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New Belgium Introduces Cocktail Beer

New Belgium Brewing has announced the next addition to its Lips of Faith series, Pear Ginger Beer, which can function as a cocktail mixer or a standalone beer.
The 10 IBU, seven percent ABV offering is New Belgium’s first foray into the burgeoning beer cocktail field. See the full press release below:

 

 MIX YOUR OWN ADVENTURE WITH NEW BELGIUM BREWING’S PEAR GINGER BEER

 Latest Lips of Faith offering is an invigorating summer sipper for
craft beer lovers and cocktail mixologists alike

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Florida Cracker

Today, I want to talk about crackers: Not the mildly explosive Christmas novelties that provide my family and me with stylish paper headwear during the holidays, nor those crunchy and savory standard-bearers for sustaining a soup’s lifespan, Saltines.

No, today’s crackers are Cigar City Brewing’s Florida Cracker witbier and Atlanta’s sole baseball team until the Braves moved here in 1966 – The Atlanta Crackers.

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Macro Strategy -- It's In The Numbers

The first quarter results from the two largest brewers in the U.S. confirm the ongoing strategy for how the bigger brewers continue to respond to competition from the smaller, independent brewers in the craft segment.

Southern Tier Porter

Southern Tier Porter

Styles

New York
United States
Southern Tier Porter
Judges Ratings 
Description 

Hearty malts meld with a subtle balance of hops to create a dark and nurturing ale of comfort and complexity. Hints of bittersweet chocolate and espresso fill the tongue, finishing with just a touch of smoke. Not too sweet or filling, this versatile dark ale dissuades the notion that a darker beer is a stronger beer. Five varieties of roasted malts are the source of Porter's dark color and rich taste, while two varieties of hops bring a mellow bite to this deep toasty ale

FOOD PAIRINGS: Particularly tasty with slow-cooked meats, grilled cheese, smoked sausage. Pairs well with chocolate desserts, pumpkin pie, cheesecake.

AVAILABILITY: Year-round / 12oz (6pk and 24 bottle cases) / 1/2 keg, 1/6 keg Comments

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
5.8%
Served at: 
45 - 50° F

2X Stout

2X Stout

Styles

New York
United States
Southern Tier 2x Stout
Judges Ratings 
Description 

Milk stout, also called a cream or sweet stout, is a stout containing lactose, a sugar derived from milk. Because lactose is unfermentable by beer yeast, it adds sweetness and body to the finished beer. Milk stouts have been claimed to be nutritious, and were marketed as such in the early 1900s with claims that would make the FDA wince. One ad read, Ideal for nursing mothers, for the healthy, for the invalid, and for the worker. Surely! Of course, we couldn't stop at a traditional milk stout. Ours is a double, an addition to our 2X line, and at 7.5% abv is every bit as delicious as it sounds. To your health!

AVAILABILITY: Year-round / 12oz (6pk and 24 bottle cases) / NITRO ONLY 1/2 keg, 1/6 keg

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
7.5%
Served at: 
40 - 45º F

Gemini

Gemini

Styles

New York
United States
Southern Tier Gemini
Judges Ratings 
Description 

At Southern Tier Brewing Company, heavily hopped beers have been their calling card since Unearthly made its debut in 2006. Gemini is a super hopped ale with six varieties of hops blasting flavor and zapping bitterness in every direction.

Like a geminaut, this beer is two souls in one package; a bitter hop bomb on one side with sweet malts on the other. Travel high into the heavens!

ABOUT THE NAME: Southern Tier produced Gemini Blended Imperial Ale as a limited release for 4 years until it was discontinued in 2012. The name “Gemini” has deep meaning to us which is why we decided to let it fly one more time. The current version is a brand new creation based on the body, mind and spirit of the original. This is a wholly new beer, but does nod back in time. They know you’ll find the new Gemini Super Hopped Ale to meet your lofty expectations associated with the namesake.

FOOD PAIRINGS: Very high bitterness accentuates spicy foods like Szechuan and Thai dishes, chicken wings. Try with smoked brisket, sharp and blue cheeses and sweet desserts

AVAILABILITY: limited releases, year round / 12oz (6pk and 24 bottle cases) / 1/2 keg, 1/6 keg

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
9.0%
Served at: 
40 - 45° F

Unearthly IPA

Unearthly IPA

Styles

New York
United States
Southern Tier Unearthly IPA
Judges Ratings 
Description 

At the Southern Tier Brewing Company, vigorously hopped beer is the standard and inspiration. They continue a commitment to innovation with our most aggressive offering yet. Unearthly is a manifestation of the brewers craft; skillfully balancing art and the forces of nature to produce a divine liquid. Delicately pour a taste into a fluted glass. Smell the enchanting aromas of the hops waft forward as your first sip divulges this beers fervent soul. To underestimate Unearthly is to trifle with the mysteries of the universe, so please consume wisely.

FOOD PAIRINGS: Particularly tasty when paired with sharp artisan cheeses, curries, smoked brisket, spicy foods.

AVAILABILITY: Year-round / 22oz / 1/2 keg, 1/6 keg

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
9.5%
Served at: 
42°F
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Sweet Baby Jesus

PB&J, a team more fabled than Pippen and Jordan, has been mending broken hearts and soothing taste buds for generations. The same could be said for beer. So we made a beer sandwich with DuClaw Brewing's Sweet Baby Jesus chocolate peanut butter porter, and Funk, a blueberry citrus wheat beer.  

Full disclosure, we only had Sweet Baby Jesus, but as a peanut butter lover of a magnitude approaching Booker T. Washington, the experience was divine.

Warlock

Warlock

Styles

New York
United States
Southern Tier Warlock
Judges Ratings 
Description 

Warlock is brewed to enchant your palate on its own and also to counterpoint our Imperial Ale, Pumking. Make your own black magic by carefully pouring this Imperial Stout into a goblet. Dark and mysterious, the Blackwater Series is serious about high gravity. Reanimate your senses with Warlock's huge roasted malt character, moderate carbonation and spicy pumpkin pie aroma.

FOOD PAIRINGS: Particularly tasty with spicy BBQ, smoked or roasted foods. Try it as a float with a scoop of organic vanilla ice cream, or paired with a slice of carrot cake.

AVAILABILITY: September release / 22oz / 1/6 keg

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
8.6%
Served at: 
48° F

Crème Brûlée

Crème Brûlée

Styles

New York
United States
Southern Tier Creme Brulee
Judges Ratings 
Description 

How, you may ask, would a brewery determine a likeness to hard-coated custard? Southern Tier's response is simple; its all in the power of history, and of course, the extra finesse needed to top off a contentious treat with definition.

By comprehending the labyrinthine movement of time, one would not think it strange to trace the errant path of an ordinary object such as a cream dessert only to discover that it has been the cause of cultural disputes since the middle ages. The British founders of burnt cream and from Spain, crema catalana, both stand by their creative originality and we respect that, but it was the French Crme Brle, amid the strife of contention, that survived to represent this deliciously creamy brew!

FOOD PAIRINGS: Particularly tasty as dessert, or try paired with vanilla custard, bananas foster, or over vanilla ice cream.

AVAILABILITY: February Release / 22oz / 1/6 keg

Beverage Profile
ABV: 
9.5%
Served at: 
48°F

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