 MrChopin (170), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 20, 2008
Pours bubbly red-copper with large, foamy white head. Nose includes oranges, sweet apples a little caramel/alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet with caramel, apples, bread, and peppery spices. Sticky but lively, this one is a little sweet for me, though it’s still good.
fonefan (4468), Ulfborg, Denmark
Sep 6, 2008 Bottle 75cl. @ home.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, orange, moderate staranis, coriander notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (290608)
dogfish120love (52), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
Aug 31, 2008 pours foggy golden rapid bubbles (high carbonation). Apple slight raisin, pear, decent hop bite with delicous malty flavour. I would drefinetly recomend
BrotherGrendel (140), San Diego (La Jolla), California, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Acquired at Whole Foods NYC on a recent east coast trip, 750ml cork-caged bottle, contents poured into a Duvel tulip.
Appearance is a murky light orange hue, head is a large layer of big foamy bubbles that gradually erode down.
Smell is sugary sweet malts with a range of spices and fruits including bananas, cloves, licorice, coriander, light peach syrup, figs/raisins, berries, some belgian yeast lurks throughout.
Taste too is a range of fruits and spices, initially dominated by light orange, bananas, peaches, and berries, some darker fruits and spices (coriander, cinnamon) pop up midway, the anise is light throughout and the finish is syrupy sweet.
Mouthfeel is medium/full-bodied, thick chewy texture borders on syrupy sweet, carbonation is moderate.
Drinkability is moderate, this is truly one of the most flavorful beers I have had in a long time, the thick texture and hefty alcohol content limit the drinkability, and this is best enjoyed slowly during a lazy Sunday (at least for me).
Beerded_one (1591), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Bottle. Pours a nice copper color with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet fruity orange, coriander, yeast, and some honey and spice notes. Malty sweet flavor with orange peel, light caramel, fruit, raisins and spices with a pleasant bitterness
JAXSON (95), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 21, 2008 Updated: Aug 22, 2008Clear honey orange pour with a quick-vanishing head. Sweet aroma of oranges and pretty heavy malt. A decent amount of candied seville oranges shine through, which is kind of becoming a staple of some Southampton brews I find. Nice, big, juicy flavors, but pretty sweet and just a thin mouthfeel. Some creaminess could really help this beer. More pleasant nuances begin to unfold toward the bottom of the bottle, as is custom with Southampton. Delightful floral notes play with the candied orange. Kind of reminiscent of the Cuvee des Fleurs when the yeast mixes in. Possbily a great one to cellar.
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