Southampton Grand Cru

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Southampton, New York USA

C&C 750. Pours into my St. Bernardus chalice a bright orange amber, with a lasting off white head. Lots of carbonation bubbles streak to the top. Before I even raise the glass to my nose I smell the coriander. After warming a bit, the coriander recedes, and other aromas come forth - yeasty for sure, with some orange zest and, um, celery? Alcohol is also noticed, with some light caramel and licorice. Beautiful spiderweb lace. Bold, spicy-sweet flavor, bitter orange leads the way, followed by something like a brandied peach. Spicy and yeasty. Alcohol shows in the flavor, but more in the finish, which is a mildly spicy bitter, and the celery flavor peeks out at the very end. Overall, a tad on the sweet side, but excellent nonetheless.

Bottle. Pours reddish orange with a strong head. Heavy fruit aroma with lots of spice. It’s crazy but works very very well, at least to my taste. Recommended!

Pours a hazy orange, medium off white head, some lacing. Strong alcohol finish.

rbsxg05, ’04 bottle. quite a murky shade of orange. this had taken quite a bit of punishment, being lugged around 3 continents, so it was a relief to find it still in good nick. creamy, yoghurty aroma with hints of dried orange peel and weetbix. some light sourness, cream cheese, marmalade, lime rind, hints of pepper. complex and tasty

white foamy head. smells of predominantly of cherries, oak...a nice belgian, but the beer is pretty imbalanced and the alcohol is not hidden well at all.

750mL bottle, no date--either from secret santa Numenor or jah noth, they both gave me one and much thanks to both! Pours a clear golden orange with a three finger eggshell head. Aroma is ripe oranges, lemon, spicy coriander and spices (redundant?), dusty powdered sugar, fruity esters with none of the nasty fruit I get from a fair amount of Belgian strains of yeast. Dunno if star anise is supposed to smell like black licorice like regular anise, but I don’t get it here. I also got a bit of (spear)mint after a few minutes. The flavor has some candied brown sugar and plums up front--quite sweet--with some sweet oranges making an appearance as well. A fair amount of spices, white pepper, and banana-y fruity esters also being apparent, though this beer does taste a bit darker than it looks. Flavor otherwise follows taste quite well with the exception of the lemon. Semidry finish, 1-10 scale bitterness is a 3 at its peak, which wasn’t for long. Alcohol masked well. Pretty lacing throughout, full bodied with moderate carbonation. Good stinkin’ beer, and much thanks to you guys again.

Bottle provided by beastiefan2k. Pours a sparkling and hazy orange with an average creamy white head, somewhat diminishing, spare lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, hay), average hops (perfume, grass, orange), heavy yeast (dough, earth) with notes of alcohol and coriander. Full bodied, alcoholic texture, lively carbonation and a bitter finish. Average duration, moderate sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness, salty; a bit heavy on the alcohol, fusel, heavy malt and yeast flavor.

thanks nhorween. heady as balls. super candied fruit aroma, going with berries. flavor is immediately sweet as hell. underattenuated, but not bad. getting spices in the aroma. too carbonated.