Brewed By: Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York
Reported IBUs: N/A
Every now and then you want a nice beer to sip on. And sometimes, you want dessert too. It's a good bet that if Southern Tier is putting something into a 22oz bomber, it is going to be big, bold, and intense. About Southern Tier:
Southern Tier Brewing Company is based out of Lakewood, New York. The brewery was founded in 2002 by Phineas DeMink and Allen "Skip" Yahn. Using equipment purchased from the old Saddleback Brewing Co., the company began production with the vision of reviving traditional small batch brewing to the region. By 2003, the brewery was distributing their small batch ales, and by 2005 their sales covered New York and Pennsylvania. Before the brewery had any seasonal beers, it produced a Pilsner, Mild Ale, and IPA. Due to popularity, in 2009 a 20,000 square foot facility was built to allow for the brewing of large-scale beers. Since then, Southern Tier has continued to expand, and continued to invest in better equipment to keep up with the increasing demand for their beer. You can read more about Southern Tier's history on their history page.
Tonight's beer is big, bold, and robust. If you roll over to Southern Tier's Creme Brulee page, you can get the breakdown on this beer. This beer is part of Southern Tier's Blackwater Series, and is released every year in June. This beer is described as an "Imperial Milk Stout," and is brewed with pale and caramel malt; vanilla bean; lactose sugar; and columbus (kettle) and horizon (aroma) hops. The nose is described as featuring vanilla, custard, and brown sugar; the flavor is described as caramelized sugar, vanilla, custard, sweet, and milky.
The bottle states: "By comprehending the labyrinthine movement of time, one would not think it strange to trace the errant path of an ordinary object such as a cream dessert only to discover that it has been the cause of cultural disputes since the middle ages. The British founders of burnt cream and from Spain, crema catalana, both stand by their creative originality and we respect that, but it was the French crème brûlée, amid the strife of contention, that survived to represent our deliciously creamy brew." Let's glass this up, and see what's up!
The beer pours a pitch-black color, with a pinky's worth of tan head that quickly dissolves into a nice cauldron effect. Swirling the beer kicks up some head, and you get some nice lacing on the glass. At 9.6% ABV, this beer has some nice alcohol legs. In bright light, the head has a creamy/tan color. This beer is still dark as night. I love the cows on the bottle, the bottle art on this is great.
If you're new to craft beer, I highly recommend seeking a bottle of this stuff out. The aroma on this beer is FUCKING AMAZING. You get walloped with huge butterscotch. This aroma is straight up butterscotch, ready to be poured all up on your ice cream. This is the type of beer you scoop some vanilla ice cream into. You get huge butterscotch, vanilla, a hint of roast, brown sugar and burn sugars (caramel), lactose, vanilla ice cream, and some hints of booze. There's some Stout-like booze in the aroma, and once you get past the giant butterscotch, you pick up some of the other stuff.
The taste is sooooo smooth, rich, and mellow. In a lot of ways, this beer reminds me of Goose Island's Bourbon County Stout, without the bourbon. That's a huge compliment to this beer. This has long-lasting palate duration, which is great. Up front is a blast of bitter roast, some dark fruits, and then the profile opens up with butterscotch, vanilla, coconut, burnt sugars and caramel, and bitter dark chocolate. There's some bitterness in here, and I'm even getting hints of citrus on the back end. This is warming me up, just from a few sips, but the alcohol is masked incredibly well. There is some Imperial Stout-like booziness showing up in the taste profile.
This is an evil beer. At 9.6% ABV, this lives up to its ABV in terms of sweetness and body. This is a thick, sticky beer, with a full-bodied mouthfeel. Despite being smooth, this is a sipper. This beer is crazy sweet, too. Palate depth is excellent, and complexity is moderate. Up front is some some roast, fruit; mid palate blasts vanilla, coconut, butterscotch, and then some hops; the finish is trailing hops, roast, bitter, dark chocolate. The finish is sticky, sweet, slightly dry, slightly bitter. There's warming and Imperial Stout-booziness in the back.
Rating: Divine Brew
I'm feeling a very Light Divine Brew on this. This is not a beer I want often, but when I want it, it delivers. This beer lays the butterscotch on thick, and also happens to be incredibly sweet and dense. Honestly, what you really need to do with this beer is split the bottle amongst friends. 10oz of this stuff is enough for one person, easy. Food pairings: make a beer float with this. Drop some vanilla ice cream into this. Otherwise, drink this by itself. It's thick and heavy.
Random Thought: Southern Tier has some awesome stuff in their 22oz bombers.
