Strawberry Dream
Southern Tier Brewing Company

 

Hazy apricot color with a decent off white head that retained moderately well but did produce lots of nice lacing.
The aroma is strawberry milkshake.
The taste is somewhat more complex, still strawberry ice cream with some vanilla, pineapple and citrus notes that somehow only enhance the sensation of strawberry milkshake. The finish is slightly dry with more citrus and a touch of pine.
The body is medium with moderate carbonation and a very smooth, creamy quality that's very appropriate.
Altogether this is surprisingly tasty and enjoyable, excellent.
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A thanks to the creator of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a hazy golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is full of strawberries, cream. Taste is the same as the aroma, citrus is also present, mild bitterness. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is an enjoyable beer.

16oz can. Poured out a cloudy, hazy, golden yellow color with a small, white head. of bubbly foam. It left thick sheets of lace on the glass. It smelled of strawberry, vanilla, cream and caramel. Nice strawberry sweetness with a hint of tart. Vanilla and cream are balanced by caramel sweetness.

 

Pours a pale hazy yellow. Thin foam. Sweet strawberry aroma. Big strawberry hop flavor. Bolder than I expected. Very smooth. Finishes with a nice malty sweetness. It's very good for what it is but not really my thing. Worth a try though.

16 oz. can poured into a pint glass with a hazy yellow straw color (orangish/pinkish in direct light), quickly receding white head, and minimal lacing. Smells of strawberry shortcake, vanilla, hints of tropical fruits. Tastes of strawberry milk, vanilla cream, subtle malt, grapefruit, melon, and pine/resin hops. Medium body with decent carbonation, creamy with a bittersweet aftertaste. Overall, very good, the hops do a good job of taming the sweetness.

 

 

 

The name say's it all. They should brew this all year long & I would buy it all year long. If you can find it, snatch it up.You won't regret it....

Southern Tier Brewing Co. "Strawberry Dream"
16 fl. oz. can coded "D.O.B. 02/1/21 LKH06:19:24FL". Sampled on 05/05/21.
$4.99 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ

Notes via stream of consciousness: Is this made with real strawberry and vanilla? I guess we'll find out. It's cloudy but nowhere near as murky as some of the "milkshake" beers I've had in the past. The head is a decent sized cap of slightly off-white froth. The aroma is definitely strawberry-like with some sugary notes as well. It smells like a dessert. I'm guessing that there are additional flavorings added here even if there are real strawberries... ah, yes, "NATURAL FLAVORS". OK, on the the taste... well, that's strawberry as well! I thought there were some hops in here (Citra, Mosaic, Amarillo, and Azacca are listed on the label) but all I'm really getting is that bright, candy-like strawberry note. No, I lied, there are some hop notes hidden in there but it really is all about the strawberry and vanilla. I should just admit here that I didn't think I was going to like this, but I do. It's far from what i thought it would be, and I'll just go ahead and say that this is basically a dessert beer. I've had other NEIPAs that were as sweet, but none that have ever had so much amped up fruity flavor to them. So, back to the beer itself, what else can I say? The malt is basic, and sweet, and there's also that added lactose but that doesn't come across clearly to me like it usually does. I'll assume there are oats in here - let me check the label... yes - but no wheat or anything else like honey malt. I think it's nicely balanced. in the mouth it's medium to medium-light in body and smooth - even a bit creamy. The head held up well and there's some very nice lacing all around the glass. If it weren't such a one-trick-pony I might be more on-board with it, but it's still quite good as it is.
Review #7,316

Pours hazy, gold in color with one third inch head. Taste is fresh picked strawberries, cream, And citrusy hops. Sweet, moderate carbonation and body. Really enjoyable. Tastes a bit like good strawberry matcha. Better than orange dreamsicle.

This awesome ice cream vanilla flavor was there all along. Mixed with tangy, bitter hops and sweet strawberry juice. It didn’t taste like eating the fruit itself but it had a juice flavor comparable only to a fresh blended strawberry milkshake. It was weird too because the nose didn’t carry hardly anything over other than maybe just a bit off bitter citrus. This is a good one

1 PINT can
Served in a tulip glass

This beer pours yellow and turbid. It is topped with a couple inches of eggshell head that leaves scant lacing.

It smells wonderful. Strawberries and vanilla make a great combination for the senses.

Strawberry and vanilla flavor are at the forefront. I get some citrus on the back end to remind me that this is an IPA.

Full bodied with a creamy mouthfeel

This is a pretty tasty milkshake IPA. I have really liked the couple from Southern Tier that I have tried so far.

 

On tap at Southern Tier Brewing in Lakewood, NY.

This one pours a pink-ish orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like cream, citrus, vanilla, strawberry, pine, and shortcake.

Southern Tier (maybe unsuprisingly) seems to be pretty good at making milkshake-style IPAs. There's not too much lactose here - it adds a creamy sweetness that doesn't get overwhelming. There's some nice creamy strawberry puree here, with a touch of vanilla, and a pithy and citrusy finish. I like that it does still taste like an IPA - a lot of milkshake IPAs just browbeat you with lactose and fruit and the IPA-ness is lost a bit.

This is medium bodied, pretty creamy, with a great drinkability to it.

This is better than you'd expect from this brewery.

16 oz can into a tulip glass.

Pours a hazy straw color with 2 fingers of sudsy off-white head. Modest retention at best, leaves some random splotches of lacing along the glass.

You ever have strawberry shortcake? That's exactly what this beer smells like. Maybe a hint of berries and citrus, but the strawberry shortcake aroma dominates. Straightforward, but definitely the aroma you look for in this kind of beer.

The flavor is a bit more complex, bringing flavors of strawberries, strawberry yogurt, vanilla cake, and a hint of strawberry milk. Then comes a wave of fruity hop flavors on the finish: Grapefruit, peach, blueberries and mango. Almost no bitterness whatsoever, which is exactly what you should expect from a beer like this.

The feel is not quite right. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Very slick and oily.

Overall, I'd say this beer does exactly what it sets out to do. You buy this pink box that clearly days "Strawberry Dream" Milkshake IPA. There's even a picture of a literal milkshake on the box, in case you still weren't sure. It's sweet, but not overly so. While I'm not a huge fan of the style, I'd say this one is a very accurate representation.