750 mL, corked & caged affair. Pop is average and plenty of foam “gushes” in a controlled manner. Not a “gusher” as such but some foam.
Poured into the Duvel tulip the pour is not “dark” as such, but is a distinctly, amber orange color with plenty of yeasty, fine sediment. The sediment introduces some cloudiness.
Head is plentiful but leaves quickly and does not produce much lace.
Sweet alcohol in the nose with some Tripel like Belgian notes.
It’s not until we get to the taste that things start going slightly awry. There’s a lot of sweetness but it comes with a rather large amout of earthy funk. Now, I was expecting a decent amount of funk in relaton to the style, but the yeasty, earth-like taste goes beyond what I was expecting EVEN considering the style. Soil-like even!
I dunno, the beer seems a little too earthy despite the style. Southampton mekes some SUPERB beer, I’m not sure that this is one of those great brews.