Southern Tier Oak Aged Un*Earthly
Southern Tier Brewing Co.
Lakewood, NY
11.00% ABV
C. Very Clear
H. Golden Orange/Amber
N. Nose is big on citrus hops, very faint odor of oak, sweet malt
Cerveza Chica; Ok so I had moderate expectations for this beer because normal Unearthly was the first Southern Tier beer that I had tried and I enjoyed it from the bottle at Coffee District awhile back. I was taken in by the smell of this beer, hops and citrus and some malt, but I didn’t get any of the oak aged part from it. Upon tasting this beer I get a TON of hoppy bitterness, almost too much. Thinking about it I am sure that is also the 11% ABV coming through. It was a sure letdown because I didn’t get any oakiness to it at all. I think if it was a success that it would’ve tasted really good….oh well. Swing and a miss! This beer is my distraction from the oh so bring NFL Draft, baseball and football are two completely different sports I know. See this beer is making me have crazy tallk, not a good thing. Maybe I am already buzzed? Not sure….to be determined lol If you can get your hands on a bottle then I say by all means do so although at $8.99 a bomber I would say it’s average priced, but could be better.
Score:3.57
The Ferm; Always down for a big hoppy beer, and recently have fallen in love with the barrel aged stuff. Honestly this beer fell flat. Great beer, just not what I expected. The attack was straight hops, then over powered almost by sweet malt, then fades to a strong sweet-orange after taste. The oak doesn’t really stick out. Honestly this is pretty similar to the standard un*earthly, which I liked a lot. Regardless a solid O.A. IPA.
Score: 3.699
Overall: 3.6345
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Whoah, tough critics!
ReplyDeleteJK. Actually, I am not a hop head, and think IPA's are boring, but LOVED this one. they use wheat in it, which softens the malt backing. Maybe I had an older bottle, because the oak was very present and added whiskey notes. I thought the brew was complex for an IPA.
I agree it was a tad over hopped, which is why i'm saving a bottle for a few years to let those flavors fade.
It all comes down to preference in the end.
I'm not one for favorites but this is currently my favorite IIPA. Sticky sweet!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback.
ReplyDeleteWe might be a bit tough, but both thought it was an above average (avg being 3.5) IIPA.
We both went to a local bar in South Florida that had it on draft, the Oak is really there on draft, out of bottle not so much.
I really enjoyed the normal Un*Earthly a lot though!
I'll be picking this one up tonight
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