Southampton India Pale Ale

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Southampton, New York USA

[At GABF 2004] jA yellow beer with a fine head. The aroma is very grassy and hoppy, while the flavor is fresh and hoppy - even with notes of the hop oils. The mouthfeel is very smooth.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of sliffy. Pours a cloudy, pale golden with a white head leaving some lacework. Fresh, citrusy nose. Medium body, lightly sweet malts with lovely citrus notes. Dry, light bitter finish. A straight and subtle east coast IPA. 310807

12 fl oz bottle. Pours light hazy orange with a lacing white head. Dry malty almost woody nose with a light fruity hops note. Dry malty with a decent amount of bitterness kicking in at the finish.

Date: 10/27/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade

hazy orange, thin off white head, light sweet malt aroma with light floral hops, well balanced flavor, good bitterness, sweet carmel character begins to show up but still hidden by the bitterness, good flavor for a 5.2% beer

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Bright amber. Slightly floral nose with canned peaches. Decent bitterness - cascade woodiness and light citrus. Dry finish. Almost an APA its so restrained.

Hazy golden color. It’s a pleasant beer, with a respectable hopping leading to a long final, quite close to the original style; not much malt body, nor powerful aromatic hopping.

(22oz bottle) Medium off-white head atop a slightly hazed golden/amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange/floral, caramel, some grapefruit, light plum. Taste is medium sweet, floral/orange, some caramel, grapefruit -- seems dry-hopped. Occasionally a tinge of metallic makes itself known. Medium bitterness. Watery medium body, light acidity, pretty drinkable.

A Mes rate. Bottle from Whole Foods in NY.
An excellent darkish gold with an orange hue, really clean and with a very good,lasting white head. Pleasing dusky hop snout with the trans-Atlantic varieties working really well together. Seems like a bit of Brambling Cross and some EKG. Some really good bitter alpha stuff coming from the U.S. side too. In fact, the more I sniff at it, the better it gets. That’s an adorable aroma. Faint, very faint cardboard notes make the English aspecteven more believeable once in the mouth. Tastes very much indeed like a British bottle conditioned ale with some extra hops. Superb balance of bitterness and flavour. A little too much caramel from the malt though and it’s just a little astringent in the aftertaste but other than that this is a lovely refreshing IPA with just the right amount of bite. Not overdone at all. Excellent length, bags of flavour. Very British all round really, especially on the palate. You American folks would probably call it thin, I’d call it downable, and that it is. If it wasn’t for the astringent finish and a very slight stickiness from the hops, this would be very very good indeed. As it is, it’s just great. Under-rated if you ask me.