Gemini (Imperial Blended Ale) - Southern Tier Brewing Company

marcpal

New Jersey

4.35/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On several occasions, I've ignored this bottle because of the annoying wax on the cap. Finally, lo and behold- a regular bottle top so into the shopping cart it went.

Bomber split with my beer lovin' brother-in-law, although I had to finish his off. Poured into Weyerbacher tulip glasses.
Bottle graphics: 8/10. Dig the shiny astronaut.

A: The pour left it pretty hazy and more than the apparent 50% unfiltered. Orange mango hop bomb color with huge amounts of lacing. It looks like a DIPA.

S: A bouquet of fresh cut flowers really brings thoughts of happy spring time. Don't get me wrong though, there is a malt backbone on this bad boy, some alcohol fumes as well. A touch of maple syrup with the citrus poured on the flowers.

T: Face-smacking hops. The floral grassy flavors are there but the party is joined by gary grapefruit. It has some maltiness to it but I was surprised to look back at the bottle and see it chime in at 10.5%.

It makes no sense to me, but coming in from nowhere as it really warms down is a nice taste of dried apricots- something almost Belgian in nature. It really is its own beer- I don't see the two that form this one, I think this is an occassion where in terms of flavor 2+2=5.

M: Pretty thin. Although it had the taste of syrup, it did not have the body of it. The bitter hop leaves a smear on the tongue and the inside of your cheeks. Slightly warming.

D: Good work Southern Tier. One thing I usually don't say about ST is that they hide the intensity but this one does. I would have no issue grabbing another bomber from the fridge if I had one but Im sure my presentation tomorrow morning would not go too smoothly. I really look forward to getting more of this.

Another winner from Souther Tier. Left me warm inside. Went perfectly over the 60 minutes after enjoying a 60 minute.

Serving type: bottle

03-13-2009 00:12:43 | More by marcpal

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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bluestar0828

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -14.6%

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GRG1313

California

3.5/5  rDev -14.6%

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Zimm

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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KevinGordon

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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mikeincharleston

South Carolina

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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krisbee

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

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blknikon

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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Devilman

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +9.8%

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ericdupont

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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rkf1976

Michigan

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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civicm87

New York

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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Skott1123

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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DaPan

Ontario (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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MarkJBurch

New York

4/5  rDev -2.4%

03-10-2013 18:27:46 | More by MarkJBurch

chambeam

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

03-05-2013 00:02:49 | More by chambeam

Hegebamy

Maryland

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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2xipa

4.75/5  rDev +15.9%

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Darkmagus82

Montana

4.16/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

I heard they discontinued this at Southern tier so when I saw a bottle (bottled on 2/12/12) I thought I better snatch it up and give it a go.

Poured from 22 oz bomber into a snifter glass

Appearance – Pours a quite hazy orange color with a small white head. The head fades rather fast to leave only a light level of lacing on the sides of the glass.

Smell – Upon pouring the aroma is sweet and fruity with strong notes of an earthy and grassy smell. The sweet is comprised of some caramel with the fruity being of a tropical nature with aromas of mango, papaya and tangerine. Upon pouring the sweeter aromas are the most potent, but as the beer sits longer, the other aromas in the nose, the earthy hop and grassy smells of the brew get stronger and begin dominating more. These smells, when mixed with aromas of alcohol, give the brew a nice warming and earthy/grassy smell.

Taste – The taste begins bready with some fruit flavors of orange and a light caramel sweetness. Upfront and mixed with these tastes is an initially light earthy hop taste. As the taste moves on the sweeter citrus fades while the earthy hop and bready tastes grow stronger and are joined by a grapefruit and grassy hop tastes. Toward the end, an alcohol flavor mingles with the hop and bready tastes to leave a quite pleasant hop blended resinous, bready, and boozy flavor to linger on the tongue.

Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is on the average to above average side in terms of its creaminess with a carbonation level that is quite light. The thicker and smoother body is nice of the earthy and boozy flavors of the brew with the lower carbonation accentuating these even more.

Overall – This is one tasty and hop profile balanced (citrus, earthy and grassy) imperial. It has a strong boozy, bready and earthy taste making it a fantastic sipper. It is too bad they are discontinuing this. If you can find a bottle somewhere I say give it a go. It’s delicious.

Serving type: bottle

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Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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West Virginia

4/5  rDev -2.4%

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Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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California

4.25/5  rDev +3.7%

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