Southampton Imperial Porter

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Southampton, New York USA

pours dark with light foamy head. roasted malt aroma, nice and dry and crisp. not a heavy on the on the pallet kind of porter, i think it is very good and reasonalbly priced. good spring early summer brewski

Robe noire surmontée d’une mousse beige mince. Arômes de café et de sucre. Saveurs de café, de levure, de pain et de sucre.

Deep brown color, almost black, minimal brown head that didn’t last all that long, no lacing around the glass, huge aroma, very easy to get a nose full of of coffee, roasted malt, alcohol and almonds, thinner than expected body, a tad watery, slight bitterness to the flavor with notes of expresso, yeast, toasted grains and cookie dough, long-lasting aftertaste with a slight hoppy tone with more notes of coffee and alcohol, the flavors really pushed the score up, but I still think the beer itself is a bit watery and thin, but overall a very good porter

This "imperial" porter smells very dry, like an ale, & I’d have to say there isn’t much "imperial" about it, other than the fact that its alcohol content is a <!-- em -->tad<!-- /em --> higher than most. <!-- br --><!-- br --> Its light beige head diminishes quickly, & it tastes very ale-y, not thick; not hoppy; pure porter all the way. It’s very light on the tonge, with little to no aftertaste, & malty, but with a clean finish.

Bought at the brewery, smuggled safely home wrapped in Ernest’s dirty socks. Now that’s love. It was worth the effort. Beer is a nearly opaque, very dark brown color with a small, light brown, frothy/creamy, mostly lasting head. The aroma is malty-plushylishious: moderate-to-heavy note of roasted grain, moderate note of caramel, light notes of molasses and chocolate; low herbal hop; yeasty with moderately weighty notes of dough and tangy sharp cheese, light note of damp basement. The flavor is moderately sweet, lightly-to-moderately acidic and trace bitter with a long, moderately acidic, lightly sweet finish. The body is medium, the texture is velvety and the carbonation is softer-than-average.

Dark black color with a frothy tan-colored head, dark malt, with a sweet raisiny nose, with a brown sugar, molasses, hint of chocolate, faint coffee note in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a smooth sweet mocha and dark chocolate, dark roasted malt note, hint of dried raisins fruitiness, brown sugar, molasses, leading towards a sweet mochaish and a soft malt roasted bitterness finish.

Starts off with some smoky flavors and a little bit of cherry, reminded me of a winter warmer. Then it faded into a nice roasted chocolate flavor, and finished with a little more smokiness. Body was smooth, a little creamy. Everything about it was great in my opinion, a great entry in one of my favorite styles.

i’ve tasted two markedly different bottles of this one - one with a lot of lactic sourness and the other sweetish. anyways they both were pretty black with a beige head. aroma of ashtray, stewed fruit, tar, cocoa and a bit of banana. tasted of cocoa powder stirred into ribena and cherry syrup with not much sign of alcohol and a light woodiness. quite dry and drinkable