2XIPA - Southern Tier Brewing Company

thebrood1987

New Jersey

4.88/5  rDev +20.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

I'm getting potent smells of tropical fruits like a citrus, mango smell with the resinous herbal smell as well. I also get some underlying rich malt smells. The taste starts off with the bite from the hops with a bready delicious malt background with the mango citrus herbal pine tastes coming through in the finish. I also get a pine bitterness as well. The bitterness isn't off the charts and mixes so well with the alcohol content and the malts.

The malts are pretty rich in this beer and are an excellent backing to the tropical hop profile this beer has. It has a bit of a syrupy body but I really like it and goes well with the malt flavor. This beer could be appreciated by many because the bitterness is there but not too much. The hop flavor really is the winner in this beer.

Get this beer if you find it in stores. It's an excellent example of a Double IPA. Perhaps the best double IPA the East Coast has to offer. Southern Tier seems to be a sleeper or underdog of the breweries out there but is just as good as any high quality craft beer out there.

Serving type: bottle

08-16-2011 01:09:53 | More by thebrood1987

GinsuDave

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

06-18-2013 23:17:38 | More by GinsuDave

nyyfanatic213

New York

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-18-2013 21:31:44 | More by nyyfanatic213

sudsy2drunk

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

06-18-2013 19:08:26 | More by sudsy2drunk

JG-90

New Jersey

4.1/5  rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Beer is a translucent light golden straw color. Pours a large white head with with good retention and moderate lacing. Smell hits first with an incredible smell of pine. Also get grapefruit, orange, resin, and a bit of bread.

Taste starts with a ton of pine and some resin, followed by grapefruit, orange, and lemon. Has a piney, grapefruit, lemon, bready, slighty floral, crisp finish. Mouthfeel is definitely on the light side for a DIPA, with above average carbonation. Normally I would want a heavier body for a DIPA, but this lighter body helps keep the intense piney-ness from being overwhelming, also making it a surprising refreshing 8.2% beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-18-2013 19:06:38 | More by JG-90

headyhopzhead

Indiana

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-18-2013 12:43:28 | More by headyhopzhead

Shnanign

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

06-17-2013 23:25:10 | More by Shnanign

RemyLebeu

Connecticut

4.75/5  rDev +17%

06-17-2013 20:02:02 | More by RemyLebeu

Danimal1101

New York

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

06-17-2013 18:43:46 | More by Danimal1101

phooky

New York

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-17-2013 18:41:35 | More by phooky

DeeMalloy

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

06-17-2013 18:18:35 | More by DeeMalloy

Userme59

Massachusetts

3/5  rDev -26.1%

06-17-2013 17:38:52 | More by Userme59

spw109

New York

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-17-2013 07:23:42 | More by spw109

DrewskiWhit

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-16-2013 17:07:35 | More by DrewskiWhit

dbert21

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-16-2013 14:41:09 | More by dbert21

HabiMendes

Rhode Island

4/5  rDev -1.5%

06-15-2013 20:03:43 | More by HabiMendes

orangesol

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -7.6%

06-15-2013 19:54:29 | More by orangesol

DenverHopHead

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Southern Tier's 2XIPA pours golden in color with little head and not much lacing. The smell is pleasing, the taste is fantastic and the mouthfeel is subtle but good. I enjoyed this beer, but it was pricey. I'd have again, but only at a more reasonable price.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2013 17:40:53 | More by DenverHopHead

SarcasticAaron

Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

06-15-2013 13:07:48 | More by SarcasticAaron

Asics

Washington

3.25/5  rDev -20%

06-15-2013 07:02:46 | More by Asics

comradekyle

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -20%

06-15-2013 03:12:26 | More by comradekyle

comrade_tony

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -13.8%

06-15-2013 03:08:34 | More by comrade_tony

pauljunk

Virginia

5/5  rDev +23.2%

06-15-2013 00:25:03 | More by pauljunk

ChristopherLaughlin

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +10.8%

06-14-2013 20:14:47 | More by ChristopherLaughlin

dcbeers

District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev +4.7%

06-14-2013 17:20:55 | More by dcbeers