This is a super special beer from Southern Tier. You can see this from the nice, shiny label. Oak Aged Unearthly Imperial IPA. I picked this up at Jungle Jim's and decided to pair it with 4 year old black diamond cheddar.
This beer is very interesting. You can taste the alcohol, (at 11% it's hard to hide) and the oak and super hoppyness make it very dry. At the same time it is also a little sweet and viscous. I like this beer, but I would not want to drink it every day. David and I are still pondering the question if you should, as a rule, oak age IPA's. With stouts it almost always works well, but I think if this concoction was not in Southern Tier's capable hands it would have the potential to be simply awful.
This beer is very interesting. You can taste the alcohol, (at 11% it's hard to hide) and the oak and super hoppyness make it very dry. At the same time it is also a little sweet and viscous. I like this beer, but I would not want to drink it every day. David and I are still pondering the question if you should, as a rule, oak age IPA's. With stouts it almost always works well, but I think if this concoction was not in Southern Tier's capable hands it would have the potential to be simply awful.
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