Allagash Curieux

Tap at Uber; 11% version.

Pours a light cloudy amber with a beautiful white head and heavy lacing. Soft aroma of lemon, pear, and honey; maybe a whisper of Jim Beam in there too (at just below cellar temperature; a lot of more it as this warms to room temperature, of course).

The bourbon doesn’t really come in until one reaches the smoothly blended, slightly sour, gently sweet flavor. Even there the bourbon barrel is more an afterthought than an in-your-face display of barrel-aged exotica. (Note: again, this becomes more about the bourbon as it warms, albeit in a gentle way not in a blast-you-with-vanilla-oak-syrup way). We’ve got the characteristic light septic funkiness from Allagash, along with some very nice apricots (apricot skins?) in the finish. The beer starts a bit sticky and prickly on the palate but this too comes into its own with warming and one gets quite a nice creamy beer for 11%.

All of the components of this one are lovely, but the beer isn’t blowing me quite through the roof like one might expect, given the quality of the pieces.

Bottle, Barley & Hops. Very robust belgian flavor with bourbon and oak tones. Alcohol is not as prominent as it tastes more just the taste of the bourbon tricks your mind into thinking its higher.

Draft at PIB 2007: Pours a golden haze with small white head. Aroma is honeylike with fruit, flowers and some wood. Flavor is sweet and very fruity and floral, great triple, the bourbon and wood do not show up till the end and they are fairly subtle and give a nice dry and slightly spicy finish. The alcohol is well covered up. Excellent.

Bottled. Dark yellow colour. Great aroma from coconut, vanilla and bourbon. The bourbon is almost overwhelming but adds just more greatness. Good, malty flavour profile with oak and whiskey, which is especially noticed not before finish.

Bottled. Hazy orange with a small, white head. Oak, vanilla and some coconut in both aroma and flavour. Pretty dry and sweet with peppery notes.

75 cl bottle. Hazxy yellow color, white head. Oaky aroma, potato peel, sourish notes. Malty flavor, yeast, a bit bready and with oaky notes.

Bottle, thanks Marsiblursi. Hazy golden, medium white head. Fruity malt aroma with woddy notes and coconut. Yeasty and a bit spicy, with notes of vanilla. Medium bodied, quite smooth, but with a lively carbonation. Very well balanced. A very interesting tripel.

Bottle(thanx to Marsiblursi) Hazy yellow colour, medium creamy head. Aroma is dominated of fruits: Orange, a bit sour/Citron, reminds med of a Cantilon in the aroma "Picture", that´s a compliment to the brewer! Flavor is Sparkling, viny,sour, and complex flavor, but has lots of fruits in it.Nice fuol body, and a long nice finish. Thake a bow folks! for the brewer!!