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Oak Aged Unearthly (Imperial India Pale Ale)
Southern Tier Brewing Company
- From:
- Southern Tier Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.9%
- Score:
- 91
- Avg:
- 4.07 | pDev: 12.53%
- Reviews:
- 569
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 01, 2021
- Added:
- Jan 09, 2009
- Wants:
- 64
- Gots:
- 75
No description / notes.
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Ratings by StJamesGate:
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
4/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Deep glowing orange with creme brulee head that fades to a rim and rings. Vanilla almond oak nose over orange honey blossoms with boozy whiskey notes.
Orange mango jam with with naked oak chip, lots of vanilla, then big orange oil and tropical fruit mash with only slight hum from the dry hopping.
Whiskey and fruit hit (more mango) to finish and oily sandalwood linger. Medium, chewy, some stick, smooth.
Oak over hops - where are the IBUs? Lovely mellow wood tones, but hops are so conspicuously absent that I hesitate to call it an IPA. Didn't know about ST now dating on the bottom, so I don't know how old this was, but for all the hopback and dry hops, they shouldn't ever fade to leave a beer like this, nice though it is.
Feb 07, 2012Orange mango jam with with naked oak chip, lots of vanilla, then big orange oil and tropical fruit mash with only slight hum from the dry hopping.
Whiskey and fruit hit (more mango) to finish and oily sandalwood linger. Medium, chewy, some stick, smooth.
Oak over hops - where are the IBUs? Lovely mellow wood tones, but hops are so conspicuously absent that I hesitate to call it an IPA. Didn't know about ST now dating on the bottom, so I don't know how old this was, but for all the hopback and dry hops, they shouldn't ever fade to leave a beer like this, nice though it is.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.25/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -20.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Bottle, 11% ABV, as Southern Tier Oak Aged Un*Earthly India Pale Ale, RBNAG 2009 in Vatlandsvåg. Deep golden colour. Intense aroma of alcohol, American hops, oak and malt sugar. The flavour is too sweet and alcoholic with loads of American hops, notes of oak too. Overkill.
May 01, 2021Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
4.12/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Those orange color liquids, they always clean up well in the appearance category, this one is no different. Aroma was very nice, a good mix of both oak and hops, this was the first beer I came across able to accomplish the feat.
Taste and aroma did well hiding the 11%abv. This has loads of hops in all different stages, many different varieties. You get almost all the hop flavors except for tropical. Pine, floral, green, bitter, citrus, fruity. I'm not a fan of the bomber format, but this was a decently priced option at an abv that made sense to have a share kind of format.
Probably my favorite hoppy ST offering. Where I'm gonna be, ST, where I wanna be, ST.
Sep 12, 2016Taste and aroma did well hiding the 11%abv. This has loads of hops in all different stages, many different varieties. You get almost all the hop flavors except for tropical. Pine, floral, green, bitter, citrus, fruity. I'm not a fan of the bomber format, but this was a decently priced option at an abv that made sense to have a share kind of format.
Probably my favorite hoppy ST offering. Where I'm gonna be, ST, where I wanna be, ST.
Rated by Thrifty101091 from Florida
4.75/5 rDev +16.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.75/5 rDev +16.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Served on cask at WoB
Mar 17, 2016Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4.5/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L: Brilliant amber pour crowned by a lacy white foam collar that recedes moderately fast. S: Alcohol and hop aromas backed by rich malt. T: Big malt and big alcohol meet big hops with fruit, melon, citrus balancing malty caramel. F: Creamy smooth, full bodied, soft palate. O: This is really an excellent Imperial IPA.
Aug 09, 2015Reviewed by SPLITGRIN from Kentucky
4.48/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +10.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours to a golden orange amber body that almost glows when held to light. It hosts a full two inches of off white head that has excellent retention and leaves pillars of lace as it slowly fades. Oak is soft and silky but very attractive on the nose. Resiny vanilla and back ground citrus based hops come through nicely. With first sip the hops have turned a bit caramelized by the oak, kind of what happens to an onion when cooked in a pan. The oak is rich and almost buttery. The citrus and oak work very well together with out either one being to dominate. 11% alcohol is very well hidden. Mouthfeel is full but not thick and cloying. Exceptional drinkability.
Jun 24, 2015
Oak Aged Unearthly (Imperial India Pale Ale) from Southern Tier Brewing Company
Beer rating:
91 out of
100 with
1124 ratings
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