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Southampton Double White Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6503.53/5.03.52/5.0Winter6.6%98.3Tumbler, Weizen
Commercial Description:
A "double strength" version of classic Belgian-style "white" ale. A deceptively light ale spiced with Curacao Orange Peel and coriander seed.
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 PWalk (337), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 8, 2008  
Heavy yeast aroma when first poured producing a thick white pillow of foam on top. Standard witbier flavor and easy drinking.


 MrChopin (632), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
May 7, 2008  
strong wheat scent with hints of of citrus. flavor follows. Actually, while beer is drinkable, it’s kind of uninspiring.


 KimJohansen (6806), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 6, 2008  
Cloudy golden with huge white head. Sweet wheaty and fruity aroma with yeast and coriander notes. Sweet wheaty flavor with yeast, orange peel and coriander notes. Ends sweet.


 BeerHawk (1175), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
May 4, 2008  
Bottle. Poured a hazy yellow with a thin white head. Slight sour aroma with citrus and clove. The flavor finds spices (mainly clove), fruits, and citrus (orange and lemon). Tangy feeling, slightly sour. Medium body (Rating from June ’07)


 lemasney (398), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 27, 2008  
Southampton Double White Ale ABV: 6.8% Calories: estimated at 150 C Volume: 12 fl oz Glass: weizen Purchased at: Circle Liquors Super Saver Price: $2.00 Consumed at: home note: this tasting was brewed by Saratoga, which is apparently a crap version. Impression: Hazy wheaty banana infused fruitbeer. Belgian style aroma. Bumpy, rocky head with good haze and mystic golden color. After a series of IPAs tonight, there’s little chance of a rich flavor to this beer, but regardless it seems a bit watery. I’d pass on this next time, as a hoegaarden is more readily available and just as good. Texture is limp. Somewhat weak. Aroma: 7 out of 10 Visuals: 3 out of 5 Taste: 6 out of 10 Palate: 3 out of 5 Overall: 12 out of 20


 wickedpete (626), Lexington Park, Maryland, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 27, 2008  
Wow, this was a disappointment. Very hazy yellow body, little head, and no lacing forms. Yesty, bubblegum aroma with banana, fruit, and light citrus. Bubblegum, weak malt flavor, a spicy finish, but incredibly lacking in anything noteworthy. Full body, lively carbonation on the tongue, but lacking, and becoming less and less enjoyable the more I suffer through.


 VeloVampire (488), Parkdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Apr 24, 2008  
12 oz bottle, courtesy of my sis and bro-in-law - pours a cloudy creamed honey colour with lots and lots of protein haze under a rocky white head. Orange dominates in the aroma and underneath that is a surprising amount of hops. The coriander is very faint under these two layers, and it mingles nicely with the spiciness of the hops. Good quality grain in the nose as well. Lemony and orange flavours are the main ones that are present, and there is also a candy sweetness from the yeast. Sort of like red licorice. Nice fresh, lively finish. Alcohol well-integrated. Wonderful wit.


 OldMrCrow (1184), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Apr 20, 2008  
Bottle.

Pours a cloudy light-straw color, a bit of floating matter, with an attractive fluffy white head. Interesting aroma: slightly sour, lemon; grassy, some alcohol, lots of orange peel and coriander. The flavor kicks in hard: it’s got a powerful puckering dryness that comes on with a syrup-like intensity, big orange-peel flavor, much more bitter than other examples of the style, again that alcohol making itself known, lemon, coriander notable mostly late, with banana juice coming on strong at the same time.

Certainly an interesting beer and one that I’m very pleased to have tried. But for me it just doesn’t quite come together; it’s not light and refreshing enough for a Wit, the syrupy start and the strong banana close interfere with the powerful bitterness. Interesting...



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