Allagash My Brother Daryl

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Sour Ale
Portland, Maine USA

(Draught) Pours a cloudy golden orange body with a small white head. Aroma of wet dog, leather, horseblanket, canned pineapple, and cheese. Flavor of fruit, sweet tarts, wet leather, oak, and earth.

Tap at Night of the Funk. Very oaky, vanilla, a little strawberry sweetness in the nose. A bit shallow. Pumpernickel grain up front in the mouth, with a milky, lactic flavor. Thin and fluffy. Some notes of guacamole. Seems incompletel, almost. Not up to snuff with some of the other Tripel varieties.

Sample @ BBF Night of the Funk. Pours a hazy golden color with a white head. Nose is light fruit (citrus? pineapple) and a bit of musty funk thrown in for good measure. Taste is fairly the same, with a bit of clove and banana thrown in, and the oak tempers the funk at the end of the beer. It was very, very solid.

Sample at NotF. Pours a hazy yellow color with a white head. Nose is brett, a funky cheesy musty note. Palate is fairly carbonated and is full in the mouth. Flavors of light fruit and cheese with a soury finish.

My Bottom Line:
This stupendous Wild Ale’s pineapples and pine needles thrive in a marvelously classy and effervescent mouthfeel, as oaken wine barrel notes and hushed tartness develop nuance and complexity.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam covers the amber-hued golden.
-The clausenii’s tropical fruitiness goes all the way from pineapple to marinated ginger in the aroma.
-The bubbles are tiny, but they sure are feisty.
-Even though this is quite strong abv-wise, this cousin of Interlude is superbly drinkable.

On tap at the brewpub.

On tap at Novare Res. Pours a golden haze with a foamy white head. Aroma is sour and fruity. Hints of some spices in there too. Flavor is fantastic, a nice sour punch in the mouth and a hint of lingering sweetness on the tongue. Super smooth on the tongue with a nice mouthfeel. Overall an extremely surprising and extremely fantastic beer.