Allagash Interlude

Orange with a small but lasting white head. Aroma has hints of lambic, as well as oak and pineapple. Flavour has acid, lambic notes, and a lasting dry finish.
Cask at GBBF 2009: Exactly the same numbers, still a yummy funky beer.

Tried from bottle at Stone’s 1st Annual Sour Beer Tasting. Cloudy brown yellow color. Mild aroma. Good slightly sweet flavor. Good beer.

Deep amber, huge head, great lace. Just looks wonderful. Nose of apricots and orange blossom, bread and Belgian yeast. Taste is orange and grapefruit, bread and yeast, red wine and oak, spice and orange again, with a long fruity finish. This aged wonderfully. Good big Belgian mouth.

Pours an amber hue. Aroma is big fruit with a bit of citrus and yeast included as well. The taste itself is a roller-coaster ride from fruit to spice to yeast to malt to a slight, slight alcoholic finish. An outstanding beer.

One whiff of this amber hued ale and you know you’re in for a wild drink. The barnyard funkiness of the Brettanomyces practically leaps into the nose. There’s also many a fruity scent - peaches & nectarines, berries, orchard fruit. The very thought of drinking this rather than just sniffing it seemed anticlimactic. Luckily, the flavor’s not a let-down. The aforementioned are joined by white peppers, alcohol, and a touch of lemon zest, all smoothly blended together. Very fine ale.

Hazed peach body with a modest beige head. Seductive aroma hints of fruitiness as soon as the cork is removed. Notes of green apple, red grapes, kiwi, and strawberries are joined by oak tones and some subtle spices. Nice! Medium to light medium in body with zingy carbonation. Taste opens on a spicy note with a touch of hot alcohol. Brett notes quickly appear with a wet gravel taste and some funky wool. Underripe strawberry and kiwi provide fruit texture. Oak is subtle but noticed. Lemon pez candy and kiwi skin come back for the finish and aftertaste. Incredibly complex and one of the better efforts at an American wild ale.

The Dan Journal #80. Tasted 4/11/2007. 750ml bottle. 2007 Vintage. Dark golden honey hue. Large layer of off-white head. Flemmish sour nose. But sweeter. Younger? Tart apples and citrus. An unbalanced burn. Cocoa and earthy aromas. Full bodied with flavors of tart cherries. Big beer, but good drinking.

Appears a hazy, russett toned crimson with a small white head that slowly fades out. Scattered streaks of lacing are left around the glass. Smell is of light oak, vanilla, tart apples, melons, mild pineapple, earthiness, and citrus. Taste mimics the aromas with light cherries found among the flavors. Mouthfeel is sweet up front with honey and booze hanging on during the dry finish.