Allagash Curieux

Bottled in Feb. 2008. Pours a fairly clear gold color with a lasting white head. Aroma is sweet and sticky - butter, vanilla, and alcohol. Taste is the same plus oak and bourbon. I’m not a fan. High ABV + barrel aging = bad beer in my opinion, and this is another example. Lousy taste and smell, this is not drinkable or enjoyable. Drain pour.

golden pour with a fizzy slight head. vanilla, touch bourbon, some oakiness but not overpowering. little bit of alcohol. syrupy mouthfeel, defined vanilla, woody tones, a bit boozy, little bit of bourbon in the finish. really nice sipper that has obviously been mellowed well

750 ml. Bottle dated feb. 2009. golden orange pour with white head. Aroma of bourbon, oak, vanilla. Flavor is lightly sweet but well balanced with the bourbon barrel. Notes of oak, vanilla, lightly booziness in the finish. Mouthfeel is nice, with a dry finish. Absolutely awesome take on a triple.

Bottle, 75cl. Pours a golden beer with a white head. The aroma is vineous with wood and bourbon. The flavor is sweet with notes of bourbon, vanilla and fruits. The palate is dry. Overall a great beer with clear notes of the woodaging.

Hazy golden in color, white head abides. Citrus, spice, and bourbon nose. Oak, sweet citrus, bourbon, vanilla. Crisp finish. Quite hard to drink slowly.

Perfumy nose, golden brown color. A whiskey-like component that is interesting and enjoyable. The wood, which plays rather nicely with the dry, spicy character of the beer, does detract form the overall complexity of the beer.

Still yet to find an Allagash beer I like. Rather unfortunate. THis one poured a big fluffy head, with an orangy body, with a red hint. Smell was very lightly of Bourbon with not too much else. Tastes too strong of Bourbon. The Tripel flavors are just too delicate to hold up against the hotness of alcohol and the bourbon tastes. Tastes liek watered down bourbon, rather disapointed.