A
seasonal offering from Lakewood, New York’s Southern Tier Brewing Co.,
Cinnamon Roll Imperial Ale is an 8.6% alcohol ale brewed with natural
cinnamon and caramel flavour. The beer is a swampy-as-hell brown and it
pours with a thin cover of eggshell head.
This beer
smells SWEET. Like, unbelievably sweet. It has a hefty cinnamon vibe and
a buttload of brown sugar. The flavour is similarly situated and
damnit, it does really taste like a cinnamon roll. There is a bit of
bitterness toward the back door, and a load of booziness.
This
beer is definitely a novelty rather than a regular sipper, but it’s
really quite a nicely constructed ghoulish grog. Sweet enough to
consider pouring over ice cream, and boozy as can be, this is a quirky
ale with some gravitas. The Bitter Wife though it was a treat, and she’d
have rocked it for breakfast, because she’s badass like that. Bottom
line: I’m super glad my pal MM gave me this brew and I’m glad I tried
it, but I can’t imagine that I’ll be trying it again anytime soon. This
beer did exactly what it set out to do, but it’s a weird concept.
Rating: 8.0 out of 10.
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