Southampton Abbot 12

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Southampton, New York USA

Bottle 75cl. @ chris_o’s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2008.
Unclear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet, light to moderate hoppy and yeasty, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (020808)

2006 Vintage Publick House Bottle, via trade guessing one of my ny trading buddies, whoever it was, thanks. Pours dark brownish red with a tan ring. Nose is sweet with touches of raisans. Taste is sweet, with a deep vinious quality. The booze is there, to a degree, but its well aged, and quite tasty.

Bottle from puzzl. Thanks Andy. After removing the cage and prying out the firmly seated cork, this poured a deep red to amber color with virtually no head. Nose of sweet caramel malts and ripe fruit. Very greasy mouthfeel more like port wine than beer. Flavor is quite sweet, with raisins. Finish is long, sweet and full of malts. Kind of a sipping beer, but was as good at the finish as at the end. Overall very nice.

750ml - Poured a quite dark, clear reddish amber in color with a medium bright white head that settled to that creamy covering over the beer. Some nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is brown/candied sugar and sweet caramel malts. Flavor is quite sweet with lots of dark fruit (raisins and prunes) ,but some lighter fruit (apples, berries) as well. Finish is sweet and lingering. Lacks some of the Belgian Abbot yeastiness that this style typically has, but I really like it a lot... excellent beer!

Brown hazy pour with lasting, whispy and foamy head. Candied sugars and bready aromas are first noticed, then making way for prunes, berries, dried fruits and a tangy green apple touch. Smoothed out body with brandyish hint, solid mouthfeel. Decent complexity makes for a solid brew.

Dark, dark reddish brown body with a thin white head, this ale has caramel and raisin notes, a sweet half-note on the finish, and probably needs to rest for a year or two to reach its potential.

Bottle, 2008 Pre-GBBF Chris_o Shindig. Rusty brown, lots of butter-colored head. Rose petals, mint, pears. Heavy raisin sweetness, a bit of iron. Not really bad, but far too thick and sweet for a quad.

Cola in colour with a bit of brown, a large lingering off-white coloured head, excellent lacing. The aroma is malty, quite sweet, rich with a bit of noticable alcohol, lots of dark fruits. The flavour is of candy sugar, lots of malt, again quite sweet, smooth, creamy, light alcohol. Very sweet mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes long, sweet, malty.

Highly sweet but it didn’t seem to take anything away from what the beer was offering. Nowhere near the amount of alcohol that I was expecting. This one would age very well.

750ml bottle shared by rudolf, thanks Rudy.
Opened on March 28, 2008.
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