Southampton Double White Ale

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

Spicy aroma, clove, corriander. Pours a golden blonde. Everything you could want in a Double Wit!

Comes out of the tap a bright honey yellow, cloudy to the point of opaqueness, with a little white head. Aroma is lemony and wheaty, inviting a taste. Well-rounded flavor is wheaty and pleasantly tart with a strong lemon overtone. Texture is bubbly and lively, and leaves a crisp and lemony aftertaste.

Poured a pale cloudy yellow with a generous white frothy head. The aroma was sweet, citrusy, definite orange, coriander, mild balanced funk, slight alcohol. Very appealing and balanced. The flavor shows alcohol, sweet oranges, spicy coriander, mild funk. Well balanced flavor as well. Shows very little carbonation on the palate, very smooth and silky not lively at all.

22oz bottle. Aroma: wheat and malt in equal measure. Strong orange peel, coriander, yeast, and some pepper as well. A light sourness comes through as it warms. Appearance: Dark orange in color and slomewhat hazy. Yellowish tinted off-white head was full and rocky with good retention. Nice lacing. Flavor: Strong orange flavor, spicy coriander, wheat, yeast, and a light sourness reminiscient of oranges. Crisp finish. Palate: Medium-light bodied. Medium-high carbonation. Overall: Was a bit skeptical of the double wit idea, but this works pretty well. Good wit flavors but more intense. Good stuff.

12oz bottle from world of beers in tampa. hazy light yellow pour with a thin white head. aroma of spices, bready yeast, banana and lemon. taste is less sweet than I would have guessed from the smells. flavors of cloves and citrus. crisp and creamy medium texture. tasty overall - in a style that isn’t my favorite.

Very full-bodied strong white ale. Intense herbal aromas and tastes...works well and with the higher than normal alcohol content, lit leaves a nice warm aftertaste. I had the 12 oz bottle, I would have to assume the 22ox belgian style would be even more enjoyable. A great combination of tastes from, Southampton. Also notice some saison similarities, as a previous rater noted.

bottle, lemonade color with slightest filmy head that leaves just a ring, nose is very lemon and clove, flavor is same lemon and cloves also some oranges very nice beer

Wit beers are an equal favorite for me in comparison to German Weise/Hefeweizen beers. As a beer style, they are incongruous with summer, sunshine, warm weather, and thirst quenching session beers. No beer style better represents thirst-quenching refreshment better than a Belgian Wit or German Hefe. The folks at Southampton Publick House know this and have crafted the Double Wit, a Belgian Wit that rivals Hooegarden in its richer spiced approach loaded with mouth-watering refreshment.

Cloudy, hazy, and crowned with a soft tuft of white foam which lingers as a thick blanket. Her colors are blanched hay and straw with a soft white haze floating about her person. Nothing could hold her nose back as wave after wave of mouth-watering coriander; clove, bananas and cream, lemon zest, kiwi, and kneading dough fill my senses. A wisp of hay, barnyard dust, and saddlebags linger in the background. I could smell her nose all day long, but then I would be missing out on what lingers below. Thick, full, and chewy with soft bread dough and a puree of bananas, cream, clove, coriander, and orange peel glide effortlessly over my tastebuds. Lemon zest lingers in my breath which compliments her light finish. She is rich and full up front and in the middle, but fades softly into her finish for a balance that is highly refreshing and thirst-quenching. A bit more banana than I was expecting for a Belgian Wit, but she is a “double wit” and when one keeps in mind the flavor-explosion that is Hooegarden, one can see the parallels. A faint dryness starts to grow, hinting of bailed hay, barnyard dust, and saddlebags, but then her spiced, creamy banana and zesty palate kicks it into high gear once more. It must have been on the warmer side in my apartment because my Double Wit is long gone; all that lingers are tantalizing clumps of puffy white lace and foam.

Rich, expressive, exciting, packed with flavor, and still super easy to drink. A winner on all accounts in my book. Up until recently, I had only heard of the classic quality and skills that went into Southampton’s special beers, but now I understand. Their Double Wit could have been too much double of everything, but instead, an amazing balance was achieved and I found another great thirst-quencher to get me through the long, hot Florida summer months.