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32 oz growler, Ale Yeah!, Decatur, GA, USA. An Allagash Belgian Strong Dark Ale with a Christmas twist that I've never had before?? Yep, that's an absolute no-brainer. Great pour with a tremendous head with some lovely retention and lace. Chestnut...
375 mL corked & caged affair. Tavour isn't good for much, and happiness is difficult to find. Knee deep in hazed canned shit, dumb melted candy bars, and fake fruit sours, there are one or two gems - this is one such beer. Lemon colored,...
375mL corked and caged affair, the usual presentation for the Coolship beers. November 2021 bottling. Champagne like pour in terms of the initial pop and surge of carbonation that eventually leads to zero head and/or retention. Body is a really...
11.2oz bottle, BB 24 NOV 25, Dry Hopped Wheat Beer with Brett. Difficult to resist a collaboration between these two, but it has to be send that collaborations very often fail to meet the (often unrealistic) raised expectations. Clouded, lemon...
If the truth be known, I didn’t even know that this beer had been brewed back in 2019. That was a period in my life when my finger was OFF the pulse of the beer scene - so it’s not that surprising - BUT the consequence is that when I came across it...
Pretty beer. Deep mahogany color with great clarity and a nice head. Nose more acidic than the taste eventually evens out to be. Lots of acetic acid but it rounds down the bottle. Less sour, more Flanders Red. Acetic acid up front, but mellows a...
There's a lot of apple based, oaky sweet and sour in this beer to the point of being aggressive. No shrinking violet here. Even a touch of ethanoic acid. The finish has a distinct vinegar element and this beer is not an easy one to consume....
750 mL, corked & caged. The thing about Allagash is that you can trust them. By that I mean that when they say they are going to brew a Belgian Ale of some description, then that’s what is going to come out of the bottle. Period! It’s such a...
Described as a "Sour Brown Ale" 12.7 oz, corked and caged bottle, heavy bottom, the usual Allagash packaging. Strange pinkish hue on the pour. Settles with the head killed and a light brown body. Obviously I was expecting a Sour Brown, but honestly...
375 mL corked and caged bottle. Smyrna World of Beverage, Smyrna, GA. Bottled Nov 5, 2015. Hazy, lemon honey colored pour. Carbonation is just about perfect leading to a pillow like mouthfeel. Gentlest of funk against a slight woody background....
It’s seldom these days that a beer genuinely gets me excited, but this one such beer. A beautiful pour. Sweet, sweet, champagne-like tastes and carbonation, truly delicious. Gentle Brett is punctuated by a very sweet, underlying beer that is...
Great pop on opening the corked & caged, 375 mL bottle. Pour is as expected, with a dark brown body and a smallish, fast fading head. Lace is minimal. The nose immediately gives the mid-level vinegar aroma that I was expecting. It is...
As ever, interesting. 750 mL bottle, corked & caged, modest pop. High white head, fades to give slightly above average film. Some lace. Slightly malty, clean nose, not nearly as bold as I was expecting. Slightly sweet start presumably due to...
Last of the four pack, so I had a good run at taking some notes and forming an opinion. Initial pour is of that of a Wit. After that, when we add the bottle conditioned yeast as I like to do, we get closer to a beer that looks a little more like I...
375 mL bottle that I think came in a $12.99. Ouch. Corked and caged. Large pop on opening. Bottled October 13, 2013. Golden hazed pour with a nice head. Some lace and a thin film that settles on the surface of the beer. The second pour produces an...
750 mL bottle courtesy of finewinemike in my 2010 Secret Santa package - many thanks Mike. Obviously this beer is quite old, and probably at an age way beyond what the brewer originally intended so the review should be viewed in that context....
22 oz bottle in the usual Lips of Faith presentation. Pour is a good looking, light, bright copper hue with some sticky, complex lace. Head is small and leaves just a ring around the extremities of the beer. Clarity is excellent, carbonation...
750mL corked & caged bottle. Quite a pop on opening, and an inky black pour. The beer is seriously black with a very small head and little retention. What head there is has a tan color. The nose offers a light but intense roast. Tastes are very...
On tap at The Brick Store. Interesting beer as it would appear that this is one of the few Allagash beers that steers away from your typical Belgian inspired styles and goes down a "road" that I was not expecting from them. Darkish, golden pour...
