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IPA (India Pale Ale)
Southern Tier Brewing Company
- From:
- Southern Tier Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #2,456 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #18,761 - Avg:
- 3.83 | pDev: 11.23%
- Reviews:
- 989
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 22, 2024
- Added:
- Mar 24, 2003
- Wants:
- 57
- Gots:
- 518
Our IPA is timeless - brewed for those who give a damn about a well-crafted beer. As one of our original beers, its quality and consistency helped grow the popularity of IPAs from the ground up. The citrus and pine hop profile balanced by a subtle caramel sweetness are standard for a classic American IPA.
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Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
3.26/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.26/5 rDev -14.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
This is one of those older generation IPAs that I remember enjoying (circa mid-2000s), but revisiting it for a review in 2023 and it just doesn’t cut it. Perhaps fresh it would pop, and give more of that classic IPA taste.
Dec 17, 2023Reviewed by lordofthewiens from New Mexico
3.56/5 rDev -7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.56/5 rDev -7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
The beer looks nice. Pretty amber color, 2 inch off-white head, some lace.
Aroma of citrus and pine.
Weak grapefruit taste; the pine has disappeared.
Not very hoppy or bitter.
Sep 24, 2023Aroma of citrus and pine.
Weak grapefruit taste; the pine has disappeared.
Not very hoppy or bitter.
Reviewed by TCgenny from New York
2.84/5 rDev -25.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.84/5 rDev -25.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Best by 11/23/23, drank out of the can at an outdoor concert. Could be the conditions, but no real smell, tastes metallic, neither fruity or piney, more piney toward the end of the can I guess, just ho hum. Not terrible, not memorable, lol at leassr the big band swing jazz is fire!
Jul 10, 2023Reviewed by ramseye4 from Virginia
4.08/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A- rich amber. Good Two finger head. Just swell
S- pine, a bit of smokiness? Bacon, buttery malt, grass! Subtle but good
T- biscuity malt hits first, not good for the style but not bad overall. Butter, oily hop bitterness, some boozy notes. Gets better as you drink it, not typical of the style but a solid, solid beer
M- pops and sparkles with a fantastic aftertaste
O- not a great example of the style, but on its own as a beer it’s really good and underrated.
Jun 12, 2023S- pine, a bit of smokiness? Bacon, buttery malt, grass! Subtle but good
T- biscuity malt hits first, not good for the style but not bad overall. Butter, oily hop bitterness, some boozy notes. Gets better as you drink it, not typical of the style but a solid, solid beer
M- pops and sparkles with a fantastic aftertaste
O- not a great example of the style, but on its own as a beer it’s really good and underrated.
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
3.38/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
IPA from Southern Tier Brewing. 12 fl oz bottle from mixed 12-pack Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA, 09/05/23. Reviewed 25/05/23 (Review 3112). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Label stamped “BESTBY 05/02/23”. Stored on room temperature pallet at store, $12 (Including tax)/12 pack. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 44.2 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 51.8 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Gold (SRM 5), clear.
Body – Deep Gold (SRM 6), clear. Under direct light, same. When rear lite, translucent.
Head: Average (Maximum 3.5 cm, aggressive center pour), floral white, high density, quickly diminishing, reducing to a 0.4 – 0.6 cm crown and a rocky cap.
Lacing – Good. Wide band of tiny to small bubbles, slowly opening
Aroma – 3.5 – Weak grapefruit and pine. No malt, no yeast. No ethanol (7 % ABV as marked on the label).
Flavor – 3.25 – Begins slightly sweet with weak generic citrus – no distinguishable flavors. No pine, no malt, no yeast. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. No gastric warming. Ends slightly bitter and dry.
Palate – 3 – Medium; watery; lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.5 Looks good but taste and smell have fallen off. Still drinkable but not desirable.
May 25, 2023Label stamped “BESTBY 05/02/23”. Stored on room temperature pallet at store, $12 (Including tax)/12 pack. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 44.2 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 51.8 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Gold (SRM 5), clear.
Body – Deep Gold (SRM 6), clear. Under direct light, same. When rear lite, translucent.
Head: Average (Maximum 3.5 cm, aggressive center pour), floral white, high density, quickly diminishing, reducing to a 0.4 – 0.6 cm crown and a rocky cap.
Lacing – Good. Wide band of tiny to small bubbles, slowly opening
Aroma – 3.5 – Weak grapefruit and pine. No malt, no yeast. No ethanol (7 % ABV as marked on the label).
Flavor – 3.25 – Begins slightly sweet with weak generic citrus – no distinguishable flavors. No pine, no malt, no yeast. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. No gastric warming. Ends slightly bitter and dry.
Palate – 3 – Medium; watery; lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.5 Looks good but taste and smell have fallen off. Still drinkable but not desirable.
IPA (India Pale Ale) from Southern Tier Brewing Company
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
2698 ratings
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