From Maine, With Love #01
Allagash Brewing Company
- From:
- Allagash Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.06 | pDev: 4.68%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 25, 2021
- Added:
- Apr 07, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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This wheat beer spent time with raspberries that had previously been used to age one of our wild beers. Using the fruit a second time is not only more sustainable, it adds layers of flavors to this wheat beer that we couldn’t get any other way. The result is a tart, berry-filled, multi-layered, and deliciously balanced beer.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by LeRose from Massachusetts
3.87/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
The pour is actually crystal clear....hmmmm...pink? It is a nice looking beer. Fizzy pinkish bubbles that do not last at all.
Straight up raspberry assault on the nose, then a wheat perks out, a bit of the funkiness, promise of acidity, tea, and something I can't put my finger on.
Bold raspberry taste and a sharp but not tooth-peeling acidic bite. Tangy wheat. A tea note I often find with fresh raspberry. Would not for a second believe these were recycled raspberries. And a layer of mild funk adds interest. Then there is...something else....I am guessing it is characteristics of whatever the fruit sat in before. I swear I can pick up salt.
This beer is light bodied, there is zero aftertaste beyond a mild tart sensation. Slightly drying, but not what I would call refreshing.
Liking it, but I don't find it terribly complex or layered in flavors. And I am fine with that. I think it is pretty straightforward, personally, tasty and enjoyable.
Apr 25, 2021Straight up raspberry assault on the nose, then a wheat perks out, a bit of the funkiness, promise of acidity, tea, and something I can't put my finger on.
Bold raspberry taste and a sharp but not tooth-peeling acidic bite. Tangy wheat. A tea note I often find with fresh raspberry. Would not for a second believe these were recycled raspberries. And a layer of mild funk adds interest. Then there is...something else....I am guessing it is characteristics of whatever the fruit sat in before. I swear I can pick up salt.
This beer is light bodied, there is zero aftertaste beyond a mild tart sensation. Slightly drying, but not what I would call refreshing.
Liking it, but I don't find it terribly complex or layered in flavors. And I am fine with that. I think it is pretty straightforward, personally, tasty and enjoyable.
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