Southampton Double Ice Bock

A hazy orange beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet alcoholic with strong fruity notes - peaches being most dominant, but also noticeable hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and alcohol, as well as light notes of wood. The alcohol is also felt, it burns the mouth and throat.

(Bottle 18,7 cl) Slightly hazy, dark amber with a creamy, off-white head. Extremely rich aromas - overripe fruits in particular. Very full-bodied with some heavy alcohol and vinous, sherryish notes. Hoppy finish. Delicate all right, but not overly sophisticated. 160206

Orange-amber. Still. Vibrant colour. Aroma is long on malts, plus vanilla, peach, pear, and a bit of alcohol. Smooth palate. Again with the long malts, toasted notes, peaches, hint of caramel. Quite sweet, with a little heat (the alcohol comes off a bit like alligator pepper). Unique and stylish.

7oz, bottle 88/100. Clear Rosé colour with quickly fading head. Rather burning alcohol nose does show some bock character underneath, certainly fruity (dried mango, peach and oranges) and with a bolder earthy, nutty kick. Spicy in its alcohol, slightly reminiscent of scotch through its sea air characteristics. Fully ripe grainy notes eventually remind of rice and concentrated cereals. I can’t but relate it to a Sake from this point, it has the soft melon notes of the best sakes I’ve had paired along with this warming feel, though it borders burning here. There are pleasant aspects, but the oily medium body at best doesn’t speak of the richness this could hold. Furthermore, the malts are quite pale compared to the eisbocks I’ve preferred and this directly leads to what appeared like missing parts in the shape of sweet chocolate/toffee/biscuit maltiness that would have added a desserty aspect, but as it is, it’s more like strong alcohol or sake than what I want from my beer. Sorry for not encouraging experiments here.

Bottled. Deep glowing amber coloured. Aroma of malts, alcohol, toffee, vanilla and various fruits. Sweet flavour with loads of maltiness, toffee and dark fruits. Warming alcohol notes. Some hops in the finish. Soft carbonation. Rather balanced and pleasant. Thanks Eric.