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Allagash Curieux

Allagash Curieux - Abbey Tripel

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel

Portland, Maine USA

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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6553.76/5.03.75/5.0Special11%96.1Trappist glass, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Allagash Curieux is a unique beer that was aged for 8 weeks in Jim Beam Bourbon Barrels. In July 2004 they brewed a batch of the Triple and placed it in Bourbon barrels from Kentucky.
December '04 bottles labeled as 11% ABV. Previous vintages at 9.5%.
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 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 4, 2008  
Pours a pale yellowish orange color. Cloudy with a very small quickly fading head. Smell is lemony, bright, and cedary. Pretty fresh aroma and taste is much the same with bright lemony notes and definite strong woody flavors from the barrell more so than the actual bourbon. Slightly creamy. A very unique beer, and I was pleasantly surprised by this one.


Sassenach (59), USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 29, 2008  
Pours a soft golden bronze, with a medium white head. Aroma of sweet corn and wheat. Tastes of tender barley, slightly of bittersweet wheat, and a small accent of bourbon. Slightly complex mouth feel, with a bitter honey finish. I was expecting more, but was overall satisfied.


 bleeng (587), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Feb 28, 2008    Updated: Sep 7, 2009
Draft at Flying Saucer Houston. Bright hazy yellow with a small white head. Nose is tangy and lemony-not much else. I did not get much barrel from this. Alcohol is present and almost over the top. Very sweet, yeasty, and fresh. Overall a very nice beer.


 sheatripper (863), Brooklyn, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Feb 27, 2008  
Cask at Waterfront, Bklyn. Poured into Kasteel trappist glass a cloudy amber with a frothy head. Initial aromas of bourbon, but fades after a bit to more subtler cakey notes. Flavor of bourbon upfront, but again it settles into more Belgian characteristics. Caramel, spice, banana yeast, with influences of the barrelwood. Thankfully tastes more like a tripel than a glass of bourbon. Nice balance of flavors.


jwardell (23), Newton, Massachusetts, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/510/104/519/20
Feb 22, 2008  
On tap and in bottle. Takes belgian tripel style to the next level. In addition to the excellent taste of a tripel, the barrel-aging process is apparent with strong undertones of wood, smoke, and bourbon. A bit on the dry side, and the high alcohol is apparent in a satisfying way. A prime example of why Allagash is such an amazing brewery because on top of doing amazing recreations of classic belgian styles, they add experimental methods like this to add flavors never experienced before, that always result in an amazing beer.


 AmEricanbrew (1747), Louisiana, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/510/103/518/20
Feb 19, 2008  
June 2006 bottling, 398 cases bottled. Clear dark yellow with a frothy white head, good retention with nice lacing. Huge bourbon oak nose with a hint of spicy hops. Smooth and full bodied. Big boozy taste of whiskey, oak, and pale cracker malts up front, with dusty malts and a lightly sweet and spicy hop and bourbon essence to round up the drinking experience. This is one barrel aged brew that worked. Savored on Feb 23 2007....most excellent


 mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Feb 18, 2008  
Beer poured out a deep golden almost orange color with a light head. Nice yeasty aroma with a hint of wood and earthiness. Very sweet taste with some oak in the end. Sticky mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Left a bit of a film in my mouth. Good beer. But would not go out of my way for it.


 Goodgrief (1144), Middletown, Delaware, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/59/104/514/20
Feb 18, 2008  
Feb. 2007 - Beer poured trippel-looking color, next to no head, but a little bit of lacing. Almost non-existant aroma. Flavor was sweet malts, bananas and lot of oak and bourbon. Tastes like a good barrel-aged trippel without hops. Almost perfect amount of carbonation and thickness. It gets knocked down because the aroma and appearance were not impressive. It also loses a point in overall, because while a good beer, the $14.94 pricetag is just ridiculous.



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