Does Southern Tier do any barrel aging?

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  1. evilcatfish

    evilcatfish Pooh-Bah (2,116) May 11, 2012 Missouri
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    Just curious if anybody has ever seen or heard rumors of Southern Tier doing any barrel aging? There is a BA Back Burner listed on here but not much else. I imagine any of the Blackwater series getting a BA treatment would sell like hotcakes and be seriously rich, full bodied beers.

    Maybe I'll just drop a shot of Black Maple Hill in my next Crème Brulee and see how it goes
     
    #1 evilcatfish, Jul 19, 2013
  2. jmgrub

    jmgrub Initiate (0) Nov 20, 2010 California

    ST had a phenomenal barrel-aged beer at Firestone Walker Invitational called Schizophrenia. I preferred it to Cali brandy Hunahpu, and I had them back-to-back at the beginning of the fest.
     
    #2 jmgrub, Jul 19, 2013
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  3. ufmj

    ufmj Initiate (0) Feb 15, 2013 Florida

    Oak-Aged Unearthly is one of the smoothest IIPAs. Ever.
     
    #3 ufmj, Jul 19, 2013
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  4. harrymel

    harrymel Initiate (0) Dec 15, 2010 Washington

    They did a cuvee series that had plenty of ballz in the mix from what I understand.

    Also, I thought they had a regularly released barleywine aged in oad - back burner?
     
    #4 harrymel, Jul 19, 2013
  5. evilcatfish

    evilcatfish Pooh-Bah (2,116) May 11, 2012 Missouri
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    Ahh I didn't think about the Cuvee series
     
    #5 evilcatfish, Jul 19, 2013
  6. crazyfoMostout

    crazyfoMostout Zealot (579) May 16, 2013 Missouri

    I don't know either. But I can tell you that Cre'me Brulee is awesome with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
     
    #6 crazyfoMostout, Jul 19, 2013
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  7. WorldWideStout

    WorldWideStout Pundit (927) Jan 12, 2009 Pennsylvania

    I know that they put some Pumking in barrels last year because some people were trading growlers of it. It sounded pretty awesome. I concur that any of the Blackwater series (the ones they still make *tear*) would be great with some oaky or bourbon notes.
     
    #7 WorldWideStout, Jul 19, 2013
  8. MistahBeah

    MistahBeah Initiate (0) May 12, 2013 Massachusetts

    The backburner is oak aged and isn't terribly difficult to find
     
    #8 MistahBeah, Jul 19, 2013
  9. douginromeo

    douginromeo Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2013 Michigan

    Tried that with Choklat - ewwww.
     
    #9 douginromeo, Jul 19, 2013
  10. BurgeoningBrewhead

    BurgeoningBrewhead Initiate (0) Jul 18, 2012 Pennsylvania

    Barrel aging sounds great for Plum Noir or Choklat, but Creme Brulee was already a sticky, sickly-sweet mess, and bourbon wouldn't help that at all.
    And as others have said, Back Burner is easy to find and tasty.
     
    #10 BurgeoningBrewhead, Jul 19, 2013
  11. swetsastonic

    swetsastonic Initiate (0) Mar 22, 2012 New Jersey

    the barrel aged back burner is harder to find and is fantastic.
     
    #11 swetsastonic, Jul 19, 2013
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  12. jedwards

    jedwards Initiate (0) Feb 3, 2009 California

    What you've got to do with Choklat is drop a shot of espresso in it.
     
    #12 jedwards, Jul 19, 2013
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  13. Holmes698

    Holmes698 Initiate (0) Mar 7, 2009 Pennsylvania

    At the brew-pub they called Schizophrenia "Project Z". I didn't get to taste any, but got some good feeback from other BA's.
     
    #13 Holmes698, Jul 19, 2013
  14. Pahn

    Pahn Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2009 New York


    didnt get a ton of love onBA, but i loved cuvee#1.

    ST big hit amd miss brewery. took a turn for the better after 2xIPA too IMO.
     
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  15. mark14580

    mark14580 Initiate (0) Jan 15, 2011 New York


    They did do a bourbon barrel backburner and it is amazing. The oak-aged one isn't anything to write home about.

    Also, a point of clarification, the oaked pumking and oak aged unearthly were not put in barrels. I believe they use oak staves in the fermentation tanks.

    I believe the cuvee series was also "oak aged" and not barrels but maybe someone else can chime in?
     
    #15 mark14580, Jul 19, 2013
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  16. FatBoyGotSwagger

    FatBoyGotSwagger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,999) Apr 4, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Oak aged Pumking was not as good as regular Pumking, sad to say.
     
    #16 FatBoyGotSwagger, Jul 19, 2013
  17. Gotti311

    Gotti311 Initiate (0) Mar 22, 2009 Wisconsin
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    Also not terribly great
     
    #17 Gotti311, Jul 19, 2013
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  18. MrRockstar

    MrRockstar Initiate (0) Sep 9, 2006 Pennsylvania

    I don't know about cuvee 1 & 2, but number 3 is a serious drain pour. Opened a bottle at a tasting, 5 people tried it, all dumped it, dumped the rest to save anyone else from accidentally trying it, nasty, nasty stuff.

    Oak aged backburner on the other hand is amazing
     
    #18 MrRockstar, Jul 19, 2013
  19. PsilohsaiBiN

    PsilohsaiBiN Maven (1,473) Aug 10, 2010 New York

    Often times I feel like Southern Tier is way underrated; so many solid beers.
     
    #19 PsilohsaiBiN, Jul 19, 2013
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  20. smutty33

    smutty33 Pooh-Bah (2,172) Jun 12, 2009 Connecticut
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    Lets just hope they barrel age the new Pumkin Imp. Stout that is gonna make it's debut soon.

    Cheers
     
    #20 smutty33, Jul 19, 2013
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