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Southern Tier Raspberry Porter

Southern Tier Raspberry Porter - Fruit Beer

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 Percentile 
47
overall
Brewed by Southern Tier Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer

Lakewood, New York USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2263.01/5.03.01/5.0Winter4.8%75.8Flute
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Commercial Description:
“chocolatey porter brewed with raspberries” An ale brewed with the finest North American barley. Raspberry Porter is lightly Hopped with the choicest Pacific Northwest grown hops. Pleasant roast and chocolate-like notes give this beer a sweet and subtle body while its rich creamy head compliments its character. This delicate and smooth beer is finished with a hint of raspberries and is certain to become your holiday favorite!
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 Ritterkreuz (179), Seneca Falls, New York, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/52/103/55/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Well, raspberry’s a good word, but porter? Hardly. I found this to be very watery with no real bear taste to it all. Really, it just reminded me of flavored carbonated water.


joshsmith (5), Fall River, Massachusetts, USA
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2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/511/20
Feb 11, 2008  
bottle from Cardoza’s in Fall River. dark, reddish-brown with nice lace and retention. fruitty aroma with unmistakable notes of chocolate. first tart, then tangy, and finally sour flavor. supposedly this is made with real raspberries but the taste is syrupy and artificial. light bodied with lively mouthfeel... too thin for a porter in my mind.


 DirtyMartini (194), Los Angeles, Alabama, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/511/20
Feb 2, 2008  
nice looking beer....though on the lighter side. more like a english brown porter with a big fluffy white head. unfortunately, whether it was made with real raspberries or not...it tasted like a thin porter with an overwhelming fake raspberry flavor. not bad to drink, just nothing i would seek out again.


 Brigadier (1220), Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/516/20
Feb 2, 2008  
12 oz bottle

This has been sitting around for a while now. After three bottles it was time to sit down and capture the experience. It’s not your typical porter thanks to the raspberry aspects. On the other hand the raspberry is not as intense as in other fruity beers. It strikes a nice balance between them. My advice is to try it fresh; this is not a beer to age.

Aroma / Appearance - Tart raspberries stand out in stark contrast to the porter underneath. It smells almost like a jar of Smuckers jam has just been opened and put on toasted white bread. The deep purple body captures the aromas as well. Even before taking a sniff it was possible to tell that this had fruity characteristics.

Flavor / Palate - Malt, wheat and raspberries form the liquid sensation of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The mouthfeel is a little thin; I wish this was a bit more porterly. Overall however it is an interesting hybrid is that a litte less than the sum of its parts.


 jstraw (750), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/102/512/20
Jan 28, 2008  
Red amber with fair, creamy tan head / Bright, fresh raspberry nose / Light, fizzy body with little finish / Simple flavors of raspberries with toffee notes.


 blipp (1631), Newark, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 25, 2008  
Bottle. Pours dark brown with a beige head. Very fruity nose with notes of chocolate, berry, and caramel. Medium/full body. Tastes very similar to smell with just enough hops present to round it out and make the raspberry really pop out. Finished dry and sweet. A very good dessert beer.


 BBB63 (4199), La Porte, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Jan 24, 2008  
Bottle and served in my Ommegang tulip: Deep brown with reddish highlights topped by a nice frothy head and good lace. The aroma has notes of syrupy raspberry, chocolate and nutty malts, a hint of smoke and grassy vapours. The taste starts with a combination of fruity twang and malt sweetness. Perhaps too much actually for it seems to not mesh very well IMO. There is a saving grace of charred bitterness and some herbal hops. The mouth feel is lively yet somehow was soft in the end with a metallic finish. I liked some aspects of this brew but wish it had tasted cleaner and more tart, I have had worse and it is far better than the Raspberry Wheat.


 Funknmilla (577), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/102/59/20
Jan 24, 2008  
12 oz bottle...smells like malty raspberries....a malt ball with a raspberry in the center....looks like a pepsi with a beige head...thin body---watery raspberry flavor, not very impressive...a weird sour bitter finish...not enjoyable....raspberries turned for the worse...the only thing this beer has going is the simple aroma, which even that ive smelled better



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