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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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 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/58/20
Mar 18, 2009  
Pours dirty orange with light beige head. SMell is lightly funky malt. Taste is funky, odd, old and strange maltiness. Medium to thin body. Not good. Ugh...


 checkmatei1 (630), Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/519/20
Mar 16, 2009  
Draft @ Monk’s Cafe: This was part of PBW and the Brett Pack Dinner. Rob Todd told us a story about how this beer was a total mistake and was told he would never be able to produce this again. He has now produced around 6 batches, after discovering the Brett Yeast. This beer was a lighter shade of orange. The aroma was sour, citrus, hops, and oak. The flavor was smooth and delicious. Hints of wood, funk, dark fruit, sour, grapefruit, and a tiny bit of hops. Overall, an A++ beer from Allagash.


 hopdog (5549), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/517/20
Mar 15, 2009  
On tap at Capones. Poured a medium amberish/orangish color with virtually no head at all. Aromas of woodiness, grapes, vinous, and brett. Tastes of vinous, grapes, funky, earthy, and some spices.


 fly (1331), austin, Tejas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/104/512/20
Mar 2, 2009  
A jazz solo that I listened to intently and found initially off key followed by poor timbre then somewhat pleasant and then ultimately making me think the piece was beyond the range of the individual. To each their own, but I find the most pleasant aspects of brett seem to be dumbfounded by higher ABV.


 Slayer85 (583), Firenze, Italy
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 1, 2009  
750 ml bottle. January 2007 vintage. A cloudy pale amber beer with amedium sized and not much lasting white head. The aroma is yeasty with notes of citric fruits and wood, the last not overwhelming. Quite complex and powerful. The flavour has a medium sweetness and a medium acidity, quite funky, citric and with some spiciness (maybe pepper). Only medium body, average carbonation, dry long finish with light to medium bitterness, lightly alcoholic. Complex and drinkable, not too oaky. Another winner from Allagash.


 tarjei (1745), Bryne, Norway
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 25, 2009  
(Jan. 2007) 75 cl bottle at Hopheads´ tasting 30.01.09 (Trygve). Amber color, fine white head. Aroma is wood, oak, malty, citric Flavor is woody and oaky, malty with fine sweetness, fine and discret sourness. A great beer.


 hombrepalo (763), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 21, 2009  
Deliliah VintageTasting. Pours with a slightly cloudy orange-amber body topped by a medium thick to thick head with a good amount of lacing. The aroma is sour and tart with a note of lemon and a nice funk. The flavor is sour yet floral...it loses a lot in the flavor. Medium bodied, crisp and dry.


 shadey (1496), Rochester, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/518/20
Feb 18, 2009  
2006 750ml bottle. Consumed February 2009. About 3 years old. Pours a bright melon orange like jello. Head is a frothy white swirl. Aroma is sweet and spicy. Honey and ginger. Flavors are sweet, but clean. The flavors are straight forward but very good and delicious. I was expecting to be disappointed, but this was no disappointment.



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