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A-Pours a slightly hazy,golden yellow hue with a transient,one-finger,bone-white crown that left sticky waves of lacing. S-Phenomenal!Juicy stone and citric fruits.Fresh,ripe nectarine,white peach,tangerine and apricot preserves upfront with caramel and biscuit notes to round it out.Easily the best smelling beer I've ever encountered. 2/17/11.Except for Hopslam. T-Big fresh,fruit juice flavors of apricot nectar and blood orange with a perfect backing of caramel malt and some notes of Ritz cracker and subtle pine.Unbelievably balanced beer.Sweet and starchy malts paired perfectly with fresh,citric-hop bitterness and a slight pine tingle. M-Medium bodied with pleasant hop-oiliness.Bright and smooth with a seamless unity of hop bite,farmer's market fruit juiciness and burnt sugar/toffee maltiness. D-I'm not sure if I ever even put the pint glass down.This is a truly exceptional beer.I would've guessed an ABV around 6% if I didn't already know otherwise.This beer propelled itself into my top three with the quickness.Hats off to Southern Tier.