Southampton Old Herb

Brewed by Southampton Publick House
Style: Barley Wine
Southampton, New York USA

Bottle 174 / 500, not sure on the year (bought in Brooklyn in 4/05). Nice ruby copper body. Thin off-white creamy head. Nice malty aroma, seeming complex subtleties all over the place. A touch of grapefruit hop. Coating, bright/bitter fruit. Nice sweet malty caramel and raisin backing it up. Cocoa finish on the tongue.

2005 - Bottle 104/500: Nice amber color with a big white frothy head . Intense and luscious nose: Grapes, plums, malt, coffee and hops a go go - with a slight tucked away but not unpleasant moldy hint. Long lasting frutiy and intense biting taste accomplished by a pepper and cloves finish.

2003 bottle 147/500. Poured a murky orange-brown color with little carbonation. I had to pour straight into the glass from a good distance away to get any head. Sweet thick malty aroma of toffee, sugar, flesh of an orange, and alcohol. Sweet, malty, and fruity with a bitter finish with some alcohol flavor and warming. Full bodied, tasty and aging well.

2004 Vintage. Bottle 475/500. Ruddy brown w/ a cream, frothy pale tan finger of foam. Fresh, herbal hops on the nose w/ notes of caramel, vanilla & berries. Full-medium feel. Flavour is sweet & malty (caramel, toffee), hoppy (grapefruit), fruity (berries, cherries) & spicy.

hmm tasty its really taste like caramel and some butterscotch in it maybe the taste differ of what you think because mine is really warm but i dont know how to say ca fesse :D

Aroma:hopy like a ipa...... Appearance:hazy amber,big head.... Flavor:herbs and very hopy..... I make a barley wine like that in mybasement for the 5 eme de 1000.

2003. Bottle 231/500. Hazy amber with virtually no head, just a small ring of tiny bubbles. Chewy, malty aroma of toffee, licorice, raisins, pine, whole grains, earthy hops, oxidation and big pieces of wheat bread. The body is full, slightly oily and smooth. The low carbonation is spot on. Starts sweet and robustly malty at the beginning. The layers of sweetnes and toasted character provide depth. As the beer moves through the top and starts to come down the back, a fairly intense bitterness shows up, even after two years in the cellar. The bitterness is fairly indescript and seems to be more noble and grassy, not the crazy pine, grapefruit or citrus that seems to be so dominate. The finish is long and warm, with the bitterness slowing mellowing out to allow the alcohol to take over. I probably waited a little too long for to drink this, but it’s still pretty damn tasty.

vintage 2004. Ambrée tirant vers l’orangée, partiellement opaque, sous une moyenne mousse beige pale partiellement diminuante. À caractère malté et très herbal, ouvrant une fenêtre donnant vue sur une fontaine de sang (sulfurique) giclant sur de vieux fruits rouges. Flaveurs de prunes rouges, de curaçao, de liqueur d’orange, de cacao ainsi que d’une touche de sel. Corps de densité moyenne, faible carbonnatation semblant adéquate pour le style. Pas un barley wine typique à mon sens mais certainement une création très originale.