Nu Skool
Southern Tier Brewing Company

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From:
Southern Tier Brewing Company
 
New York, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #1,807
ABV:
6%
Score:
88
Ranked #15,178
Avg:
3.92 | pDev: 7.65%
Reviews:
109
Ratings:
449
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 11, 2023
Added:
Aug 06, 2016
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  126
SCORE
88
Very Good
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Notes: After over a year of prototyping R&D batches of Nu Skool IPA, this final version is one special beer. It’s an approachable, well-balanced IPA with slight malty sweetness that’s brimming with tropical, fruity, spicy, piney & citrus character. To contrast our IPA (brewed since 2002), which most closely resembles a traditional English IPA in malt & hop bills, we wanted to brew an IPA in a new way. Like craft brewers, hop farmers have come a long way. This beer showcases just how far we’ve come with alluring aromas & explosive flavors using only new American & experimental hops. There’s no need to add anything else. It’s time to graduate to the next level of hop flavors with Nu Skool IPA.

HOP PROCESS: We used 3.5 lbs. of “new school” varieties of hops per barrel of beer. We load our hopback to the brim with Mosaic hops for a big tropical fruit character. A nice whirlpool dose of experimental hop #07270 gives the beer a flavorful, resinous character. We then dry hop this beer on two separate days with a large amount of Mosaic hops in our hop cannon & Simcoe + Equinox two days later.
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.5/5  rDev -10.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from Consumers Beverage. Clear, medium gold with white fluffy head. Fruity aroma with a tropical edge, Taste follows with tropical fruit and mild dank hops.Still more fruity than bitter. Mango, papaya, sweetness.
Feb 11, 2023
 
Rated: 4.29 by Plaz1989 from Pennsylvania

Mar 06, 2021
 
Rated: 3.5 by Paddy-loves-beer from Pennsylvania

Oct 16, 2020
 
Rated: 3.99 by EdFed from Illinois

Nov 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by ralphyone from New York

Oct 07, 2019
 
Rated: 3.87 by ItsBeer4Me from Pennsylvania

Aug 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.78 by TonyStarks2231 from New York

Jun 21, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by RT-Kris from New York

Apr 17, 2019
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Rated by kyky from Virginia

3.83/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Drank from a can poured into a glass. Light color, good flavor. Fairly malty but more or less a straight forward, but perhaps above average IPA
Apr 14, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by GreenBayBA from Wisconsin

Mar 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.59 by DavetotheB from Pennsylvania

Mar 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.83 by ADKbeerguy from New York

Mar 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by jak from North Carolina

Mar 24, 2019
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Rated by nasharm from New York

3.56/5  rDev -9.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
It is a decent beer, nothing special. Too hoppy and spicy for my taste.
Mar 23, 2019
 
Rated: 3.41 by DaveNicholson from Florida

Mar 21, 2019
 
Rated: 3.73 by vabeerguy from Virginia

Mar 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.64 by Bitburger from Vermont

Mar 16, 2019
 
Rated: 3.71 by StonewallSipper from Pennsylvania

Mar 09, 2019
 
Rated: 3.72 by norinco from Ohio

Mar 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Edgewater from New York

Mar 02, 2019
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Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania

3.54/5  rDev -9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
$ 2.00 (Including tax)/16 oz can ($ 0.125/oz) from Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA. Reviewed 2/25/19.
“DOB 01/11/2018” stamped on bottom of the can. In reefer at distributor. Stored at 42 degrees and served at 42 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 4.
Body – Yellow, hazy. When held to the light, it becomes translucent.
Head – Large (Maximum 7.3 cm, aggressive center pour, white, low density, good retention, slooowly diminishing to an irregular seven to eleven mm lacy ring and a large, mountainous, foam island. Many islands and archipelagoes of tiny to small bubbles remain after the head retracts. The second pour produces a much smaller, denser head.
Lacing – Good. Broken rings of thick, three-dimensional foam comprised of tiny to medium bubbles.
First pour – Light yellow, hazy.
Aroma – 3.75 – Resin and some powdery citrus.
Flavor – 3.5 – Begins slightly bitter with none of the nose resin and only some of the citrus. No alcohol (6% ABV), no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 3 – Medium, creamy, soft carbonation.
Impression and interpretation – 3.5 – Considering this can is over a year old, it’s still an above-average IPA.
Feb 25, 2019
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Reviewed by Dogboywonder from New York

3.69/5  rDev -5.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
“Nu Skool” as a name would seem to suggest that this is supposed to be a contemporary stylec NEIPA. In fact this a little closer to an older Styled NEIPA. It’s a little more malt forward w just a hint of hop juiciness. It’s good, but not great
Feb 24, 2019
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Rated by Iphilo4life from New York

4.21/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Great IPA, very refreshing!
Feb 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.71 by Hefsbeercaps from Ohio

Feb 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.82 by tbeer40 from New Jersey

Feb 18, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Carmack from Florida

Feb 17, 2019
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Rated by Reggie_Dunlop from Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had it on draft at PISA. Have no idea if it was fresh but it was pretty bad
Feb 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.97 by glass_house from Ohio

Jan 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.58 by srw from Virginia

Jan 28, 2019
 
Rated: 3.73 by Raleigh97 from Virginia

Jan 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.59 by Dkloubec from Illinois

Jan 12, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by Shenk87 from Pennsylvania

Dec 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.79 by bebg835 from New York

Dec 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.78 by DrMindbender from South Carolina

Dec 14, 2018
 
Rated: 3.86 by Loosecannon from New York

Dec 02, 2018
 
Rated: 3.59 by Paoloboston from Massachusetts

Nov 16, 2018
 
Rated: 4.51 by Mcmexface from New York

Nov 11, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by cp45 from New Jersey

Oct 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by MonkeyPilates from Minnesota

Oct 24, 2018
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Reviewed by Chickenhawk9932 from Pennsylvania

3.96/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a hazy pale orange Amber with an off white head with decent retention.

Citrus and floral notes in the nose with some resinous pine and earthy undertones.

Taste is citrus up front orange, lemon, and lime followed by some sticky pine notes. There is a slight biscuit malt middle leaning towards a earthy dry finish.
Oct 13, 2018
Nu Skool from Southern Tier Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 449 ratings