Southampton Golden Lager

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Dortmunder/Helles
Southampton, New York USA

On tap at the Publick House: I dont know why this one is rated so much lower than the Dortmunder. This is a very similar beer and is just as good. It is however more delicate and is lower in alcohol so maybe that has something to do with it. Pours very light gold with a small white head. Aroma is of pilsner malt and just a hint of hops. Flavor is very malty but not cloyingly sweet at all. Like I said this is very delicate, but it goes down nice and smooth and is a very quaffable brew. Should change the category to Munich Helles Lager. Pale lager sounds like this should be a BMC equivalent.

[Draft @ Capones] Poured a dark golden color with a small, white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of bready, toffee, floral hops, some citrus, and a bit of almond. Taste of toffee, bready, grass, lightly sweet, with a crisp finish.

Very delicious. Grassy and clover notes, subtle hops, good show, good show. This is an excellent session beer that can be paired all over the menu.

on tap - Capone’s 6-14-2008

(last of the keg) poured a sparkling clear pale yellow gold with a thick, bright white head. Aroma was sweet and grainy with some DMS. No noble hop aroma. Flavor was all about the pils malt - sweet and grainy. Mouthfeel was very very soft and smooth. Only points off would be the lack of any hop aroma and any hop flavor, and the carbonation was low. These faults could be attributed to the fact that it was the last 1/2 pint in the keg.

On tap at Capones. Pours a translucent golden with a medium creamy bubbly white head. Aroma of grassy, cereal grains, fresh noble hops and floral. Flavor of fresh noble hops, grassy, cereal grains, bready malt and floral.

Draught @ the Publick House, Southampton. Golden color Expressive malt aroma. Juicy, caramel-like munich malt in the mouth. Darn good.

20080713 Tap at Capones. Fair golden with sticky, lasting white froth. Aroma is biscuity, mildly herbal, diacetyl hints. Body is medium with pleasing eff. Finishes quick and quenching. Nice enough, but the light buttery notes are enough to make it a slight bummer for me.

3 or 4 draught pint on 4/28/06 at SHPH
White head tops off this deeply golden-honey colored beer, with light-amber tinges to it and a very high clarity. Head is poorly to moderately retained, leaving little to no lacing as it recedes.
Strong munich-like maltiness shows sour grains in the nose, that quickly envelope the senses, while bushy, lightly tangy and dry-grassy hops flit about. Similar to the may bock, but without any of the breadiness, and a more restrained sourness (in flavor). Dry yellow fruits emerge upon warming, a mix of yeast and hops? It’s actually got a fair pungency to it, especially after warming (which is key at the brewpub). Juicy yellow fruits and leafy hops wrapped in honey. Medium strength, no alcohol.
Dry, pale grains initially add some grit and begin to dry out the palate but are quickly subsumed by a mix of water and honey that lightens things considerably, providing more drinkability. Lightly crisp yeast plays about on the palate, carried on by a fairly vigorous (but not overwhelming) carbonation as tangy noble hops close the finish (in concert with a very crisp yeast). Gentle, lightly watery texture (to style) and a wonderful balance between yeast, hops and malt. Sure there is some wateriness, but nothing out-of style. Some light apple bi-product from the yeast is the extent of the "flaws", though I don’t think I’ve ever had a helles where I couldnt taste some light apple notes. No alcohol apparency in flavor, medium to medium-light bodied.