Allagash Curieux

Draft. This was the beer of the night for me. Apricot orange color. Yeasty fruity aroma. Sweet tropical fruit flavor. Rich and chewy mouthful with sweet candy/vanilla/alcohol in the finish.

Tap at Barcade: I was impressed with this stuff. Pours a hazy golden color with a white, creamy, lacing head. The aroma is bright and fruity with apple, citruses (lemon), honey, oak, various spices and yeast is evident. Great chewy body with lively carbonation. Has lots of layers of flavors. The fruits range from pears, green apple, lemon. There’s a nice sweet Belgian malt back, which is graham cracker-like, with tons of peppery spiciness to balance. The alcohol is very well hidden in the flavor, yet it still has a nice warming character. There is the bourbon-oak present, yet it’s subtle and comes through more as it warms. The finish is nice and has a flowery dryness with prolonged spiciness that helps balance the sweet fruitiness and rich body. A very nice Tripel.

Pale orange/yellow pour, little to no head. Big citrus, yeast nose along with some light malt and oak. Lightly carbonated mouth feel. There was a certain earthy citrus tone to this that melded in to a sweet oak/bourbon finish that didn’t overpower the brew. Overall quite good.

Wow this brew is not joking around as the bourbon aging is very apparent. This brew has a nice color and wonderful smokey, charred aroma. The taste is a sweet hoppy yeasty flavor, similar to a tripel, but quickly moves to the overall smoked, charcoal character. A very interesting brew and one which hides its strength quite well, as this brew was pretty strong.

Pours almost orange, touch of gold. Nose of cittrus & pineapple. First sip has subtle notes of borboun, alcohol, malt, and a certain sweetness as it sits on my tongue. Viscous mouthfeel that coates, and a very smooth flavor. As the alcohol burn subsides it has a very clean, smooth finish. 11% hidden well. Will have again.

Date: November 02, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Appearance: opaque yellow, whispy white head
Aroma: bright funky spicy aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: light malt flavor, great yeast character giving a touch of spices, nice oak and vanilla, light bitterness

Date: March 04, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Appearance: opaque burnt orange, dense creamy white head, thick drippy lace
Aroma: sweet estery fruity and vanilla aroma with lots of spicyness, touch of oak mixed in with the spicyness
Flavor: sweet caramel and vanilla flavor continues to grow and enrichen, hint of bourbon, lots of oak and spicyness for balance

Date: May 13, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: Green’s
Aroma: aroma is very oaky with a light funk followed by a sweet fruity character
Flavor: flavor is sweet and estery balanced by the woody oak, very little of the bourbon character in this bottle

Date: March 07, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
more oak than bourbon, a golden ale with oak and very little bourbon,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Bottled June 2006. Aroma started vinous, but followed with caramel malt and sweet fruits, like pineapple or peach. Orangey in color, with a white head that’s substantial and laces. Medium bodied. Creamy carbonation. Starts something candi sweet with a touch of alcohol and sweet stone fruit - not dark fruit. Pineapple seems in there somewhere. Vanilla comes along, and the finish is not quite dry, and a bit astringent. The bitter aspects could be from floral hop. There’s a tannic aspect for sure, and that’s got to be from the barrel. Not sure about bourbon.

Much thanks to Reklaw for sharing this with me. Poured golden with no head and oily lacing. Nose is white wine, dried fruit, and teriyaki. Flavors of vanilla, oak, plum, astringent alcohol, and thai noodles emerge. Slightly dry finish. Medium carbonation and medium body. Very rich and complex.