Southern Tier Un*Earthly - Oak Aged
"At Southern Tier Brewing Company, vigorously hopped beer is our standard and inspiration. An Uninhibited infusion of hops and oak. We continue a commitment to innovation with an aggressive offering. Oak Aged Unearthly is a manifestation of the brewer’s craft; skillfully balancing art and the forces of nature to produce a divine liquid, this brew is aged on oak. Pour a taste into a fluted glass. Smell the enchanting aromas of hops as your first sip divulges this beer’s fervent soul. To underestimate Oak Aged Unearthly is to trifle with the mysteries of the universe, so please consume wisely." -- Southern Tier
23 Plato
2-row pale malt
cara-pils malt
red wheat
kettle hops: chinook and cascade
hop back: styrian golding
dry hopped: cascade, centenial and chinook.
2012 vintage 9.5% abv
23 Plato
2-row pale malt
cara-pils malt
red wheat
kettle hops: chinook and cascade
hop back: styrian golding
dry hopped: cascade, centenial and chinook.
2012 vintage 9.5% abv
3.9
800 reviews
Lakewood, United States
Community reviews
Draft at Express Lyon. Barley and plum on the nose, pours a lively deep orange. Sweet and full, notes of tangerine and the oak aging. Lingering finish.
22 oz Bomber. The beer pours to light amber color with a medium white head. The aroma has citrus, pine & some oak in the background. The taste has a medium body with a very slight bitter finish. The oak definitely comes on the back end & is balanced very well. Overall a very good DIPA.
Bernstein dunkel, aroma nach tropischen früchte, geschmack süsslich malzig, etwas alkoholisch, leichte hopfenbittere aber eher süsslich dominierend
If an onion bomb is aged in oak barrels, does it taste any better? Not particularly, Pours honey clear gold. Sweet and citrusy scent. Taste is a nondescript bitterness with earthiness added. Light medium and bubbly mouthfeel. Draft - Brick Store - Decatur, GA
Bomber. Dark amber with a off-white head. Grassy, herbal, light oak, and piney hop. Taste is bitter, but not overly. Medium body with a soapy feel. Unearthly seems ironic as it has an earthy/plant like flavor.
Bottle. Poured dark amber orange with min head. Pleasant oaky citrus aroma. Light carbonation and bod. Bitter sweet light resin taste. I dig.
What a nice golden orange pour! Nice head that lingers. Aroma is fruity with some healthy hop backbone and some oak and wood in there as well. Taste is very rich and full bodied. Nice balance of hops with a hint of the oak barrel aging. Palate is strong and lingers with a warm finish rather than switching flavors many times. Absolutely delicious and a great twist on a double IPA!
Bottle, shared. Pours dark amber, clear, with minimal white head. Nose is bitter oranges, a little vanilla, damp wood, touch of astringency. Slick mouthfeel, more earthy citrus, sweet. Oak and British hops are a nice combo. Pushes the boundaries of what constitutes an "IPA" taste. Interesting though.
I sampled this at a beer tasting. It looks like a typical IPA, and it has pale ale aroma and flavor. However, the vanilla from the oak aging is also present in the aroma and flavor. Personally, I find that oak aging takes away from the quality of an IPA.
Beautiful copper orange with medium bubbly white head. Aroma is sweet malty with slight floral fruity notes. Taste is bitter hops with a touch of acidity. The oak shows up in the follow through along with a touch of bready malt. Oak lingers along with some bitter piney hops on the aftertaste. Mouthfeel is straightforward and nothing surprising. Malt comes through a little more as this one warms a bit. Overall nice balance and feels just a tad more hop forward than regular Unearthly. Oak is fairly slight but adds some good depth. No heat or bite, just smooth woody touch.
Bottle. Nose is really intriguing... you get a hefty amount of the hops up front, but oakiness coming through that unexpectedly pairs well with the hops. Taste is actually a tad sweet (it’s 3 months old, so the hop character might be lost), but still decently balanced. I do get a nice kick from the hops, so there’s bitterness too, but slightly sweet up front. Pretty smooth, I think.
Bottle. Wood influence is noticeable. A very hop centric taste. Refreshing to taste. Decent palate.
Bomber. Caramel with a tan head. Caramel, hops and lots of wood. Really good.
This is my second barrel-aged DIPA, and whoever first thought of the idea -- taking a beer normally intended to be fresh and aging on wood instead -- is genius. This guy doesn’t disappoint. Clear copper pour with a surprisingly malty nose. The aging imparts a nice smokiness and perhaps even bourboniness (new word) to the flavor, and dulls the hoppy bitterness enough to let the malt come through to result in a beer that’s still bitter, but balanced. Only downside is that it’s just a tad too boozy, but a minor quibble, that. Nevertheless, recommended! A-
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 4/8/2013. Pours fairly clear orange amber color with a 2 finger dense off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, orange zest, orange rind, lemon zest, floral, pine, caramel, toast, toffee, bread, grass, oak, light clove, and floral earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of malt and hop notes; with moderate oak presence and great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, orange zest, lemon zest, orange rind, caramel, pine, toffee, toast, floral, grass, oak, light clove, and floral earthiness. Fair amount of pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, pine, floral, grass, caramel, toffee, toast, oak, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance and complexity of malt and hop flavors with moderate oak presence; with a sizable malt backbone that does not over take the hops; and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a very creamy, sticky, and fairly crisp mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic oak aged DIPA. Great balance and complexity of hop and malt flavors with moderate oak presence; and dangerously smooth to sip on for 9.5%. A highly enjoyable offering.
