French Toast
Southern Tier Brewing Company

The pour is the color of a good tea, and the beige head stood tall and proud. Lacing wasn’t noticeable though.
The aroma, according to my wife, was reminiscent of a cinnamon roll. Okay, that’s in the ballpark.
The taste is actually close to tasting like French toast, right down to the egg coating, but that may have been my imagination filling in the gaps. Lots of nutmeg, a little cinnamon and vanilla. And syrup, not sure that was intended but the sweetness came from somewhere.
The feel is light, not viscous at all. Not quite sure how they managed it.
OA, if you actually want a beer that tastes like French toast, look no further.

Sludge beer. My entire party had to take shots each to finish one bottle. Fun gimmick and it does taste and smell like French toast but I'm getting nauseous thinking about it.

And now it’s time for a beverage that’s as at home at the breakfast table as it is a craft beer bar. Swooning with the aromas and flavor of french toast, Southern Grist takes pastry ale to the most important beer of the day.

Slathered in maple and toast, French Toast Imperial Ale pours with a rather honey-like disposition, floating a light and dainty froth and soothing the senses with the scent of maple candy, caramel, honey, vanilla and toasted pastry. In similar fashion, the flavors of maple-laced pastries are all that come to mind.

As the sugary sweetness locks onto the tastebuds, its persistence is non-wavering. As additional flavors of cola spice, cinnamon, vanilla and hops attempt to balance the session, the sweet maltiness will not be deterred. The ale attempts to dry as the alcohol flavors thin out the body, the ale never reaches drinkable status.

Full bodied, rich and lavishly sweet, the cloying ale needs to build the body worthy of such sweet support or more favor the balance and dryness to make the session more palatable. Hints of stale cola plague the flavors while the french toast flavor comes through only moderately well.

Purchased at Giant Food Stores in Souderton, PA. 4pk/12oz bottles

Pours a very dark, ruby red color. Mostly opaque. A very thin light beige colored head on the initial pour.

A distinct maple syrup aroma, sweet smelling. Inviting.

A sweet dessert style brew. Flavors of maple syrup, cinnamon, bready yeast with a slightly bitter aftertaste. In my opinion, the flavor profile is reminiscent of pancakes/french toast. Southern Tier has achieved the taste that the name implies. The ABV is totally hidden behind the sweet flavors.

Medium consistency, medium carbonation.

Overall, this beer is very good in my opinion. My only concern is that the flavor profile is produced by more additives than by actually what was added during the brewing process. But based on the taste, I enjoyed this brew…cheers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's decent. Kinda straddles the line between a middling brown ale and a middling strong ale. It's decent, has the qualities of french toast but the base is pretty much ok. Dark brown color with minimal head. It honestly does taste like what it says it tastes like, but it's not really anything too crazy. There is a nice aroma in the neck of the bottle but it doesn't really translate much in terms of drinking the beer. One thing I can say though is that they did nail the caramelized toasted rye bread eggy custard butteriness prevalent in French toast, so that's a plus. Overall despite the high abv it's fairly sweet. Decent, nothing too crazy. Would prefer a hint more of maple syrup and a better base.

 

 

 

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a clear dark-golden amber color with a small head of white foam. The head has a good level of retention, fading slowly over time and leaving a good sum of streaky lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is heavy of a very bready and doughy smell mixed with tons of cinnamon, maple syrup, and brown sugar. Along with these smells coms a very strong vanilla and crème smell, mixed with a sizable amount nutmeg and caramel. Rich and inviting.
Taste – The taste is as the nose would let on, beginning with lots of doughy and bready malt tastes paired with tons of maple syrup sweetness. There is also a decent showing of caramel and brown sugar upfront, along with a sweet vanilla crème. These tastes get even stronger as the taste advances bringing even more sweetness to the tongue. At the same time there is a increase in spice flavors with more and more cinnamon and nutmeg joining in. A milky crème taste and with a bit of toffee develop toward the end, leaving one with a very sweet and rich, somewhat cloying taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is thick and chewy with a lower carbonation level. Fr the sweet dessert nature of the brew the feel is good and makes for a nice decedent sipper.
Overall – A bit big and sweet for me, but a fun one to try. A decent dessert brew for sure.

12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, dark, dark brown color with a small, khaki-colored head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. It smelled of cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla and caramel malt. Sweet toffee taste with nutmeg, vanilla and cinnamon.

 

Enjoyed on national French toast day.

12 oz bottle acclimated to 50°F and poured into a snifter.

Pours a murky, chestnut brown with a film of khaki head with some huge bubbles, dissipating quickly and leaving a film of lacing that retreats to thick splotches.

Initial aroma is sweet maple, amber alcohol like whiskey, custard, and cinnamon.

After agitating, more custard and alcohol jump forth, with an emphasis on egginess.

Initial taste before swallowing is sweet with an alcohol tingle, custard, maple.

After swallowing I first get sweet egg, then a quick seer of alcohol, then lasting sweet maple with a rubber or latex taste that lasts, melding with almost a chestnut taste, being joined in the finish by a lot of roast spice and wood and smoke. Leaves an aftertaste of the way burnt plastic smells.

Feel is rich, being thick and smooth.

Overall it's very very good, but there's something odd in the taste, it's that rubber wood smoke chestnut taste. If I were to guess, I'd say it's that they added French toast in the brewing process and that's what's doing it's but it's strange, although not exactly bad. I was super happy with the amount of custard and maple taste, and the cinnamon didn't disappoint either. I must admit it was a little bit of a chore to get the last third down, due to that odd taste, and it would have scored higher in taste with me if it weren't for that.

I may or may not buy again, I'm not honestly sure.