notalush (7339) reviewed Old Herb from Southampton Publick House 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
2003 - 12oz bottle number 128 of 500 - MMM, very complex, even for a barleywine - chocolate, roasted oats, cherries, raisins, brown sugar, molassas, and somehow they all work together - a little astrigent at first, but mellows as it warms - very impressive for such a young example - Southampton does it again.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
22oz bottle, at publick house. Sweet Jesus this is good stuff! Perfect appearance, nice lacing. Aroma of chocolate, toffee and some woodiness. Full, creamy mouthfeel. Flavors are of coffee, chocolate and caramel - they explode on the tongue - late roastiness and a tongue coating of malts - very stout-like - if you told me this was an Imperial Stout, I’d believe you. Hours after I’ve had it and I’m still burping up the flavors, esp. chocolate, how great is that?! [re-rate] they are now contract brewing and distributing this beer commercially, and I think the quality has suffered a bit, and they may have actually changed the recipe a bit - it’s a bit thinner now, with some vinous qualities, and a market cookie/pastry flavor - not as good as it once was, but still great
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
This is a mighty fine IPA from a mighty fine brewpub. Excellent lacing coats the glass and sticks to the sides like cement. Perfectly hopped, leaving a lingering, near perfect hop bitterness in the finish. My only complaint is that I think it should have had a bit more of a malt presence.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask, at publick house - Cask conditioning made this the most yeasty beer I've ever had, and I'm still not sure if that was a good thing. Nice clarity and head. A good amount of hops for a mere pale ale. This tasted like a liquid loaf of bread...literally, only with some hops thrown in.
notalush (7339) reviewed Altbier from Southampton Publick House 22 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
This was a bit on the uneventful side. Penny/copper color, spices in the nose. Slight hops and slight maltiness...slight everything actually. A beer that didn't try hard enough to get my attention.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
This is a pretty decent lager. Probably one of the better lagers I've had. However, since I tried so many of their beers in one shot, this paled in comparison to most, if not all of them. Very wheaty - bread-like. If you like lagers, you'll love it, but I had to move on to bigger and better things. Good thing you can get beers in 4 ounce sample glasses, because this was def. a beer I wouldn't want to waste the money on a full pint of.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
This was a very interesting take on a belgian ale. Like a white beer on steroids. Lots of spice in the flavor. Mildly alcoholic. Lemony and zesty. Mild sweetness as well. Peppery. Nice lacing, to boot. Strange palate, though. Not a great beer, but still pretty good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
A great red irish ale, and I'm not a big fan of these either. Perfect red/copper color, slight malts in the nose. Highly wheaty and malty at the same time. An irish ale like I have never had.
notalush (7339) reviewed Double Bock from Southampton Publick House 22 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Comperable to the good German doppelbocks, but not quite as good as some. Copper appearance with a great-looking head. Caramel in the nose, as well as in the flavor. Slight hops in the long-term. Smooth finish. I would have liked a bit more maltiness, though - I likes my doppelbocks super malty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
I have to agree with mittenstein - this is the best dry stout I've ever had. It is a classic. Perfect dark body, though a little lacking in the head department. Roasty nose. Lots of roastiness in the flavor, with some chocolate, but a very slight sweetness. Coffee undertones. Nearly perfect dry finish. Zero bitterness. This was my first sample in this evenings Southampton beer voyage, and it got me off to a great start.