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Southampton Abbot 12

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3463.86/5.03.84/5.0Special10%84Trappist glass
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Southampton Abbot 12 is our version of a Belgian Abbey-style Dark Ale. This unique style of ale is referred to as "Quadruple" and is brewed by only a few Belgian Trappist breweries. Southampton Abbot 12 is made with imported ingredients and is formulated to allow the beer to age for several years in the bottle.
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 SoLan (1411), Orlando, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/516/20
Jun 12, 2007  
Courtesy mgumby10. Dark ruby/amber. Small layer of white foam. Aroma of smoked breakfast sausage, dark fruits- some acai for sure, light spiciness, bread, rich caramel, and airy yeast. Flavor of chocolate, toffee, light smoke, less meat, more dark fruits, spiciness, heavy bread, subtle tartness from the yeast. Complex brew. Full body, balanced carbonation is foamy yet very soft. Great brew.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 10, 2007  
Bottle from Capone’s, shared with Mad_indian. Pours deep amber with a large khaki colored head. Aroma of belgian spices, yeast, fruit, and caramel. The flavor is sweet upfront, fruit, caramel, smooth for 10%, bread, spices, citrus, and mildly bitter, and moderately carbonated. Good brew.


 MadIndian (992), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 10, 2007  
Bottle from capones, Thanks Stegosaurus. Hazy pour with a tan head. Strong fruit aroma with hints of brown sugar. Caramel malt, brown sugar and fruit flavor. Smooth.


 kramer (2465), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Jun 8, 2007  
25 oz bottle, via adrian910ss. Pours a clear orangish amber colored body under a large fluffy beige head that slowly deflated to a partial covering. Some light spotty lacing. Aroma is very fruity with lots of Belgian yeast influence. Light alcohol, raisin, plum, caramel, toffee, grapes, and candi sugar. Flavor is knock you over the head sweet with lots of candi sugar and raisin notes. Minimal alcohol flavor with light yeast on the finish. Mouthfeel is full bodied, but stops short of being overly cloying with very nice pinpoint carbonation. Finishes with a slight warming sensation. A pretty good beer, but way below what I expected. I gotta say, I suppose that I just don’t care for much from Southampton save for the Imperial Russian Stout that I’ve had thus far.


 RCL (1460), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/517/20
Jun 4, 2007  
This beer is superb. Creamy white head. Hint of vinousness in the nose along with the yeastiness. Sweetness just this side of cloying, but so tasty. Like a raisin nut granola bar.


 pineypower (1090), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 2, 2007  
Pours out dark brown with slight reddish tinge. Moderate foamy white head. Aroma was sweet with some notes of fruit and slight yeast. Flavor is complex, fig, raisin, sweet malt and some candi sugar. Alcohol is well covered up. Slight earthy notes going on in the background but sweetness is what come through the most.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20
Jun 1, 2007  
Bottle from Capone’s (actually, 4 bottles in storage...thanks, Matt!!), that I just popped. The pour is hazy ruby/orangy thru direct light, looking deep ruby through ambient light, with a Brobdingnagian head, about 3-fingers of sticky white foam that sounds like the sound of the nether regions of a woman in the throes of direct multiple-finger manual digital manipulation. Just delightful! The aroma is trappisty, with the caramelly malt, big fruit, including figs and berries, cognac, funky yeasty peaty notes, and cabernet.The flavor is...wow...tons of fruit of the cherry, berry, fig variety, coupled with a solid malt presence, plus that candi sugary, brown sugary, funky yeasty true Belgian taste profile. The fruit remains, as does the malt, throughout, with a solid funky yeasty flavor, well hidden alcohol, and even more cherry/berry as it warms, with subdued hops and merging spicy notes. I dare say this one would hold its own against the trappists of the world, and this one solidifies Phil Markowski as a true God among men as far as beer brewing goes. Fucking outstanding!!!!!


highpoint (23), lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Jun 1, 2007  
wow, one of the firsst american style abbey beers that match up well with the Belgain styles. great orange(y) amber color, and the nose had the classic Rummy aroma. flavors of rum,raisins, and plums. as complex as they come, alcohol well hidden.



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