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Southampton Grand Cru 3.87 407

Southampton Grand Cru

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
4073.88/5.03.87/5.09.5%95.9Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Our award-winning Belgian-style strong ale. Spiced with sweet and bitter orange peel, coriander and star anise. Gold medal winner at the 2001 Real Ale Festival.
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 Zach Diesel (907), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20

Jul 11, 2005  
woody, meaty, sweet & sour sauce aroma, cloudy burnt orange appearance, explosion of baklava sweetness with a soft creamy balance, just a touch of alcohol warmth before the woody lambicesque finish

 DJMonarch (6878), Northwich, Cheshire, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 23, 2009  
From the Bottle at the Falling Rock Tap House, Denver 26/09/2009 Some sour aroma. Amber coloured strong in alcohol and a little sweet on the palate with a crisp and slightly dry warming malt finish.


 Beer2000 (1828), Kristiansand, Norway
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 18, 2009  
750 ml bottle. Dark golden body with a lively off-white head that disappears. Aroma has malt, spices and some alcohol. Flavor is sweet malty, spicy, some alcohol and a hint of oxidation. I have tasted a few really impressive beers from this brewery, but this is a bit disappointing. Sweet malt, spices with alcohol and low bitterness make this OK, but a rather ordinary beer.


 ditmier (1105), Boise, Idaho, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 5, 2009  
Bottle thanks to JCB! - Pours hazy orange with a medium off white head...aroma is terrifically layered, caramel malt citrus peel, light spice, tart grain...flavour is similar, honey, licorice, grain...plenty of alcohol and some residual stickyness, but just delicious...


 Arayaga2 (979), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 17, 2009  
Mildly opaque amber with thin white head, and nice lacing. Aroma is slightly sour tangerines. Taste is powerfully alcoholic with the aforementioned tangerine, and spices unidentifiable to me by taste. High residual sweetness throughout actually strikes a nice balance, and manages to remain on the good side of cloying. A delicious and viscerally warming sipper for rating #900. $10.5/750


 popery (192), San Francisco, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 17, 2009  
Holy crap, this is a great beer. It is bar none the best American-made Belgian that I’ve ever had, and actually probably the best Belgian (although I can imagine some Trappists getting even better with age on them). The beer is a glowing golden liquid with an excellent creamy head. The nose and flavor are both very complex. It’s a sweet Belgian flavor that works incredibly well. There is a balancing spice of coriander and light pepper. The sweetness is a blend of earthy Belgian tones, candied malt and hops that taste like wildflowers. Hats off to Southampton for this one. The feel is creamy and luscious. Despite being aware of the hype, I was happily surprised at just how much I enjoyed this beer. I split a bottle with good friends, and I wish that I had another to do it again. Ship to California, Southampton. Please.


 graham515 (430), Houston, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 14, 2009  
Pours amber into the glass with a white head. Aroma is a bloody mary minus the tomato juice. Lots of celery and pepper notes. Flavor continues to remind me of a bloody mary, even tricking my palate into detecting tomato. Really interesting beer.


 malrubius (1002), Valley Stream, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 28, 2009  
BCTC. Many thanks to RB crowd for their incredible generosity. Orange with head. Honey biscuit yeasty spicy coriander aroma. Toasty honey biscuit sweet fruit with mild toasty bitter warm finish. Soft nice mouthfeel. Very good.


 kevd193213 (506), Hope Valley, Rhode Island, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/515/20
Aug 12, 2009  
750 mL bottle. Amber brown pour with a thin off white head that quickly dissapates. Aroma of caramel and coriander. Sweet taste, thick and syrupy, with orange, caramel and yeast present. Alcohol finish.



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