Southampton Cuvee des Fleurs

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

Bottle sampled at Seattle gathering. Golden colored and fairly clear. Huge floral nose. Decent sized white head which leaves great lacing behind. Standing up well on its own after several heavier beers prior to this. Medium bodied. Soft floral flavor blend nicely with a citrusy presence. Very nicely done.<P> Bottle from Styles opened July ’06. Numbers stand. Damn, really nicely done.

Gushing to slightly hazy orange beer with huge, collapsing dense off-white head. Unbelievably perfumey (natural), flowery nose, with hints of hops and diverse citrusfruit. The flower aroma’s - as some honey, and also some pharmaceutical notes, dried plants, etc. - are unmistakable. This is just great. Rather fiery taste with honey, caramel, flowers, citrusfruit, pineapple, glue, higher alcohols and esters. Firm sourishness, with underneath some restsweetness. Slighty peppery, ginger-y, but no real bitterness. Fiery MF, some alcohol obvious. Superb realisation. What I like most about this, is its originality. Saison gets a new meaning here. Big thanks to BrianB.

On tap at David Copperfield’s, 74th Street and York Avenue, NYC. Hazy amber hued beer having an average white head with good lacing. Aroma of flowers and sweet malt. Medium bodied that starts with light sweet malt with notable flowers, honey and grape flavors and finishes dry and clean tasting. A complex beer of floral flavors. The waitress warned me that not everyone who ordered this particular beer had liked it and so she offered me a test sample. After trying the sample, I went for a full serving. This is a very interesting and tasty beer.

Sampled at Oakes’ ’05 Xmas Party
Golden color, head and lacing are noteworthy. Nose of curry and lots of floral notes. The flavor is very herbal and tangy, cardamom like. Tasty and full flavored. I like the combination here. Finishes balanced and elegant.

Pours out a carbonated, somewhat cloudy yellow color. The aroma is intense and very intriguing of flowers, spices and maybe some notes of fennel? The pour produces a rather large fluffy white head. The taste is refreshing with a nice complexity of flowers, fruit and some spice. Very interesting brew.

Cloudy yellow beer, chamomile, elderberry, rose hips, very appealing floral aroma. A bit of apple, banana, great sweet floral flavour on top of the fruitiness. Lingering yeasty estery finish. Tasty beer.

Floral/herbal nose but not in the way I was expecting. Gardinia, candy, alcohol, and brandy in the nose. Orange body iwth a thick white fisheyes head. Slightly bitter with some caramel and everything in the nose. Touches of plant, flowers, soap, and caramel. Finished with sweet malts and a light grassy-ness

#1200 2005: Pour is hazy murky deep golden amber with a bright white and big bubbled head...smell is herbal and just very earthy floral...there is so much going on and my lack of knowledge about flowers makes it very hard to identify...I do get some chamomile and lavender though...and ah yes, lupulus...wow...sweet and delicate flavor...sweet up front and incredibly lively...makes it almost more difficult to identifly flavor because it just bubbles up...which makes it even more intoxicating since I get so close to identifying a flavor and then it disappears into a whisp of air and leaves me with just a taste...what a tease...spices come out toward the finish along with some orange peel...quite amazing...huge thanks to ImTheOptimator for this one!