Smooth Rider
Southern Tier Brewing Company
- From:
- Southern Tier Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #4,738 - ABV:
- 4.8%
- Score:
- 80
Ranked #36,858 - Avg:
- 3.24 | pDev: 19.75%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 05, 2026
- Added:
- Mar 25, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
A 4.8% Session IPA with citrusy hops and subtly sweet malts finish dry and smooth so you can shift gears into easy drinking and all-day sipping!
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Ratings by Pathologic:
Rated by Pathologic from Ohio
3/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
May 27, 2025
3/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
May 27, 2025
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by HalfFull from California
3.35/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.35/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce can into a pint glass. Golden orange pour with a nice lingering cap of foam and a touch of haze. Notes of citrus hops on the nose but not a lot of variety. Light citric malt flavor profile that follows the aroma in a sense. Decent as expected feel but offers a quick close with a hint of spice. Overall a decent session but lacks a bit in the variety department.
Feb 05, 2026
Reviewed by TheBigBoy from Pennsylvania
3/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Too malty for me to be good. I can handle a malty beer but this one is just drug down from an ipa with this profile. Found this one to be a slightly bumpy, not smooth ride.
Jul 08, 2025Rated by kevlikesbeer
2.16/5 rDev -33.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.16/5 rDev -33.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Up front taste not terrible...but the after taste is like you took a hit off a unfiltered Pal Mal. Not good.
Jun 25, 2025Reviewed by dkoehler42 from New York
1.99/5 rDev -38.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
1.99/5 rDev -38.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2
I grabbed a Southern Tier variety pack. Part of it is the Smooth Rider session IPA. It's a 4.8 ABV, marketed as an easy drinker. Unfortunately, all I get is water with a little bit of hop aftertaste. This has the body of water and a very slight hoppy bitterness on its way out. Do better Southern Tier.
Jun 23, 2025
Reviewed by mikeinportc from New York
3.84/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +18.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Clear orangey-gold, with 1/2 finger of off-white head.
Smell is orange rind, tangerine, hint of pine, and light honey/malt. Smells like an old-school DIPA, but with a bit more fresh citrus, and no booziness.
Taste is orange rind, pine, and slight malt sweetness. Similar to aroma, but drier, as might be expected with a lower abv.
Feel is light, but not watery, with moderate very fine carbonation, and a dry finish.
Overall, it is essentially a session version of old-school IPAs, or DIPAs. A nice take on session IPA. I think the little bit of fresh citrus flavor makes the difference, especially as it's tangerine, rather than grapefruit. (I do like the straight-up-grapefruit-juice types, but......) I'd grab a 12pk or 15 pk if I saw it.
Mar 25, 2025Smell is orange rind, tangerine, hint of pine, and light honey/malt. Smells like an old-school DIPA, but with a bit more fresh citrus, and no booziness.
Taste is orange rind, pine, and slight malt sweetness. Similar to aroma, but drier, as might be expected with a lower abv.
Feel is light, but not watery, with moderate very fine carbonation, and a dry finish.
Overall, it is essentially a session version of old-school IPAs, or DIPAs. A nice take on session IPA. I think the little bit of fresh citrus flavor makes the difference, especially as it's tangerine, rather than grapefruit. (I do like the straight-up-grapefruit-juice types, but......) I'd grab a 12pk or 15 pk if I saw it.
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