Pours a clear amber with a small cream head. Smells of oak, grapefruit, lemon zest, caramel. Taste is sweet and bitter - oaky vanilla, grapefruit, piney resin, caramel, a hint of spices.
Poured from a 22ounce bomber thanks to Jason. The aroma is caramel malts, hop resin. The flavor is soft vanilla notes, caramel maltiness, resin, pine, floral, fruity. I enjoy the oak aging of this beer.
On tap at World of Beer (Raleigh)
Clear amber with light head. Very nice merging of oak and hop flavored. The oak tempers the harshness of the hops. Even so, my tongue wants to curl from the underlying hoppiness.
Not bad... If hoppy beers scare you, this might work for you.
Growler. Clear copper with an off white head. Aroma is pine, citrus, caramel, biscuit and some vanilla/oak. Flavor is sweet caramel malt, fairly strong hop bitterness and some warming alcohol and oak. Medium body with a sticky feel. Really nice beer, lots of malt, hops and oak.
22 oz bottle, 9.5% abv, Andersons, $8.99. Pour is almost textbook; full-bodied amber with a white almost-rocky head that verges on fizzy and dissipates into a thin ring and very slight covering. Aroma predominantly caramel, pine, and orange; oak is not apparent in the aroma. Flavor exhibits the oak much more clearly but it’s still fairly subdued and not in-your-face; it comes out more in the finish which is interesting given how bitter this beer is; feels like a lot of IBU’s but it’s more of a fruity, juicy bitterness and not a sharp, harsh bitterness. Alcohol warmth is present in both the aroma and flavor but it’s not astringent. Lively carbonation, medium body; full and oily. Drank half of this with Domino’s bacon & pineapple pizza and it fit the bill just great. Nice stuff.
Heavily oaked man, this aroma is all oak. After the excitement ends, you get a grassy finish to the aroma. Also quite a bit of papaya aromas but it's all kinda masked.
It has a beautiful look. Clear but darker thanks to the oak. A bit of a head with little lacing. Pretty decent for a barrel aged beer.
Oaky and boozy notes fill the front of the palate with a bit of bitterness too in the front. I'm not sure if I love the booziness and oakiness of the beer. It's pretty decent but I'm NOT WOWED.
Overall - good beer. Warms your body, probably pretty high ABV.
Rich, sweet aroma of vanilla and a tinge of alcohol. Sweet floral taste with a very slight earthy bitterness. Lively carbonation, syrupy body, with a finish highlighted by alcohol and vanilla/oak. Exhibits sweet characteristics bordering on that of a barley wine.
Tap at Plan B, Springfield, 19/05/13.
Clear golden with a thin off white head that clears to the edge and leaves a film.
Nose is caramel, hops, pine, bitter orange, grapefruit, mineral notes.
Taste comprises juicy hops, pine resin, sticky grapefruit, light sugars, wood notes from the oak evident.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, the booze is well integrated.
Good to catch up on a rate for this one having splashed some $20 to tick it in a bottle in London a few years back ! Would revisit no qualms - good stuff !
Bourban Oakey taste is evident ! I would definitely say that the oak subdued the hops here. There are good sweet flavors I do think it is complex and it does warm the stomach a bit. Although I could not drink this everyday I do find it enjoyable for a change from my regular dipas and ipas. Southern Tier shows off some of their skills here definitely worth a try !
Very nice ... oak aging strips the aggressiveness of the IIPA but leaves all of the citrusy goodness with a caramel malt booziness.
Color is copper,frothy head,some lace.
Aroma is ripe fruit,sweet caramel maybe vannilla,alcohol,possibly yeast or breadiness.Almost a bit of plastic also,medicinal-cough sryup maybe. A little unimpressive and is only a month from bottleing date also.
Taste is malty caramel,a strong kind of piney taste which seems more like a pine bitter flavor with some ripe fruit,all the way through to the end, slickish fairly smooth,has a bit of bourbon flavor with some slight boozie alcohol at the end. But not very complex or anything. An ok double ipa.
oaky and dark fruit nose. Similar taste but add some tropical fruit and vanilla. Really tasty beer
(bomber) Pours a clear dark gold color with a medium sized off-white head which sticks around and leaves a bit of lacing. Aroma is a nice assortment of scents, most notably pineapple, guava, cinnamon (Chinook), vanilla (from the oak), ambrosia salad, red hots candy, and orange marmalade. Sliver of grapefruit in there as well. Warming brings an edge of dill. Interesting enough that I smelled this for a good 5 minutes prior to taking a drink. Once getting around to drinking, the flavor includes a healthy dose of guava, caramel, orange, candied almonds, vanilla, and wood. The finish is signaled by a large hit of booze heat that’s followed with some drying bitterness and oak that’s faintly reminiscent of a cream soda. Could do without the heat, but the cream soda flavor is kind of neat. Mouthfeel is medium and carb is appropriate. This is not a beer I’d go out of my way to purchase again, but it is pretty tasty.
Draft. Awesome. Think its better than burton. Nice oak bite. Love it. Very tasty.
Poured from a bottle into a fluted snifter. Dark amber appearance with a medium white head that laces a bit. Smells sweet from the oak and malt with a hoppy back bone. Taste is huge citrusy hops followed by a sweet caramel finish. Some oak in the back finish. oak definitely mellowed this beer out in a good way.