Coolship Cerise Estate
Allagash Brewing Company
- From:
- Allagash Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 6.52%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 03, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 04, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Coolship Cerise Estate is aged on cherries sourced exclusively from our very own orchard behind the brewery. The beer is pale red in color with cherry and spice in the aroma. Cherry, oak and spice punctuate the flavor. A dry finish rounds out this tart and delightfully complex beer.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by mltobin:
Rated by mltobin from Connecticut
4.33/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nov 25, 2022
4.33/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nov 25, 2022
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida
3.7/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
375 mL bottle. Red body. Smells of cherry, dried grass, light cherry spy spice. Tastes really nice up front. Cherry pie spice, oak, sour Cherries. Back end is earthy with dried grass and slight hints of bandaid. Medium body. Moderate sourness. Nice, despite the hints of bandaid.
Dec 03, 2022
Reviewed by Jwale73 from Rhode Island
4.29/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Bottle February 2022 and served in an Allagash chalice. Pours a lovely, translucent, cranberry hue with a frothy, pink head that quickly dissipates off the pour. Nose is quite lovely - notes of tart cherries and a light, medical quality. Taste consistent with nose, with a hint of cinnamon to the flavor profile and a briny character at the finish. Mouthfeel is light in body with a lively carbonation and a pleasant astringency. Overall, a delicious example of a Kriek. Allagash still remains one of the top notch American sour ale producers in my opinion and this does not disappoint.
Oct 09, 2022
Reviewed by LeRose from Massachusetts
4.54/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
It is a very pretty red-tinted coppery color, slightly cloudy, scant head that fizzles away quickly. It is quite lovely.
The smell is amazing with quite a bit going on. There's the obvious cherry that is not medicinal at all, not quite fresh cherry but not jammy either. A very slight wild funk weaves in and out - whatever local microbes got in that coolship did some work. Bretty but not overly so. Slightly tart smell, and a fairly strong oak smell. A touch of spice, a bit of lemony citrus, a little black pepper, a little sweet. It isn't as jumbled as I am describing. I'm jotting down things as they occur to me.
The taste is an explosion of flavor - very intense. Strong cherry, but offset and balanced by earthy funkiness. The cherry and the fermentation are perfectly married here. The oak adds a tannin quality to the cherry phenolic. It's only mildly acidic. Light lemon, a bit of black pepper on the finish. Maybe a hint of cinnamon? The cherry is very deep and natural here. It's almost got a smoky character. Smooth and harmonious as can be, nothing out of place, nothing competing.
The feel is heavier than other coolship beers I have had - actually feels luxuriant. Dry, but not quite crisp. Slick feel of phenols and tannins on the end. As that slick feeling washes away, there's a pleasant spicy kick of pepper and maybe a touch of cinnamon.
This is a fantastic beer. Enjoyable, seamlessly melded mad complexity. Yet it's easy to just sit here and sip once the analytical bit goes off.
Sep 06, 2022The smell is amazing with quite a bit going on. There's the obvious cherry that is not medicinal at all, not quite fresh cherry but not jammy either. A very slight wild funk weaves in and out - whatever local microbes got in that coolship did some work. Bretty but not overly so. Slightly tart smell, and a fairly strong oak smell. A touch of spice, a bit of lemony citrus, a little black pepper, a little sweet. It isn't as jumbled as I am describing. I'm jotting down things as they occur to me.
The taste is an explosion of flavor - very intense. Strong cherry, but offset and balanced by earthy funkiness. The cherry and the fermentation are perfectly married here. The oak adds a tannin quality to the cherry phenolic. It's only mildly acidic. Light lemon, a bit of black pepper on the finish. Maybe a hint of cinnamon? The cherry is very deep and natural here. It's almost got a smoky character. Smooth and harmonious as can be, nothing out of place, nothing competing.
The feel is heavier than other coolship beers I have had - actually feels luxuriant. Dry, but not quite crisp. Slick feel of phenols and tannins on the end. As that slick feeling washes away, there's a pleasant spicy kick of pepper and maybe a touch of cinnamon.
This is a fantastic beer. Enjoyable, seamlessly melded mad complexity. Yet it's easy to just sit here and sip once the analytical bit goes off.
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