Southampton Cuvee des Fleurs

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

Bottle courtesy of Doclock -- thanks for hooking me up with this much-desired beer!

Pours a golden orange with a modest white head. The nose admittedly recalls those tourist knick-knack shops that I’m terrified of being dragged into by my wife, you know, the ones with tons of hand-sewn pot-pouri dolls with lace fringes and all of that shit. It’s the lavender, I suppose. But if a saison that smells like latrine and horse-blanket can be a delight, so can a beer that smells like a tourist-trap-for-women-on-some-damn-island-somewhe And a delight this one is. Lovely flavor, lots of interesting herbal goings-on, pleasingly dry, not so funky but that’s fine as long as one doesn’t come in with preconceptions, very nice on the tongue. It might be trying a bit too hard for unique character and novelty value -- I’d love to try a well-crafted saison flavored subtly at roughly 1/3 the current herbal intensity -- but it’s still a really fine beer.

Delighted to have tried this one!

Bottle courtesy of tpd975. Pours a hazy copper with a small white head. Aroma is very floral with spicy yeast and a hint of sweet malt. Taste is the same as aroma with the sweet malt realy coming through. Medium silky mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness and spicy finish. Very good.

2004 bottle sampled at Dark Lord Day - Pours golden with a big head. It has a fine aroma of citrus and flowers. It tastes kind of sour and spicey. The hops in the flavor are really interesting and balanced. It’s bubbly on the tongue, yet rather smooth going down. The dry finish was slightly off to me. Overall it’s a very tastey brew.

Draft. I was freaking furious when this ran out at BT before getting to try it so, 3 days later trip to SPH draft and bottled, NICE! Pours a medium dark orange body with a quick diminishing light head Aroma is sweet malt quickly covered up by cinnamon and floral notes. No sourness or real etoh in the nose. Flavor is just the same. This needs some time to allow the sweetness to die off then i’ll revisit this.

Aroma seemed really sweet and floral. A really unique aroma. Flavor was pretty sweet for a saison. Also had a real solid burn on the back of the tongue that was very different. A lot of bubbly carbonation to this. Really nice.

Sample @ BCTC 2008. Very good saison. Aromas of floral, herbalness, i guess lavender. Taste is again herbal & floral, somewhat sweet, slightly spicy. enjoyable. Why cant they come to Buffalo??

Rose, thistle, lavender on the nose...obviously this beer aptly named. The appearance, like many saisons, is a cloudy orange/yellow, fluffy white head. The flavor is very sweet, flowers, ginger, candy sugar, spices and pepper. The spiciness and the flowers come togther to form a bittering which comes out toward the back of the mouth, and is left on the palate when the beer is gone. Thin/medium mouthfeel, lots of carbonation. Probably one of the most enjoyable saisons I’ve had.

[2370-20090801] Sample. Sweet floral ginger aroma has notes of lemon rind. Hazy, light orange brown body with a medium-lasting bubbly white head. Ginger tart yeast flavour has a bit of a lemon finish. Medium body. Good.
(BCTC @ Ommegang; Cooperstown, NY)