Southern Tier Raspberry Porter

Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Lakewood, New York USA

A deep dark reddish porter with a thick moka head. A sweet chocolate raspberry and strawberry jam, nice and pungent. IN mouth, a sweet lactic chocolate, grassy, a bit short and lacking body. Bieropholie import.

On tap @ Sierra. Pors pretty dark with some hints of red. Overall great aroms which is the best part of it. Otherwise this is smooth light raspberry porter. Some hints of cocoa, nothing to blow me away tho.

A big disappointment to me, considering how much i liked the porter. The initial thought that this was going to be as good. It poured a heavy looking black hue with an off-white to beige head with nice lacing. aroma had nice roasted cocoa notes and some fruit notes, neither of them really wowed me on the flavor. I found the roasted notes on the porter side a little light. I also could not get a really good feel of the raspberries. My first bottle was cold and the second warmed up a bit, so that probably affected the flavor. Beer still could have been more.

Bottle at Smokeless Joe, Toronto, July 2008. Poured dark brown with a relatively fragrant head: aromas of chocolate, raspberry. I could taste chocolate with a pleasant hint of raspberry, which compliments well, also a bit of nuttiness.

12 oz bottle-pours a dissipating to a ring tan head and light mahogany color. Aroma is raspberry syrup. Taste is raspberry, then medium/dark malt, some nutty/caramel, slight hops. Lighter than most porters, maybe a “summer porter”. Plenty of carbonation.

Bouteille de 12 oz obtenue via Importations Privées Bièropholie. Arôme: Odeur de framboise avec une pointe de caramel. Apparence: La couleur est bourgogne avec une moyenne densité de bulle. Présence d’un large col beige crémeux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de framboise avec une pointe de chocolat. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture légèrement crémeuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Légère présence de framboise en arrière goût. (Rating #1884)

I really enjoyed this beer, but then I like anything with raspberries. Flavor: roasted malts, chocolate, and a touch of bitter ash that go nicely with tart raspberries. As others have pointed out, it does have a light body. And I agree with DrBayern that this is a dessert beer rather than an everyday sipper.

Date: 08/09/08, 12 oz. bottle

Aroma - Fruity, with the raspberry unmistakable. roasted malt and hints of chocolate lie underneath

Appearance - Clear mahogany, large, estremely durable light tan head, with a thin foamy layer still present after 10-15 minutes at the bottom of the glass. A sticky, thick lace adds to picture.

Flavor - Molasses, sweet cherry, and chocolate malt flavors up front, with a nice citrus rind bitterness that comes through at the finish, which develops a soft dryness.

Palate - Medium/full body and carbonaiton, smooth, and gently dry

Overall - I found this to be much better thatn the ratings would suggest. More of a dessert or after dinner beer. Not somethig I would want to drink often, but food in the right contest.