Southern Tier Raspberry Porter

Southern Tier Raspberry Porter is a deep raspberry brown in color, with great clarity and a splotch of a faded khaki head that leaves great lacing. The fresh raspberry aroma is loud and seems very authentic. It is a bit sweet in the nose and some smoky malt balances that out. It is medium-to-full bodied and quite smooth. The finish is pretty dry. The raspberry is not as prominent in the flavor as it is in the aroma. It tastes a bit like chocolate cake with fresh raspberries, served with a cup of coffee. The sweetness never gets out of hand, nor does the green bitterness or the roastiness. Great balance. If you try one fruit beer, make it this one.

Bottle courtesy of dkachur. Pours ruby red with a thin white head. Smells of pronounced raspberries. Tastes of chocolate, raspberries, roasted malt, spice. Excellent!

12oz bottle. Dark brown-cherry color with a hint of red shining through. The raspberry flavor works very well with the dark malt. Very nice beer. Highly drinkable, not unlike a Flemish sour brown ale. Has some nice roasty chocolate notes in there as well, reminding you that it is still a porter at heart. Well done.

Maybe It’s me, maybe I’m as awsome as I’ll ever be. Prehaps when I drink beer I’m sort of picking up on my own greatness and it makes whatever I’m drinking taste fantastic. Or then again maybe this is just a fantastic beer and I’m not great at all, even in the slightest......NAH!

On tap at the pony bar in NYC. When I saw this sucker I knew I had to have it... Been missing out on this sucker for far too long! Rich chocolate and rich raspberry flavors.. Tastes like my morning coffee at cafe groppi. This might be the single most underated beer on this site.

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.

Cola colored with a thin white head. I have to give a 10 for aroma because I have yet to smell any Fruit beer that has a better aroma! Strong aroma of fresh raspberrys with chocolate on the side. Flavor is also raspberrys, chocolate and light roast. I dont give a crap what anyone says. I liked this beer!

Bottle: Poured a deep clear brown color ale with an average foamy head with average retention and no lacing. Aroma consists of real lightly sweet raspberry with some light roasted malt notes. Taste is a nice mix between some lightly bitter roasted malt notes with some black chocolate and some real raspberry taste. I am usually not the biggest fan of sweet fruity porter but I thought this was a real treat.