Hazy golden orange body with a large frothy off-white head. Strong spice aroma with lots of orange. Strong spiced flavor with a lot of orange, and a bit of yeast.

Bottle. Pours a golden colour with a white head. Malty spicy and a little yeasty aroma. Sweet malty spicy, yeasty flavor. Has a malty spicy finish with some hints of yeast.

This was very good but I am surprised to see it rated as high as it is. Great aroma, lots of spices, fruit, sweet malt. Flavor has lots of yeast and more sweet fruit as well. The spices are evident and well done as well. This is a very sweet beer, but the alcohol cuts through towards the end. When I took my first sip I was thinking this needed a little time to cut down on the sugar, and on my last sip I thought it can’t stand any more alcohol.

Pours bright amber into a tulip. Fluffy off-white micro head with good retention leaves lacing as it slowly recedes. Biscuit and orange aromas. Fizzy sweet caramel with a lasting orange alcohol finish. Perhaps better aged?

Bottle Pours a hazy dark golden with a fleeting small white head. Spotty lacing. Aroma is the interesting Belgian spicy medley, orange and spicy hops. The flavor was also characterist of the belgian strong but I though milder and faint. Just as well for me. Quite lively carbonation and a light dry finish. A very drinkable Belgian for me. Thanks Buck Dich for sharing

750 cork & wire. 2006 bottle, the new ones Southampton makes out of the Sly Fox facility in PA. Consumed very fresh. Pours an orange-ish copper color, pretty clear beer with a small head. Aroma is strong - a strong sweetness with a floral background. Mouthfeel is perfect. Flavor is also sweet and floral, slight citric/coriander feel - not as present as the label makes you think. Mouthfeel is great, perfect for this beer; heavy body, real pillow-y feel. Carbonation is felt right at the back of the throat. Leaves a citric sting with a floral sweetness aftertaste.

Vertical of 2005 Publick House bottling (pictured) and 2006 Sly Fox bottled versions. The ’05 has some very sweet cardboard and some cork aspects. While the SH yeast is turning just a bit sour. But overall still aging very nicely. Lots of marmalade-like syrupy flavors. Some fruit and a bread-y, grainy finish. The yeast is keeping things cool and the spices are still lightly there. The ’06 is doing great thought. Much thicker, lively maltiness in there with spices still kicking strong. Taste is doughy yeast, lots of the anise and the other spices. Not showing any negative signs of age. Very impressive version of the beer coming from a Sly Fox. I would say I prefer the ’06 contracted version but so many things are uneven. Limitations: green bottle for the Publick House version, spent more time on store self before I got it, and obviously there is a year difference on the bottles.

Final thoughts: definitely get the Sly Fox version and feel free to age it, it changes in a good way. The 05 Publick House while still good should maybe not sit around any longer (but again my bottle was not optimal).

Bottle 2004 shared at Noogfest Pours with a fading creamy white head over a muted gold body. Creamy vanilla mango aroma. Starts sweet with a tartness that develops and intensifies towards the finish. Nice. Spritzy not overly sweet.