BelchingMonkey_Interbrew_Southern_Tier.mp3

Question of the Interbrew: Paul wants to know: Should Southern Tier experiment with Belgian style ales or stick with hoppy pales? Answer below.

Raveen and I reviewed 7 beers tonight!

Portsmouth Brewery -> Black Cat Stout -> Irish Dry Stout -> B
Great Lakes Brewery -> Edmund Fitzgerald Porter -> American Porter -> A-
Avery -> Grand Cru -> Strong Belgian Dark -> B+
Southern Tier -> Pale Ale -> American Pale Ale -> C-
Southern Tier -> Pale Wheat Ale -> American Pale Wheat Ale -> C
Southern Tier -> American Double Imperial Pilsner -> Krampus -> A-

In this episode, I sit in front of the fabulous Christmas that my son picked to enjoy two fine winter offerings. The first is from a brewery that represents one of the two exciting things about Cleveland, Ohio (the other is leaving). Great Lakes Brewing Company Christmas Ale is a gem of an ale. The second comes from western New York’s Southern Tier Brewing Company and is delicious in its own right.

Great Lakes Christmas Ale is an A-
Southern Tier Old Man Winter is a B