Southampton Double White Ale

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Southampton, New York USA

22 oz bottle(XXII Reserve) pours a hazy pale yellow to style. Small white head leaves nice lacing. Aroma is spicy and lemony with coriander and white pepper. Yeast also noted. Smooth and velvety carbonation supports a lot of floral and herbal notes. Earthy yeast, pepper, orange peel, lemon, work well. Alcohol is hidden in the taste but you know it’s there after finishing the bottle. Really well done but the potency hurts drinkability.

Bomber. Pours foggy yellow with a medium/small sized head and significant yeast floaties. Retention in the head is quite low. Aroma is pretty strong. Vanilla pudding, wheat, tart, clove, orange, citrus, pretty appetizing overall. Taste is tart, tingly, light bodied, slightly bready with a sweet finish. Alcohol hidden very well. This is a successful brew and probably one of my favorites in the style.

Draft at Hopdevil (late June ’07 from notes). Cloudy pale yellow/orange with nice head and lace. Spicy orange aroma. Orange honey spicy flavor. Clean finish. Very slight hop in finish. A very good example of the style.

12oz. bottle. Pours a cloudy yellow golden color with a small frothy white head that lasts awhile. The aroma is banana and spice. Good sticky lacing on the glass. The taste is a lemon zest and a very sweet finish. A very good Belgian White from Southampton.

on tap mews tavern 8/4/07, pours a light golden in color with lively carbination and nice lacing. smell is citrus, yeast, and spices. taste is very good, orange peel, slightly bitter, nice yeast spices, and a dry finish with ample carbination on the tongue. a very complex layered beer that has a lot going on in subtle layers, and is quite refreshing and easy to drink.

One of the first beers I actually purchased because of its RateBeer rating... Pours softly with a slightly less vigorous head than most other Wits I’ve had. The color is almost an ethereal golden honey... I’ve never seen quite this color in a beer before. Has good depth and classic Belgian Wit flavors, but, at the same time, a bit delicate; "Double" in this case is only an indicator of alcoholic strength, and nothing else. Definately a good wit... I’m not quite sure if I’d give it the extremely high ranking it currently has, but I’ll most likely pick up another 6 pack of this at some point.

I only had the 12oz. version. Gold with a slow diminishing white head. Smells of noble hops and citrus. Very high carbination, effervescent. Initial sweetness that dries up very nicely, warming your throat its entire way down. Light hand on the spices makes this very easy to drink, not overly sweet and not at all astringent. I had the idea to brew a double white but I had no idea of the potential of this style. Awesome beer. I paired it with Vodka penne and it really brought out the coriandor in the flavor.

Hazy golden/blonde with nice fading head. Fruity spice aromas whisper hints of oranges, cloves, fruit punch and a touch of yeast. Well bodied with light touches of spice in back: clove, orange peel, berry, peach. A nice juicy beer wiuth a quiet peppery drying finish.