Brewer Q & A (Issue 22)

92 Rating – Southern Tier Brewing Co. – Gemini

Responses from Southern Tier founder Phin DeMink.

What’s your favorite aspect of this beer (flavor, aroma, etc.)? 
Gemini finishes dry, but it still has a strong bitterness and hop aroma. 

Where does this beer’s name came from? 
This beer was originally a blended ale. We would mix Hoppe (an Imperial Pale Ale, now retired) with UnEarthly Imperial IPA. It also so happened that my wife had recently given birth to twin boys, so the name was a perfect fit. Gemini was blended for several years, and then retired, although it was a beer I was reluctant to cancel. A few years passed and I really wanted to drink that beer again, I missed it, but the blending process was cumbersome, so some tweaks were made to brew it as a single beer. Basically the recipes were more or less combined, which is why we decided to keep the name. 

Is this your "desert island beer?"
It's a close second to our LIVE Citra Hopped Session Pale Ale.

Can you describe this beer in 10 words or less?
Dry, but with a strong bitterness and hop aroma.