Southampton Altbier

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Altbier
Southampton, New York USA

The body is medium copper with a light off white head. The aroma is light iced tea and caramel. There is also some fresh almonds and gum. The taste is pink bubblegum, with some caramel. There is also some weird mossiness that is like dank cellar. A little strange and slightly metallic for me.

Tried thanks to Poperinge.....short and sweet because ratebeer is still bung, i like it!

Brown bottle, 12 ounces, gift from Luc Bourbonnière, savoured on December 15 2008; eye: copper, clear, slight effervescence, beige head that turns into a tiny ring, a bit of lacing; nose: dusty malt, light ash, light caramel; mouth: dusty malt, light caramel, bittering hops, finale in dusty malt with a good presence of hops, foamy texture, light astringency, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body, rather carbonated; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, cadeau de Luc Bourbonnière, savourée le 15 décembre 2008; œil : cuivrée, claire, très légère effervescence, mousse beige qui se transforme en un petit anneau, un peu de dentelle; nez : malt poussiéreux, léger cendré, léger caramel; bouche : malt poussiéreux, léger caramel, houblon amérisant, finale en malt poussiéreux avec une bonne présence de houblon, texture mousseuse, légère astringence, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée; en résumé : correct

Normal looking brown dark pour with only a little foam. Full aroma of chocolatey, honey malt, and well hopped too. Fine flavor of chocolate and honey bread malts followed by dry, tingly hops. This is like a well hopped brown ale, or a cross between a brown ale and a pale ale. A little more dry than sweet. I orginally rated this when it was called Secret Ale, and revised it upward when it was rereleased as the altbier. Southampton might have improved it some. This is a fine brew and a good style that isn’t available everywhere.

from bottle. Pours copper with small off-white head. Minimal aroma of German malt/hops. Strange metallic flavor and thin finish. Acceptable session beer. Nothing special.

there is not much to enjoy this, its got some characters but the after flavor of unpleasant tartness and weak malts, make this barley drinkable..

Bottle labeled Altbier. The aroma is really quite bad. Its metallic, dusty, malty, and hoppy. The appearance is amber with a large head. The flavor is much better than the aroma with an emphasis on toasted malt, grain husks, and butterscotch. The palate is average for the style. Overall it has good and bad but the taste is good.

Bottle pours clear amber with thin white head. Aroma is caramel with a little hops. The first taste is sweet malt, then a slight bitterness with a nice well balanced clean finish.