Southampton 10th Anniversary Old Ale

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

Quite dry, yet still quite rich malty flavor. Mostly nutty flavor is slightly marred by a metallic twinge. Still pretty good, though.

bottle. compliments Maxxdaddy. great bottle. mahogony pour with thin frothy light tan head. raisons and dried cherries, nutty malts, liquorice, yeast aroma. medium body, robust flavor, excellent balance. rich maltiness, carmalized sugars, rich subtle chocolate, figs and raison, maple, and mild spicy finish. Truely excellent beer.

Vintage 2006 A very snug cork removal with no pop, and a slowly gushing upheaval of foam. Hmmmm. Pours dark amber with fine particulates in suspension, and a inch-plus creamy head of beige. Aromatics are cocoa-laden, with hints of dark rum, nougat, raisins, and plump malt. Slightly phenolic with hints of Belgian character. Creamy, chewy and sticky mouthfeel. Akin to cream soda. Rich, juicy malt, caramel, brown sugar, cocoa, and raisins fill the pallet. Mild alcohol notes pull through, and barely warm the throat. A mineral-spiked metallic bitterness follow through, and become a bit detracting as you get into the beer and it warms up. Finishes warming, with residuals and rum-soaked raisins. Old ale? Lacking any vineous or lightly lactic character found in most examples, and leans more in a Belgian Dubble direction. Tasty nonetheless, if you can overlook the metallic/mineral tinge.

Bottle shared at tasting courtesy of Randy. Thank you!
Pours a rich brown copper color with a lasting orangish tan head. Smell i smild bright caramelly malt. Taste is balanced between dark caramel maltiness, and a dry finish Medium bodied and bubbly carbonation. Very drinkable and quite tasty. Alcohol is hidden very well too. I really liked this one a lot.

Pours a copper hued dark brown with a nice slightly off white head. Aroma of sweet malts, fig and some caramel. Taste is complex, up front very sweet, caramel, fig, fruit, slight smoke and a little bit of spice here and there. Interesting brew.

Bottle: Courtesy of renhed. Dark brown pour with a massive, pillow-y tan head. Roasted and caramel malts, sweet bread dough and some dark fruits are balanced amazingly in the nose, some very tame spiced aspects noticeable as well. Quite amazing smelling stuff, really. The body on this is great, creamy and silky, yet still retains a good level of carbonation to keep it from being too one-dimensional. Talk about a malt bomb, wow, some caramel and cinnamon dipped dark fruits linger around behind the malts. Amazing stuff.

Thanks to Goldtwins for this brew. Pours red/brown with a tall rocky beige head. Sweet malt nose, molasses, caramel, apple crisp, berries, and cake. Flavor is sweet, but broken up a bit by the carbonation. Caramel and fruity cake flavors find their way through, not cloyingly sweet in any sense, but a warming malt character, that you can pick at and find new flavors for a while. Good spiciness comes through in the finish. I don’t pick up much excess alochol in this, but this might have aged for a bit since it is now retired.

Pours deep copper into a snifter. Off-white head with gooe retention leaves spot lacing as it slowly recedes. Pit fruit aromas. Crisp and sour with a lasting, dry pit fruit aromas.