Some farts have the simple scent of stale air leaving your body. Other farts, are unique and will surprise you and linger for a bit. You keep breathing through your nose, trying to figure out this smell. It’s not necessarily bad, but you’re just not used to it coming out of your body. So you keep on breathing through your nose until the smell goes away.
The Southern Tier Old Man Winter is the unique fart of winter beers. A “copper color, caramel malt, subtle hops, toasty fruits, and yests” is mostly accurate- except for the fact that the hops are far from subtle.
How is this beer like a unique fart? The bite of the hops doesn’t go away. It lingers for a few minutes after every sip. It’s not necessarily a bad taste, but for a winter beer to be so hoppy, it’s just so different you can’t comprehend this bitterness weighing down on your tongue. Much like the unique fart that you can’t stop inhaling because it’s so different, you take another sip in an effort to wrap your mind around the hoppiness of this winter ale.
From the Southern Tier website, “Because of its high alcohol content, Old Man is a heady brew that encourages sipping and pondering its essential richness.” Pondering indeed.
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