Southern Tier is a brewery out of Lakewood New York. They have a rather extensive line up of beers you can check out here. The beer in question here is their Cherry Saison, an ale brewed with cherries and oak aged. This beer pours out a medium cloudy dark gold with a pinkish haze. The nose is awash in sweet and sour cherry as well as yeast and a touch of hop bitter. The flavor is sweet, with a crisp hop that balances the sweetness well. The cherry flavor is there, but subtle. Where it really comes out is on the finish. This is certainly got a lot of flavor, and strikes me as a slightly superior version of Smuttynose Hanami Ale. This has a high 8% alcohol, why I bought it, but you really can't taste it. I would enjoy sipping this beer under the cherry blossoms, but it does have a kind of funky aftertaste. It's also a tad pricey. But it comes in a giant bottle swimming with hooch, what's not to like.
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