Southern Tier brews

[cdh]

Recently I stopped at Shangy's and picked up a variety case from the Southern Tier Brewing Co. of Lakewood, NY. So far I'm impressed with what I got. The case had a six pack each of

IPA

Porter

Belgian Trippel

Phin & Matt's Excellent Ale

The house style appears to favor a fuller bodied, maltier beer with an aggressive hopping... but the residual sugars from the malt balance the hoppiness.

Once I'm seated in front of each of the beers I'll report on the specifics, but having tried one of each at this point, I'll recommend them.

Anybody else tried beers from these guys? Opinions?

[Rich Pawlak]

Recently I stopped at Shangy's and picked up a variety case from the Southern Tier Brewing Co. of Lakewood, NY.  So far I'm impressed with what I got.  The case had a six pack each of

IPA

Porter

Belgian Trippel

Phin & Matt's Excellent Ale

The house style appears to favor a fuller bodied, maltier beer with an aggressive hopping...  but the residual sugars from the malt balance the hoppiness.

Once I'm seated in front of each of the beers I'll report on the specifics, but having tried one of each at this point, I'll recommend them.

Anybody else tried beers from these guys?  Opinions?

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Grab up a case of Southern Tier Old Man Winter, a terrific winter brew, thick, rich and chewy! You can aslo find them on atp around Philly; found TWO of them on tap at the Flying Pig Saloon in Malvern recently. Damn good stuff.

[cdh]

Will have to go looking for them on tap.

But for the moment, I've finally found time to sit down with at least one of the beers I got in front of me and write something about it--

Phin & Matt's Extraordinary Ale- Light coppery-amber colored, that holds a thick head for a few minutes, fuller bodied than most beers this shade of copper, grapefruity hop aromas. On the palate the grapefruitiness shares space with a more resinous hoppiness. The bitterness takes a back seat to the hops' more complex flavors. The beer's body is clearly attributable to a little residual sugar, which complements the hop flavors quite well. My favorite of the four.

More will follow when I get the IPA, the porter and the trippel in front of me... can't make this a four beer evening, unfortunately.

Edited January 17, 2005 by cdh (log)

[cdh]

Had a Southern Tier Porter with lunch today.

Again the full body and slight residual sugar set this apart from other porters I've had which have been drier, and with a more pronounced tart component to the flavor. Every porter has a little tartness to it, but this one's has been well obscured by the dark roastiness of the malts and the hops. There is almost a burnt edge to this porter, but not so much as to make it unenjoyable.

Edited January 17, 2005 by cdh (log)

[paul o' vendange]

Just came on this thread, delighted (and jealous) that you folks are able to try the beers. I used to work with both Phin and Matt (of the eponymous brew) while we were all at Goose Island. I am hoping to get ahold of their beers through our downstate (Michigan) distributor.

Cheers, drooling,

Paul

www.waterstonerestaurant.com