark color and coffee-like flavor, which in turn get transferred to the beer. Our Porter is richly complex with overtones of chocolate and espresso beans followed by a subtle flavor of hops. It’s a nourishing beer without being too sweet or filling.
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 IndianaRed (1553), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 1, 2008  
Bottle pours a clar deep dark brown. Small wisp had. Big chocolate tootsie roll aroma. Sharp thin roasted flavor though. A bit thin and light. Long lingering light roasted bitterneaa. Lively eel on the toung. Not bad.


 BigBeer45 (676), Troy, Michigan, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jun 20, 2008  
This Porter pours a dark ruby with brown edges and has a tan head that thins quickly to a ring and sparse cover on the ale, a nose of dark malt, chocolate, roasted malt and a touch of coffee in the background, roasted malt and chocolate flavors with less then a medium hop bitterness, some dark sugar and/or burnt sweetness, has a good dry finish with hop and dry roasted malt bitterness, about a medium mouth feel, this is a decent Porter, I would buy this again.


 FlacoAlto (2473), Tucson, Arizona, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/512/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Fantastically over carbonated, a careful pour yields six-fingers in height of lightly browned, tan colored froth. The beer is a near black, dark brown color that shows a brilliantly clear, deeply ruby tinged color when held up to the light. The aroma is a mix of sour, tart notes up front with rich, chocolate and roast grain notes towards the end. The chocolate aromatics are quite nice and there is a really expressive, toasted malt not that is a mix of coffee, browned bread crust and browned biscuits. The initially noticed, sour fruitiness becomes less noticeable as my nose get used to it, so I am able to focus on the malt character much more.

Light and quite fruity tasting up front; it tastes a bit like fermented prune juice in some ways, but does have a noticeable roast character. The finish, in addition to a sort of moldy note, has a solid bitterness that is a combination of hop and roast grain. Roast grain notes of black coffee, light dark cocoa and a deeply toasted, complex grain character. The initial, excessive carbonation knocked all of the CO2 out of this beer so that it is quite smooth and quaffable; this pairs quite well with the light body.

While clearly heading south (better check those bottling lines) the sourness and touch of funk seems to work for the most part in this beer. I am actually enjoying the beer, this is something a bit like I would imagine a blended Porter would be like; young fresh beer blended with old, funky brew to create a more complex, yet still quaffable product. Should I even be encouraging the brewery to clean up their QC regimen cause this isn’t half bad.


 rampmaster (314), Alden, New York, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/515/20
Jun 19, 2008  
Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a pint glass. It has a dark opaque color with a thick foamy tan head. Its head hangs on for awhile and leaves nice rings of lace behind on the glass. There is a nice roasted malt aroma with sweet molasses and just a hint of citrusy hops. The favor is full of dark, roasted and malty flavors with burnt caramel and molasses sweetness. Mild bitterness is supplied by a light hops presence that adds some balance. This is all wrapped up in a very drinkable medium body with a pleasant smooth mouth feel and carbonation. Drinkable and full of flavor, nice!


 Drink4Satan (585), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/59/20
Jun 17, 2008  
Pours a inpenetrable black colour with a thin, but sturdy beige head. The nose is full of lighter malty flavours, surprisingly. There are very suble roasted coffee notes that accompany an odd vegetal/grainy scent. It is apparent that too much amber malt was used in this one, if my senses aren’t mistaken. The flavour is grainy and peppery with very weak espresso undertones. This is not how a porter should taste. It isn’t smooth, its hardly roasty, and lacks depth and body. This is the worst offerning I’ve tasted from this great brewery.


hiphop (84), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 15, 2008  
Chaucers in London, ON. I haven’t had many porters, but this one doesn’t stand out too well. Again, hops on the nose as expected from this brewery, which is good again. Malt tones cut through on the palate. Not bad, but I won’t have another if there’s something else available I’ve never had.


 shintriad (698), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/514/20
Jun 11, 2008  
Dark reddish-brown. Sweet with chocolate, malt and roasted notes. Fairly full body with some bitterness noted in the finish. Could use less carb and more slickness.


 pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 11, 2008  
6-9-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to prototypic
Dark black brown pour with a beige head and sticky lacing. Smell is malt and pecans and cake. Flavor is malt with a touch of hops. The hops are present, yet light and subtle. Palate is slightly above average for me - medium body and it isn’t awfully thin. Overall, a pretty decent porter.



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