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Allagash Interlude

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99
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bottled
common

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4323.93/5.03.92/5.0Special9.5%97.4Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Interlude- somewhere between the leap and the landing. It’s a jazz solo, the riffing, the unexpected improvisation. Rooted in a Belgian theme, Interlude soars from a second fermentation with our own Brettanomyces yeast. Then takes five in French oak wine barrels that once cellared fine Merlots and Sirahs. And then bottle conditioning. In all, an outrageous effort to make a bottle of beer. But then, if you prefer to swing with magnificent red wine notes and funky farmhouse flavors dancing in the undercurrents of a crisp, remarkable brew, then Interlude has that thing. C’est le gout, toujours! It’s the taste that is always an adventure.
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 rocbyter (912), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Aug 21, 2009  
January 2007 vintage. Sweet malty aroma. Slightly sour with hints of oak. Cloudy light orange color with a large airy head that dissipates. Mild sweet taste in the beginning that develops a tart bitter middle. Light alcohol at the end. Light palate.


 Gethinbeer (1001), Nova Scotia, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Aug 18, 2009  
August 2008 Bottle. Sour aroma, apples, pears, almost like a cider at first. Fruity and very interesting aroma. Clear copper appearance with a thin white lace. Complex flavour of apples, pears that seap through the acidic nature of this beer. Slightly sweet. Hints of oak. The beer was a year old and I feel would mature nicely. Maybe I should have waited. As the beer warms I get oranges and fine malts. Nice beer but not one of my favourites.


 Magicdave6 (5490), London, Greater London, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 17, 2009  
Cask at GBBF09. Alround rating: Grainy lightly buttery malt, tart, plums and vious fruits, the barrel aging off the wine is key, but i guessed white with rather than red. Good stuff.


 Scauca (409), Lovere, Italy
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 16, 2009  
Cask @ GBBF’09. Hazy dark golden with barely no head but a thin veil. Strong and nice funky nose, vinous, wood and frui with some alcoholic hints. Flavour is sweet caramel, fruity with a lovely sourness, woody. A very nice brew indeed.


 maeib (4710), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/103/514/20
Aug 12, 2009  
Cask Conditioned Gravity Dispense GBBF 09. A hazy brown, headless beer. The aroma is sour and vinuous with good strong alcohol notes. The taste is the same with yeasty notes. Some orangey fruits and bretty notes.


 beerandIT (183), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/514/20
Aug 12, 2009  
Pours a darker gold amber with little to no head. On the nose I am getting lots of different things such as toffee, some caramel there, candied fruits and a hint of the alcohol there as well. Full bodied beer. On the palate I get a tart sour taste upfront flavor with malts, candied sugars, various subtle fruit nuances and a sugar feel there as well. Hard to really go into much more with this one, I liked it but definitely different to me.


 Ober (1188), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/57/103/515/20
Aug 12, 2009  
Cask @ GBBF 2009. A little hazy, light brown colored beer, almost no head. The aroma is a little sour with wood. There are fruits and some hops. The taste is woody with a little sour. There are fruits like citrus. In the aftertaste the sour and wood flavors, moves over to light bitter with some sweet.


 oh6gdx (8838), Vasa, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 11, 2009  
Cask@GBBF2009. Deep amber colour with mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is slight brett along with fruits, wood and some slight berryish notes. Flavour is wooden sourness, some brett and also mild caramel malts and yeast in it. Very pleasantly sweetish sour brew.



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