Southern Tier Raspberry Porter

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

At times, I was a bit overwhelmed by the sweetness of the beer. True porter with caramel malts, the raspberries paid a nice compliment. Still, there was some level of depth that was lacking.

Cherry/raspberry aroma along with some roast malts. Clear golden brown. Tastes like a cherry Coke! Highly carbonated with lots of a cherry raspberry fruitiness and some underlying roast. Very dry and bitter finish that has a touch of astringency. I would have liked a bit more of the roast to balance the fruit and a little more body.

Had this one bottled at the Real Time Sports in St. Charles, Illinois. Poured a hazy, dark brown with a thick, tannish head. Sweet berries and bready nose, but not overpowering. Raspberries are present but not overbearing the flavor, which is well balanced, sweet and dry. A bit chocolaty. Soft finish. This is an excellent example of a great fruit beer.

Pours a brown with a tan head. The nose is raspberries with subtle chocolate undertones. Comes across the palate rather thin and watery, the only flavor that hits is raspberry. The finish sis subtle and rather weak. I am a bit disappointed with this beer.

Pours a clear but dark nut brown with fair cream-colored head. Aroma is chocolate with the a faint hint of raspberries. Nutty notes comes across as well. Flavor is quite light. There are largely nutty notes offset by chocolate undertones with a very light role played by the raspberry. Pretty mild for what I expected from Southern Tier and could have definitely played up the Raspberry some more. The body was quite light with carbonation. Could have been a bit more creamy and full with the body.

Pours a nice dark brown with a decent tan head. Great raspberry chocolate aroma. I expected a more rich flavor from this porter, and though the raspberry came through well, I would have liked it to be more sweet than tart. This one was too thin for my liking, and it lacked the malts that I was looking for.

Dark brown color with a medium head. Strong, fresh raspberry aroma with a nice rounding out of chocolate malt. Good porter base of dark chocolate and nuts, but the raspberry transforms into a stale, fake raspberry. Still okay, but a bit disappointing after the aroma.

Even the greats stumble sometimes; I would have to say this is my least favorite Southern Tier beer. Ever. It’s like a fake-tasting raspberry-chocolate cola, poorly carbonated, and finishes with some sort of odd and artificial chocolate extract.