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Allagash Interlude

Allagash Interlude - Belgian Strong Ale

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99
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Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Portland, Maine USA

bottled
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on tap
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4253.93/5.03.91/5.0Special9.5%97.2Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
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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 oh6gdx (8802), 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.


 leaparsons (4659), Leicester, Leicestershire, England
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 7, 2009  
Cask, GBBF 09. Hazy dark amber with a thin head. Aromas are floral, spicy and medicinal with toffee malts. Some citrus and vinegar. Flavours are sour and medicinal with some woody notes. Toffee and caramel malts with yeast and vinegar sourness. Sweet pear fruitiness, too. Lots of warming alcohol on the finish. Decent.


 RPillsbury (112), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/511/20
Aug 7, 2009  
Cask at the GBBF 2009. I tried this beer early on at the festival as I was worried that it might run out and I’ve always wanted to try it. I think this was my mistake since I found it completely overwhelming. The aroma was sour-smelling with some cranberry and it appeared a bit dingy in colour. The flavour was really overpowering of sweet taffy, cherries and sourness. I thought I detected some cinnamon. It had an okay finish.


 RichardGretton (3131), Leicestershire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 6, 2009  
Cask@GBBF, 2009. Light brown/dark bronze beer with a small head. The aroma is lightly sour fruit, and the flavour is bready, bitter and lightly sour. Overall a palatable gently sour and yeasty beer.


 hughie (3018), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/105/518/20
Aug 6, 2009  
Cask, gravity, at GBBF ’09. American Beer of the Festival for me. Hazy copper colour. Sour woody aroma, but the taste is beguilingly sweet and fruity with slight astringency. Some dryness. This was the beer I wanted at that moment: full of alcohol but intensely approachable and friendly.


 TBone (6678), Pori, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 5, 2009  
Cask@GBBF. A bit murky amber color, not much head. Sour grapefruit nose. Very tart, grapefruit, lime, some strawberries too. Intensive beer. Nice alcoholic, a bit sweet, tart and hoppy aftertaste.


 evergreen0199 (259), London, Greater London, England
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/513/20
Aug 5, 2009  
Draught at GBBF 2009. A hazy red ale with a slight head. Oak, fruity, sour taste/aroma. I was guzzling Allagash beers almost daily during my vacation in Maine a few years back but this one is not really my thing.


 drfabulous (1213), Columbia, Missouri, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 4, 2009  
2008 bottle. Oh man. This is a lovely reddish ale with just a touch of sour. Wine-ish taste. Cherry lingers. Sugar candy in the background. Lots of oak. Fantastic.



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