Allagash Interlude

750 ml bottle split in Duvel glass. Hazy amber orange with off-white head. Tart cherry oak aroma. Mild vanilla sweetness with fruit salad, tart cherry funk, mild caramel, strong oak, and some yeastiness. Medium bosy and carbo. Extemely complex and extremely well-done. The perfect funk. Not too funky (like Jolly Pumpkin sometimes) not too mild on the funk (like Ommegeddon). Near perfect. Allagash’s best beer.

2007 vintage courtesy Petrucci914. Pours a hazy, deep amber color. Aroma is barnyard funk, with notes of straw, bread dough, oak, vanilla, fantastic. Flavor is balanced and refreshing. The oak really shines through, melding perfectly with the funk. Great bottle.

2007 bottle. Dark copper colour with a beige head. Very fizzy and lively. Aromas of yeast, oak, malt and oranges. Taste is yeasty with notes of oranges, banana and a sour/spicy oak flavour. Nice carbonation and an well hidden alcohol, but to expensive..

2005 bottle. When I read the little tag that comes on this bottle and saw "Brett" I got nervous, but I really enjoyed this beer. Murky amber color out of the caged cork 750 ml bottle. Thin, off white head. The nose had some candied orange rind and the moldy earth tones that I get from Brett. But it was balanced enough to not send me running to the sink. The flavor was an almost perfect balance of sweet and tart. Orange juice, green apples, sour patch kids, red wine, and an not offensive funk, which is realy surprising since I hate the funk. My dad even liked it, and he hates everything I give him to taste. This is a beer with funk that I could happily drink again.

’06 Bottle: Courtesy of mgumby10...thanks Mike. Clear copper color with a minimal white head. Slightly boozy, notes of oak, caramel malt, hay and a slightly sour apple tone. Very smooth mouth feel, medium bodied...flavors consist of bready malts, oak and finishes with a mildly sour funk note. Very good stuff.