Allagash Curieux

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

Cloudy, even dirty, gold in color with a small noisy white head that remains as a thin layer of tiny white bubbles. The second pour out of the 750 brought a big thick head of 2 inches. Aroma of alcohol,, whiskey, and spice. Flavor is similar with some funkiness, clove, and honey. The bourbon was a bit overdone. Feel is very smooth. ABV is not exaggerated! This is a super beer on so many levels.

750 ml bottle shared by Tmoney99. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. The aromas bourbon, oak, spicy sweet malt. The flavor is much of the same bourbon, moderately sweet malt with a spicy edge, honey, and an overall smooth quality from the wood. This was an interesting beer. The 11% came out a bit as it warmed. Finish was dry.

Bottle courtesy of superdave70 shared at hellbilly*s holiday tasting. Spicey bourbon aroma. Hazy gold body with white head. Spicey, clove and sweet bourbon flavor. Mabe little to much on the spice side for me. Thanks Dave.

Aromas of bourbon, tartness from the oak, somewhat spicy tripel-ish aroma. Light sweetness, hay. Golden orange pour, nice bubbles, and a nice head too. The flavor is pretty full of bourbon and booze up front, some oak notes subdue the underlying base of yeast, spice, and fruit. Some candy sweetness, and perhaps a little bread. Lots of noticable booze from the 11%. Carbonation is soft, the body is smooth, and oak dryness lingers.

750ml bottle. Pours an opaque honey-orange. Lots of foamy head. You can definitely taste the barrel aging here, not just in the bourbon but also in the tannins present in this one. Pretty sweet, but this sweetness is balanced by the tannins and bitter notes from the casking. Wow - after 1 hour after drinking this I am completely toasted. Wow. Just wow.

750ml bottle. Pours golden orange with a nice foamy white head. Aroma of fruit and sweet malts. The sweetness continues on the tongue, along with bread, vanilla, wood, and a nice bourbon alcohol burn at the finish. Very good beer despite the high price. Thanks Dad!

Sampled at the hellbilly holiday tasting. Golden brownish color pour with a nice foamy head that lasts a while. Aroma of sweet malt, bourbon, fruit and yeast. Lots of bourbon in the flavor, along with fruit, vanilla, yeast, and a bit of spice and alcohol. Smooth and slightly thick on the palate. Pretty good brew!

Bottle courtesy of superdave70 shared at hellbilly*s holiday tasting. Pours a hazy peach color with a white head. Nose is alcohol, light sour yeast and malty bourbon. Taste is sweet dark fruits, biscuits, vanilla and alcohol. Medium prickly mouth. Decent stuff. Thanks Dave!