Southampton 10th Anniversary Old Ale

Formerly brewed at Southampton Publick House
Style: Old Ale
Southampton, New York USA

Nice caramel and sweet BIG malts. Fruity and figgy. Strong alcohol taste. Not overpowering. Syrupy body. Pretty cool.

Bomber, aged 2 years. Pours a deep, syrupy reddish-brown with a foamy beige head. Aroma is caramel, toffee, and HEAVY alcohol. The taste is way off, as it seems this old ale has past its prime. This may have been something when it was brewed, but now it’s a disappointment.

750ml bottle, aged 2 years. The pours is a dark, ruddy, chestnut brown color with glints of fine, floating particulate. A small, foamy, beige colored head settles to a thin but lasting layer. Soapy lace dries slowly, some of it clinging to the glass. Aromas are sweet, malty, and earthy. Big notes of caramel and toffee are accompanied by hints of chocolate and figs, with some savory spice notes. Flavors follow suit, nary a hop to be found in this malt monster. Caramel, toffee, and old, earthy, spiced dark fruits dominate. The body is substantial without being overly cloying, but the carbonation is way too intense for a brew of this style. Overall, this is a bit of a letdown. I can’t stress enough how much better the Southampton brewpub beers are than the mass produced brews.

This poured a semi-muddy amber to brown in color with a thick beige head that continuously faded. The nose wasy malty with sweet scents of caramel, spice, chocolate and raisin. In the mouth it was medium to full-bodied, concentrated yet very carbonated. The flavors were dark, roasted and bitter with some woodsy flavors and some alcoholic heat.

Pours a two finger cream head that fades slowly, leaving some lace. Cloudy deep amber color. Good carbonation and medium-heavy bodied. Raisin nose. Flavor is caramel, raisin and malty. Higher ABV is hidden. Nice old ale. $10.99 for a 750ml bottle from Manchester Wine and Liquors Manchester, CT

750 bottle corked and caged pours a chewy caramel brown color with a two finger tan head that had good retention. aroma has dark malt, plumb, figs, light alcohol, and some funky yeast. mouth feel is medium thin with lots of fizzy carbonation.flavor has chewy malts, plenty of sweetness, dark fruit, and nice funky damp yeasty notes. spice picks up as does the sweetness that borders on syrupy at points. super chewy and spiced up. this has aged well so far.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy brown with a thick tan head. Aroma strongly of squash and sourness. Flavor is kind of odd: sour oakiness, soda-like, earthiness. Didn’t taste boozy, but it had that effect. Odd is the best way to describe it and I wasn’t much of a fan.

Bottle. Aroma of dark fruits, some wood, some soda. Flavor all soda, sickly sweet. Heavy sweetness. Odd, biting carbonation reflected in large-bubbled lacing. Absolutely no hops present to balance the sweetness, and so much soda. Felt more like a rum and coke to me. A struggle to finish 12-14 oz.