Southampton Belgian Stout

I thought this was pretty pleasant, much like you’d expect it had a lot of roastiness with just a touch of something funky and different.

22. Thanks, Riverside! Pours nearly black with slight subied highlights. Very thin gray rim on top. Nice roasty, charry nose. Creamy medium body with way too much carb. Overly roasty, overly forward, tart, battery/solventy mid-palate. Nasty.

Bottle, big thanks to dickinsonbeer. Tart with minimal roast, A bunch of apples & a mildly tannic finish. Very dry.

bottle care of swoop, jacob, rudy, co. at coles, via dicksonbeer. i found it hard to see any roast whatsoever here- some belgian notes- certain clove up front- but tart, bone dry, almost flavorless in the finish- possibly infected.

bottle from Dickinsonbeer. Pours deep black. Aroma is roasty with a tart sourness. Taste is initially roasted malts the a fizzy sour tartness dominates. Not very good

22oz bottle courtesy of beerbill poured into a tulip. Pours dark, dark brown out of the bottle and sits opaque black in the glass underneath a surprisingly bubbly tan head that recedes very quiclkly and leaves no lacing. Dark toasted malts dominate the aroma with some espresso. There is also plenty of sweet bakers chocolate and some yeasty sweetness as well. I didn’t get any kind of sour aromas at all. The taste, on the other hand, starts out with a bizarre sour blast which just didn’t match the aroma at all. The big roasted malt backbone does start to come out in the middle and the finish actually matches the aroma with the toasted malts, bakers chocolate and hints of coffee. The mouthfeel is a bit thin and has the slightly acidic tartness that’s really out of place. This is a weird beer, with a very promising aroma and a great finish. It’s the odd tartness up front in the taste that I can’t get my head around. Not exactly sure if it was intended and what the goal was, but it keeps this one from being a very good stout.

First I need to thank beerbill for getting this bottle (as well as a few other brews). Thanks a lot Bill. Sat on this for a few months. The pour is standard enough, black body, no light edges, just black with a medium tan head. The head is loud, bubbly, and fast fading. The aroma is at first very regular for a stout (at first), just lightly roasted. However, the problems roll in with the flavor. First of its just watery and then as it warms it gets just a little bit of a lightly acidic cherry flavor. This must be the Belgian yeast fucking up somehow. I don’t see too much else "Belgian" about it. Just regular stout with a weird cherry, acidic, and even a lightly tart finish. Some light roast hidden back there as well. As it warms the aroma completely is taken over by the cherry-acidic aspect. If this is what Southampton had in mind then I call it a miss. If this is just a mistake then I am surprised. With the tartness and acidity the mouthfeel becomes a bit empty. I could actually drink it but I find it completely off track. This is the only bottled Publick House dud I have ever had.
22oz bottle, Gordon’s thistle glass.

Bottle - thanks beerbill. Pours a very dark brown with a thick finger of tan head. Strong aroma is roasty and dry, light cocoa, and malt. Flavor is as roasty as the aroma, but adds some bitters and faint coffee. A little more cocoa. Didn’t notice the coriander until it had warmed for a while, but the yeast has that Belgian feel. Very enjoyable.