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Southern Tier: Crème Brûlée

This imperial stout is/was brewed by Southern Tier in Lakewood, New York, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 90.34%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 10.00%.


Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Courtesy Dragonstout. Pours a very dark brown, almost black with virtually no head at all. The aroma is very rich and fills the air as soon as you crack the top off. Sweet cream and vanilla sugar abound with notes of butterscotch, cake batter, and chocolate. The aroma is powerful and sugary sweet. The flavor is rich as well of chocolate, caramel, b
22 oz bottle This was the latest release in the Blackwater series. After the Choklat I was prepared for something a bit over the top. This is almost exactly what that was. While a solid imperial stout the dominance of the vanilla and caramel keep it from being well balanced. Try it as a novelty but dont have expectations that are too high. Ar
Dark brown with small tan head. Intensly strong aroma of vanilla. Like fresh creme brulee, a sweet inviting dessert. Medium bodied vanilla flavor, nice solid bitter chocolate notes compliment the vanilla with a hint of butterscotch. Wow.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
5th Sep 2010 at 3:20 pm draft Beer Temple, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands 10.00 black Taste: 100%
Head: 77.78%
Aroma: 100%
Ease: 77.78%
Clarity: 100%
90.341% vanilla 359

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Other Beers (etc.) by Southern Tier

Apart from Crème Brûlée, Hop Horizons lists 8 others by Southern Tier. These are:
2X Stout
2XIPA
422 Pale Wheat Ale
Harvest Ale
Live
Pumking
Raspberry Wheat
Un*Earthly

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