Allagash Interlude

750, corked and baled, 2007. Pours crystal clear dark amber with a towering, creamy tan head that falls eventually away to a big loose moussy ring that really sticks around. Nice tart nose, a little bit balsamic, a little bit overripe red berry. Definite red wine presence in the aromatics once you know to look for it. Creamy medium body, with crisp fizzy carb. Nuts, caramel, brown bread, and other more pedestrian notes struggle for identity under a big blast of balsamic, berries, and red wine on the mid-palate. Complex, drinkable, satisfying, and delicious, but not without being prone to bossing you around. Very much a take-charge beer. Lovely stuff.

Sampled from 22-oz bomber and shared by MatSciGuy. Pours a copper amber brew with a thin off-white head that quickly dissipates. Aroma of fruity apples/pear, little golden grain malt, some citrus and earthy spices. Taste is full bodied, a little tart with a dry yeast and floral flavor. Finish is semi-tart, dry with a mild earthy spice aftertaste with plenty of alcohol presence.

pours a cloudy dark orange-brown with a thin off-white head that dissipates quickly. smell is of sour malt, some citrus, floral, spice, and pepper. taste is tart, sour malt, fruit, some spice, pepper, aftertaste is very spicy.

Verre de 4 oz, d’une bouteille au Bières, Caprices et Flaveurs 2008. Arômes boisés et de levures sauvages. Robe dorée, peu de mousse. Très complexe en bouche, un fort caractère boisé accompagne les fruits rouges et une belle note citronnée et de pomme verte. Belle acidité. Finale légèrement amère et très sèche. L’alcool est extrêmement bien dissimulé. Excellent !

Vintage 2007. Hazy rusty orange pour. Fluffy khaki head and thick lace. Sour pear on the nose. Spicy flavor with notable hints of leather, sour cherries , and an oak finish

[Bottle] Pours slightly hazy gold with a large fluffy tan head. Tart aroma with apple cinnamon muffin batter. Aroma isn’t nearly as funky as I would have expected. The flavor, however, was very funky. The wine is evident and gives the beer a significant oakiness. A touch of tartness, alcohol, a little bit of hay, and a huge dry oak finish tops it off.

Brewed January 2007; Sampled October 22, 2008. Courtesy of MatSciGuy. Copper color with a thin head. Interesting aroma of apples, oak and a bit of cinnamon. Tart malt flavor up front. More apple and oak. Quite yeasty. An almost Bretty dry finish.

GABF 08: Slightly cloudy light bronze. Grapey sour nose, almost dimetab-like with a nice subtle but fun medicinal quality. Dry, medicinally sour flavors bring notes of grape, aspirine, and weirdness, not necessary in a good way..or bad for that matter. A little heat is noticeable too.