Southern Tier Raspberry Porter

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

12oz - The nose and appearance are fabulous. It sets you in the mood for a raspberry filled chocolate cake. I sometimes drink my dinner, so I hoped I might be able to drink dessert too. On the palate you get that for the briefest of moments before the bitter hops kill the whole thing. Body is kind of limp too. Not for me.

12oz bottle. Pours dark chestnut color, with a large beige head. Aroma of raspberry syrup, along with some dark chocolate. Flavor is chocolate at first, which is soon joined by raspberry syrup. Finish is a bit astringent; with raspberry and chocolate. The fruit flavors seem very unnatural. The least exciting ST beer I’ve had to date.

Shared bottle. Pours a reddish brown color with a 2+ finger slightly off-white head. Aroma is malty, with a little bit of the raspberries. Flavor is much the same, with a little chocolate coming through. Not bad. Definitely better than the rasp wheat. Nothing I would rush to try again.

Brown bottle, 355 ml, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savoured on May 12 2008; eye: ruby, clear, average effervescence, creamy beige head that remains, good lacing; nose: concentrated raspberry dominates, light malt, slight chocolate milk; mouth: raspberry, acidity from the strawberry, light ash, slight chocolate milk, finale in strawberry with its acidity and a bit of ash, lightly sweet, slightly bitter, lightly acidic and sour, medium to thin body, not much carbonation; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 355 ml, via Importations Privées Bièropholie, savourée le 12 mai 2008; œil : rubis, claire, effervescence moyenne, mousse crémeuse beige qui demeure, bonne dentelle; nez : framboise concentrée domine, léger malt, très léger chocolat au lait; bouche : framboise, acidité de framboise, un léger cendré, très léger chocolat au lait, finale en framboise avec sa pointe d’acidité et une petit cendré, légèrement sucrée, très légèrement amère, légèrement acide et aigre, corps moyen à mince, texture mince, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien

Definitely a fruit beer. The aroma from this beige headed, clear brown ale is nothing but raspberries, some fresh, some candied. Some malty chocolate and a light roastiness are present in the flavor, too, but the fruit dominates. Nothing I’d care to repeat.

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Bottle at toncatchers tasting. Pours a clear reddish brown. Light sweet and sourness. Some bitterness. Lots of raspberry aromas. Medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Short dry finish with hints of metals.

Dark brown pour with shades of red. Fresh raspberry aroma. Chocolate and raspberries, very nice. The raspberry almost masks the porter characteristics I like, which is disapointing

ok so not a super dark porter, but not bad. Nose was really nice smelled like real raspberry not syrup. brown color some tan head but very little i found, flavor was rasberry and malt but as it warmed i got a little coffee and a little chocolate. Very nice fruit beer, better then the ras wheat i found. At smokeless joes