Review re-written after the Oct 5th 2009 BA crash. I'm on a bit of a budget for beer at the moment (very unusual) but I didn't hesitate to drop the $12.99 for the corked & caged 750 mL bottle from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA, despite the fact...
750 mL corked & caged. I was delighted to get hold of this as I was pretty sure that this would be a beer that I would never get the chance to try, but thanks go out to the generous trader that hooked me up. One of my favorite brewers and one...
Updated notes 08/23/23 (pictured) 2015 Vintage at 8 years old. Bottled 05/14/15, purchased at Novare Res Bier Cafe in Portland, ME for $20 in the summer of 2023. Happy to take a chance on this for $20. Expectations are tempered, but again,...
Mac's midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA. Until recently I didn't realize that Fluxus was going to be a different beer from year to year; I assume that it is, since this is obviously a major departure from the same beer from last year. 750 mL corked & caged...
Enjoyed this one as part of the 11th Anniversary celebrations with Lance, Dave, Mike et al at The Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA yesterday. Significantly orange body with a limited amount of head and lace. It actually appeared that the glassware was...
$12.99 from Jax, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA, USA. Corked & Caged 750mL bottle. Decent pop on opening. March 2008 bottling, apparently 650 cases were bottled. In the Duvel tulip is produces a thin, creamy surface head. No lace on the glass. Nose...
Pictured 09/28/11 Original notes 05/30/08 $12.99 from Jax, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA, USA for the 750 mL corked & caged affair. Poured into the tall, stemmed, Abbaye des Rocs chalice to reveal a honey colored body with a small head that fades...
Pictured below 07/10/15, Tria Taproom, Philadelphia, PA Original notes 05/17/08 Not retired unless this is a new recipe and therefore a different brew. I passed on this when I was in Greensboro, NC in November as it was quite pricey. Now it has...
Purchased this one back in November 2007 in Greensboro, NC, USA. I had one bottle around Christmas time and decided to pop this one open to see how it had changed. I don't mind my IPA's with a little age on them, and coupled with the Belgian...
750 mL corked & caged from Jax in Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA, USA. I think this was $12.99 for the bottle. The January 2008 bottling. I was a little wary of this, as I am with the majority of Oak-Aged beers. Often I find the oak tastes simply...
$10.99 from Jax, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA, USA. 750 mL corked & caged, relatively new to GA, in the second wave of Allagash brews. Pour is a dark, dark brown (basically black) with some dark brown chestnut highlights. Head is dense and...
Updated notes 05/08 Second bottle from the Greensboro trip in November 2007. Looks and drinks more like a Dubbel than I remember from before. Sweet raisin notes still there in the nose which is perhaps the best aspect of this beer. The 22oz...
Pictured 03/25/23 Original notes 12/01/07 Allagash Curieux, the Bourbon Barrel-Aged Tripel. Purchased on recent trip to Greensboro, NC, USA. A mistake because it arrived in GA while I was out of state! Corked & Caged 750 mL bottle. Poured into...
On tap at the Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. Small serving in a goblet. Hazed, orange pour with a huge head and plenty of great lace. Very good carbonation. Looks super. Belgian base (yeast and sugar) but a significant level of herbal notes. Grassy...
Thanks go out to YonderWanderer for a great trade that allowed me to snag this. Corked & Caged 750 mL bottle, $21.99. Essentially this should be called a "Sour" of some description. Frankly I was really ver, very disappointed. Great head in the...
Notes Added 07/21/2022 Sixteen years later (pictured) and I'm still enjoying this. Definite honey notes, BUT the beauty of this Triple is that it's not sweet. Classically crafted, white pepper and lots of dry alcohol. The 9% is not punishing at...
750 mL bottle, batch #11 into the Chimay goblet. Chill-hazed copper body, with a lot of thin carbonation on the pour - almost categorized by me as fizzy! The color is somewhere between the traditional colors of the Belgian Pale and Dark. Mild...
Typical of the relatively unattractive nature of many Dubbels, this shows a dirty, drab, brown body, but a nice looking head. The head is small but leaves a nice film of lace on the surface, and some additional lace on the St. Bernardus goblet....
Extremely attractive looking beer, that takes the usual pale yellow cloudiness to new level. This beer truly looks yellow. It' s so yellow, I was expecting to take a gulp and taste lemons! Crowning, classic rocky white head, great retention and...