Unearthly (Imperial India Pale Ale) - Southern Tier Brewing Company

CortexBomb

Michigan

4.03/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5

Interesting beer here. Southern Tier does a lot of quality stuff, but their high prices tend to dissuade me a bit. This brew pours decent amber with a decent head, albeit with little lacing. Nose is both grapefruity and malty, albeit more on the former than the latter.

In terms of flavour, this has to be one of the easier drinking 11%, DIPA type of beers that I've had, albeit in a relative sense. The beer has a very strong citrus/grapefruit background, but it's exceptionally balanced and the high ABV is not at all abrasive for my palate, unlike many of the recent DIPA offerings.

Mouthfeel relatively thick albeit not syrupy. Drinkability is the big winner: a very drinkable beer for being so huge, if you can afford it.

The bottom line: if you're acclimated to hops and you want something that is pretty well-balanced for the style, then Unearthly is a a good pick-up. I don't think it breaks any real ground in the style, and it's probably not big enough for the hop heads, but for someone like myself, who appreciates big hop beers but tends to like malt bombs more, it's a nice change of pace.

Serving type: bottle

07-31-2009 02:07:42 | More by CortexBomb

GinsuDave

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

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Hopmodium

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -8.5%

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BeerMeInStl

Missouri

3.75/5  rDev -8.5%

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spw109

New York

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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Eazy28

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

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ajzy

Wisconsin

3.5/5  rDev -14.6%

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JMUbrewz

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -8.5%

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Danegerous123

Minnesota

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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coz

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -8.5%

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goblin7704

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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utopiajane

New York

3.83/5  rDev -6.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4

Unearthly pours a copper orange with a dense head of sticky foam that recedes unwillingly, fighting all the way and clinging to the glass. It doesn’t assault the nose like some IPA’s but boasts it’s hops behind the strength of it’s malt. Slick pine, oak and moss. On the palate the malt stays steady and sweet while the hops come up to a tart flourish. The body is heavy and slightly thick, mouthfeel is creamy but a little syrupy. An expressive IPA that lingers bitter and amenable.

Serving type: bottle

06-11-2013 16:40:03 | More by utopiajane

VernonBaxter

Texas

3.25/5  rDev -20.7%

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jarrgal

North Dakota

3.5/5  rDev -14.6%

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thinwhiteduke

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

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jreindl

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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thehappybelgian

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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tswater

Colorado

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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DeutschesBier

Maryland

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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Matt_Rodgers

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -20.7%

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Mersh

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

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bcheng

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -8.5%

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Indiana

5/5  rDev +22%

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EigenBeer

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

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gfap61

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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