Purchased: 22oz Bomber bought at Binny's in IL; 2012
Style/ABV: Imperial Stout/Milk Stout, 9.6%Reported IBUs: N/A
Every now and then you want a nice beer to sip on. And sometimes, you want dessert too. It's a good bet that if Southern Tier is putting something into a 22oz bomber, it is going to be big, bold, and intense. About Southern Tier:
Southern Tier Brewing Company is based out of Lakewood, New York. The brewery was founded in 2002 by Phineas DeMink and Allen "Skip" Yahn. Using equipment purchased from the old Saddleback Brewing Co., the company began production with the vision of reviving traditional small batch brewing to the region. By 2003, the brewery was distributing their small batch ales, and by 2005 their sales covered New York and Pennsylvania. Before the brewery had any seasonal beers, it produced a Pilsner, Mild Ale, and IPA. Due to popularity, in 2009 a 20,000 square foot facility was built to allow for the brewing of large-scale beers. Since then, Southern Tier has continued to expand, and continued to invest in better equipment to keep up with the increasing demand for their beer. You can read more about Southern Tier's history on their history page.
Tonight's beer is big, bold, and robust. If you roll over to Southern Tier's Creme Brulee page, you can get the breakdown on this beer. This beer is part of Southern Tier's Blackwater Series, and is released every year in June. This beer is described as an "Imperial Milk Stout," and is brewed with pale and caramel malt; vanilla bean; lactose sugar; and columbus (kettle) and horizon (aroma) hops. The nose is described as featuring vanilla, custard, and brown sugar; the flavor is described as caramelized sugar, vanilla, custard, sweet, and milky.
The bottle states: "By comprehending the labyrinthine movement of time, one would not think it strange to trace the errant path of an ordinary object such as a cream dessert only to discover that it has been the cause of cultural disputes since the middle ages. The British founders of burnt cream and from Spain, crema catalana, both stand by their creative originality and we respect that, but it was the French crème brûlée, amid the strife of contention, that survived to represent our deliciously creamy brew." Let's glass this up, and see what's up!
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| Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout |
The beer pours a pitch-black color, with a pinky's worth of tan head that quickly dissolves into a nice cauldron effect. Swirling the beer kicks up some head, and you get some nice lacing on the glass. At 9.6% ABV, this beer has some nice alcohol legs. In bright light, the head has a creamy/tan color. This beer is still dark as night. I love the cows on the bottle, the bottle art on this is great.
If you're new to craft beer, I highly recommend seeking a bottle of this stuff out. The aroma on this beer is FUCKING AMAZING. You get walloped with huge butterscotch. This aroma is straight up butterscotch, ready to be poured all up on your ice cream. This is the type of beer you scoop some vanilla ice cream into. You get huge butterscotch, vanilla, a hint of roast, brown sugar and burn sugars (caramel), lactose, vanilla ice cream, and some hints of booze. There's some Stout-like booze in the aroma, and once you get past the giant butterscotch, you pick up some of the other stuff.
The taste is sooooo smooth, rich, and mellow. In a lot of ways, this beer reminds me of Goose Island's Bourbon County Stout, without the bourbon. That's a huge compliment to this beer. This has long-lasting palate duration, which is great. Up front is a blast of bitter roast, some dark fruits, and then the profile opens up with butterscotch, vanilla, coconut, burnt sugars and caramel, and bitter dark chocolate. There's some bitterness in here, and I'm even getting hints of citrus on the back end. This is warming me up, just from a few sips, but the alcohol is masked incredibly well. There is some Imperial Stout-like booziness showing up in the taste profile.
This is an evil beer. At 9.6% ABV, this lives up to its ABV in terms of sweetness and body. This is a thick, sticky beer, with a full-bodied mouthfeel. Despite being smooth, this is a sipper. This beer is crazy sweet, too. Palate depth is excellent, and complexity is moderate. Up front is some some roast, fruit; mid palate blasts vanilla, coconut, butterscotch, and then some hops; the finish is trailing hops, roast, bitter, dark chocolate. The finish is sticky, sweet, slightly dry, slightly bitter. There's warming and Imperial Stout-booziness in the back.
Rating: Divine Brew
I'm feeling a very Light Divine Brew on this. This is not a beer I want often, but when I want it, it delivers. This beer lays the butterscotch on thick, and also happens to be incredibly sweet and dense. Honestly, what you really need to do with this beer is split the bottle amongst friends. 10oz of this stuff is enough for one person, easy. Food pairings: make a beer float with this. Drop some vanilla ice cream into this. Otherwise, drink this by itself. It's thick and heavy.
Random Thought: Southern Tier has some awesome stuff in their 22oz bombers.
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