Allagash Victor Francenstein

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle thanks to adam for sharing. Hazed amber thin white head. Tart acidic fruit funky dirty nose. Tart earthy dirty funk bitter boozey finish. Decent. 7/3/7/3/16

Bottle. Pours reddish grape/brown color. No head. Nose/taste of sour grape, barrel, Brett, yeast and funk. Light vinegar notes throughout. Some apple cinnamon notes in the finish.

Courtesy of thirdeye11. Clear amber color/ beige head. Barnyard funk, cherry, wet wood sour bug aromas. Light bodied. Lightly tart cherry, wet wood bug flavors to start, then a vanilla sweetness to finish--good--

Bottle shared by an insanely generous advocate of beer. Served in a goblet. Pours a nice amber-brown color with a light tan head and a touch of lacing as it went down. The nose is really nice and complex with some great funky notes plus a bit of wood, cherries, sherry, a bit of grape, some lactic character, and a bit of light wine. The taste isn’t quite as complex as the nose and brings a good dose of lactic sourness, cherry, and some oak. Also there is a bit of barnyard funk. Mouthfeel is nice with good carbonation plus a nice dryness to accompany the funk and lactic character. Really nice. I can’t believe I got to try this one after kicking myself for not getting tickets to the day session of BBF, where I could have sampled this at the Allagash special session. Really nice brew. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 11-14-2010

Bottle thanks to Mike at our tasting...Pours a clear light purple, a darker cherry seven up. Light pink head, not much carbonation...The aroma is very grapey, in a good way, they aren’t super sweet. Oak balances as well, vinous and yummy...The taste is almost as good, but lacking on a lot of the grapes, more of a vinous oaky ale, still good, just not elite. The finish is peppery oak, distracts me. Much better than I expected, good not great.

Traded for this bad boy awhile back and finally cracked the sucker open. 375ml bottle. Pours a hazy amber color with a small whitish head and good retention. The aroma is basically grapes and funk, not too much to it but pretty good. Somewhat oaky with slight leather, typical of Allagash wilds. The flavor starts with somewhat sweet caramel malt then finishes with a good tartness, with white grapes and slight vinegar. Slight leather and oak. Medium-bodied with a good acidic mouthfeel and average carbonation. Good compared to other Allagash wild ales, but not a standout in the big scheme of things.

Multiple bottles. This rate comes from one provided by thirdeye11. Pours with a white head over a clear golden body. The aroma is intensely fruity and floral. Funky with strawberries, alcohol, tannic and some acidity. Flavors show high acidity and there is some throat burn. Fruity and alcoholic. Decent carbonation.

bottle, thanks to thirdeye11, orange amber color with ring of bubbles, peppery manure aroma, flavor is dry cottony,dusty strawberries with a funk finish

Thanks to Sam for sharing. Copper pour almost still. Aroma is white grape, dusty, lacto. Flavor is sour but has a harsh edge to it

(375ml bottle, courtesy of thirdeye11) Pours a clear amber body with a spare white head. Aroma of mustiness, wood, vinous, grass, light horseblanket, and earth. Flavor of watermelon, wood, brett, vinous, light almonds, and earth with a dry finish.