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2X Steam
Southern Tier Brewing Company
- From:
- Southern Tier Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- California Common / Steam Beer
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 80
- Avg:
- 3.51 | pDev: 13.68%
- Reviews:
- 95
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 26, 2020
- Added:
- Apr 06, 2013
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 17
No description / notes.
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Ratings by WVbeergeek:
Reviewed by WVbeergeek from West Virginia
3.71/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I like the 2X series, especially the stout and IPA, never had the 2XMAS ale...these beers are higher in the alcohol department but served in a more manageable size unlike their other high octane brews. Pours a crystal clear amber body with a cream colored head, kind of thin textured in appearance, fine speckled lacing patterns left behind as it settles. Aroma semi sweet nose, muted a bit served cold at first after warming not much more opens up. Flavor has the same raw earthy bitterness that the Steam beer from San Fran has, semi sweet bread mostly a subdued caramel sweetness with evident alcohol with a minimal light syrup texture. Drinks down way too easy especially for 8 percent abv it doesn't offend in anyway it's just a solid drinking beer about as refreshing as an Anchor, just with more malts shining through. Mouthfeel light residual sugars on the palate even carbonation light to medium bodied not cloying at all, alcohol is just barely evident. Overall, a beer that will get your non craft beer drinkers wasted, even though this beer is flavored toward a newbie into craft beer with somewhat of a lack of complexity they did what they wanted to do and stayed true to the originators of the style.
Jun 07, 2013More User Ratings:
Reviewed by cratez from Canada (ON)
3.6/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.6/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Rating from notes. Consumed November 2013. "A respectable Steam/Common with big aromas, solid flavours, and an unusually smooth mouthfeel. Good overall."
Jan 26, 2020Reviewed by generallee from Virginia
4/5 rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12 oz bottle into a tulip glass. Appearance: It has a light orange amber colored body with a light haze. The head is just off white in color and hangs on well. As I sip it makes lots of cool lacing on the glass. Smell: The aroma has a good bready base with a balanced orange citrusy hop presence. Taste / Palate: The flavor matches the aroma. It has a solid bready malt base with notes of orange marmalade and citrusy hop bitterness.
Apr 17, 2015Rated by hophead123 from New York
5/5 rDev +42.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +42.5%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Great beer but think they discontinued it
Apr 08, 2015Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland
3.65/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From BeerAdvocate Magazine #80 (Sep 2013):
Without a doubt, we can appreciate brewers taking a style and doubling or imperializing it. A job well done here. The brewer’s intention is clear, as this brew simply takes California Common and makes it BIG. All of the balance and drinkability is there, which is quite a feat, especially for a lighter-colored brew.
STYLE: California Common
ABV: 8.0%
AVAILABILITY: Summer Seasonal
LOOK: Orangey bronze hue, thin lacing
SMELL: Sweet maltiness, grainy, dried grass, clean, hint of alcohol, floral
TASTE: Toasted grain, peppercorns, mild caramel, apple skin, tobacco, grassy, sweet, clean, mild fruitiness, Grape-Nuts, filberts, warming, drying finish, breath of alcohol
Mar 26, 2015Without a doubt, we can appreciate brewers taking a style and doubling or imperializing it. A job well done here. The brewer’s intention is clear, as this brew simply takes California Common and makes it BIG. All of the balance and drinkability is there, which is quite a feat, especially for a lighter-colored brew.
STYLE: California Common
ABV: 8.0%
AVAILABILITY: Summer Seasonal
LOOK: Orangey bronze hue, thin lacing
SMELL: Sweet maltiness, grainy, dried grass, clean, hint of alcohol, floral
TASTE: Toasted grain, peppercorns, mild caramel, apple skin, tobacco, grassy, sweet, clean, mild fruitiness, Grape-Nuts, filberts, warming, drying finish, breath of alcohol
2X Steam from Southern Tier Brewing Company
Beer rating:
80 out of
100 with
434 ratings
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