Southampton Abbot 12

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Southampton, New York USA

Dark, deep amber. Smooth, thickish, rewarding mouthfeel. Malty and chewy-sweet. I thought it kind of tasted like New Belgium Abbey's "big brother" ... bolder, thicker and sweeter. Some gentle, dark fruit enhancers (fig, dates and raisin). Tongue-drying hops parched the roof of my mouth and left behind a little bitterness. Pleasant beer.

Rating #500. Bottled 2003 vintage. Beer pours dark amber with a not very large off white head that diminishes rapidly. Aroma is yeasty with brown sugar and candied fruit. Flavor is pretty rich, but a bit over sweet for my taste. Lots of raisin, too much candy sugar, and just a bit out of balance IMO. Thanks to AustinPowers for the opportunity to try this rare beer.

750 ml bottle, 2003. Dark root beer/cognac coloration, medium fast-decaying fluffy head. Very grapy/fruity and vinous nose; on the tongue, also grapy, with rum/cognac alcoholic presence, hints of vanilla...the booze is felt, rather than tasted, but there is too much grape juice and syrupiness here. The effort is there, and the quality, but IMHO this is way too young and undevoloped, almost cloying with brown sugar not mixing well with the predominant dark fruits. Next time, I’ll hold onto it for a couple of years.

Hazy brown, dirty looking. Aroma is huge caramel, candi sugar, one diminsional but good. Taste is earthy, spicy malts, brown sugar. Balanced ethanol. Finish is stronger ethanol. Nice breadiness, hints of esters. Medium body, light oiliness. Yum!

Cola in colour with a bit of brown, a large lingering off-white coloured head, excellent lacing. The aroma is malty, quite sweet, rich with a bit of noticable alcohol, lots of dark fruits. The flavour is of candy sugar, lots of malt, again quite sweet, smooth, creamy, light alcohol. Very sweet mouthfeel, medium body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes long, sweet, malty.

Highly sweet but it didn’t seem to take anything away from what the beer was offering. Nowhere near the amount of alcohol that I was expecting. This one would age very well.

750ml bottle shared by rudolf, thanks Rudy.
Opened on March 28, 2008.
No date.

Dark brown color. Chocolate, alcohol, raisin, plum nose. Smooth alcohol brown cola flavor. Mostly sweet, average body.

Bottled: Unclear brownish coloured. Beige thin head. Fruit, light alcahol notes and an immense sweetness in the aroma. Almonds, syrup and fruits in the flavour. Some spices is there, and the alcahol is pretty well hidden. Ends on a sweet note. Not that complex, but still quite good.

GABF 2006. Ruby brown. Small tanned head. Aroma consisting of caramel, dark fruits, cocoa, sweet malts, and candi sugar. Taste is more caramel and sweetich maltiness, dark fruit notes, light spice and floral notes, some yeast, dusty cocoa, bittersweet chocolate and soft alcohol. Body is medium-full. There’s a moderate carbonation feel that makes itself present after several samples. Ends with more dark fruits, caramel, hint of brown sugar, cocoa, and light alcohol.