3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: The aroma consists of musty raspberry, oak, and light tartness. It pours a transparent brownish-orange with a minimal head. The flavor starts with quick dose of sweet raspberries. In the finish the raspberry turns more tart (lightly tart) with hints of lemon and oak. Light-medium bodied with light carbonation.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
#2500 thanks to jamie2dope. deep amber pour with a cream head. nose is raspberries, wood, bugs, and dried fruit skins. very nice on the palate, flavor is raspberries, tart dried frutis, bugs, wood, and a dry finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
huge thanks goes out to mar for landing a bottle of this for the tasting. poured amber with no head. aroma was just plain awesomeness that roundhouse kicks you like chuck norris with carmel, cherry, and tart melon. flavor was right on with the nose, but wait, my nose got kick off from the chuck norris roundhouse kick like aroma. body was light and nice. nice beer to commemorate a milestone with.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(500ml bottle, courtesy of mar) Pours a golden orange body with a small white head. Aroma of vinegar, earth, berries, subtle vinous, horseblanket, and cobwebs. Flavor of grass, funky, earth, and raspberries with a dry finish.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
bottle, thanks to mar, pours hazy golden, with aroma of sour cherry, dusty funk, flavor is sour, cherry, chalky. dry, woody finish.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle thanks mar. Pours with a small white head and a hazy golden body. Aroma of wet horse, brown sugar, plums and cherry wood. Taste is sour, tart, raspberries, cherry, acid, and brown sugar. Dry and acidic mouthfeel.
4.4 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
My Bottom Line:
This magnificent Sour Ale presents a seamless arrangement of balsamic vinegar, gooseberries and raspberries, morphing into a complex wilderness which thrives on the tongue long after the sip has disappeared.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A slim veil of foam tops the twilight amber.
-Carbonation is very low, helping the sourness to come to the forefront of the flavor profile.
-That aroma is spellbinding for the Sour Ale lover.
-All flavors are balanced and levelled. This is yet another highly accomplished product from Allagash.
Bottle.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours out golden/orange with light amber hues from the 500ml bottle shared by WeeHeavySD (thanks, man!): Strong brett aroma, raspberries, thick yogurt, woods, and caramel. Light to moderately puckering, with accompanying notes of sour grapes, some raspberries, cheese rind, and fresh oak. Buttery throughout with caramel whispers. Drinkability: An unforeseen balance for this kind of style, but I savored every bit of the surprise. Pairing: Long Clawson Long Claw Stilton. Rebuy: Yeah. #423 on 23042010 "423 on 4/23", DG .
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