Beer Review: Southern Tier Iniquity

Road trips are the best. I love visiting other cities and towns. Getting to experience their culture, food, drink, etc is an incredible thing. Sometimes we get wrapped up in our own world and never get this experience.

My wife and I have been married for nearly 13 years and we've made it a point since day one to try and take big and small trips throughout the year. Being a beer nerd one of the things that I like to do when planning a trip is to check on the breweries, beer stores and beer bars available in the town/city we are visiting. It's pretty easy to do thanks to the internet. It's real easy if you utilize Beeradvocate.com's Beerfly Directory

Anyways, on a recent trip to Orlando to visit my family and take my kid to Disney we made a stop at The Liquor Loft in Tallahasse, Florida. I wrote about that store here. On that trip I was lucky enough to grab some great beers. One of them is Southern Tier's Iniquity which is a Black IPA or Cascadian Dark Ale. I just got around to writing a review on it so here ya go:

Brewery: Southern Tier Brewing Company. Tells you pretty much everything beer related you can do in a given town.

Beer: Iniquity

Style: Black IPA/Cascadian Dark Ale(per BA)

ABV: 8.9%

Louisiana Availability: NONE

Appearance: This brew pours a nice dark black with ruby highlights. The head is a nice and frothy tan color. Lacing present throughout.

Smell: The aroma has a nice piney hoppiness with hints of citrus and roasted malt, chocolate and caramel.

Taste: GREAT brew! As in the nose it has a nice hoppy bitterness with hints of roasted malt, chocolate, caramel and toffee. The roasted malt in the IPA really creates a well balanced brew.

Mouthfeel: Medium body with medium carbonation.

Overall: Incredible brew!!! The Black IPA is a style we're seeing more of and I love them!

Score: 4.5 out of 5 Buddhas

Cheers!

The Beer Buddha

The Beer Buddha Hits The Road: Liquor Loft in Tallahassee, Florida

Road trips are awesome. My wife and I are always up for a good road trip and at least once a year we make it to Orlando to see my family. The kid wanted to go to Disney World so of course we took her to see the Mouse. I, on the other hand always have other plans when we go on road trips.

Whenever I go on a road trip I always check Beeradvocate.com's Beerfly Guide to see what kind of beer stores, breweries or brewpubs they may have in the area where I'm going. For a beer nerd it truly is helpful.

On my trip to Orlando there is one place I always make a point of going which is Knightly Spirits. This time around I did go to Knightly but also made a detour on the way home and hit up Liquor Loft in Tallahassee. I cannot stress to you enough how pleasantly surprised I was. In my opinion one shouldn't drive past Tallahasse without stopping here! Anyways, here is my review:

Name: Liquor Loft/Proof

Location: Tallahassee, Florida

Type: Beer Store/Beer Bar

Atmosphere: The place is small but adequate for the product they have. I'm pretty sure they had wine and liquor but honestly I didn't check as I was only interested in the beer which was around the corner. They had about 600 beers to choose from.

Quality: GREAT selection. If it is available in Florida these guys do their damndest to get it in. I saw Southern Tier, Terrapin, Victory, Magic Hat and all sorts of other beers and all sorts of sizes available. There was a cooler on the right side and room temperature beers on the left.

Service: Mike and Ryan were the two guys who helped me and they were very engaging and extremely knowledgeable about the product. Even made great recommendations. I left to eat lunch next door and came back to take pictures for my blog and they ended up calling Byron, the owner, who came down to the store. Very cool! I think they even actually checked out the blog too! Thanks guys!

Overall Experience: Amazing. There is no reason to even search out another store in Tallahassee and perhaps it may be worth skipping anything in the Panhandle to make a trip over here. They showed me the bar next door, Proof and damn it was awesome. About 25 beers on tap and the selection was top notch. I even saw some Swamp Head beer which is fairly new to the area. It was also mentioned that they occassionally do cask conditioned beers.

Score: 5 out of 5 Buddhas

Cheers!

The Beer Buddha