Allagash "Little Sal"

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  1. Bowdoinbeerboy

    Bowdoinbeerboy Initiate (0) Sep 28, 2006 Maine

    https://twitter.com/AllagashBrewing/status/463419730381266944

    It goes on sale this coming monday.

    Description of the beer from the Allagash website:

    "Few things are more synonymous with Maine than blueberries. After years of making fruit beers, Little Sal is our first ever blueberry beer. Little Sal was brewed with one pound of Maine blueberries per gallon and aged with both pediococcus and lactobacillus in a single oak red wine barrels. The finished beer is dark amber in color, with a fluffy, pink head. The aroma has blueberry, oak and earthiness throughout. The flavor is vinous with lingering blueberry and a moderate tartness. Biscuity notes give way to a juicy sweetness that is followed by a long, drying finish.
    6.1% Alc. By Vol."

    Does anyone know if this beer is a coolship beer or are they using some other base beer and just inoculating it with the bugs? Either way, I am incredibly excited to try this.
     
    #1 Bowdoinbeerboy, May 16, 2014
  2. NuclearRich

    NuclearRich Initiate (0) Apr 10, 2009 Connecticut

    I dont think its coolship. Their website doesnt list it under the coolship series, but under the limited edition series (alongside merveilleux, midnight brett, Tiarna, etc). It does sound delicious.
     
    #2 NuclearRich, May 16, 2014
  3. cfloyd

    cfloyd Initiate (0) Dec 26, 2011 New Hampshire

    If it was a coolship beer it would say so.
     
    #3 cfloyd, May 16, 2014
  4. oilcan

    oilcan Initiate (0) Nov 21, 2013 Maine

    Hoping they mess around with the blueberries+coolschip eventually.
     
    #4 oilcan, May 16, 2014
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  5. Davl22

    Davl22 Maven (1,341) Sep 27, 2011 New Hampshire
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    I'm still patiently waiting for a peach coolship...
     
    #5 Davl22, May 16, 2014
  6. Bowdoinbeerboy

    Bowdoinbeerboy Initiate (0) Sep 28, 2006 Maine

    That would be amazing!
     
    #6 Bowdoinbeerboy, May 17, 2014
  7. wildcats10

    wildcats10 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2012 New Hampshire
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    While not a coolship, Farm to Face looks to be promising.
     
    #7 wildcats10, May 17, 2014
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  8. wildcats10

    wildcats10 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2012 New Hampshire
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    On a sidenote, i asked about a blueberry coolship a couple of years ago and was told something along the lines of - "it's too cliche for a maine brewery, everyone's expecting us to do something like that"
     
    #8 wildcats10, May 17, 2014
  9. jjcote

    jjcote Zealot (631) Apr 12, 2010 New Hampshire

    I asked the same question and got the exact same response. I guess they are running out of original ideas. Joking aside I think this is going to be really good.
     
    #9 jjcote, May 17, 2014
  10. brewandbbq

    brewandbbq Grand Pooh-Bah (3,091) Apr 24, 2003 New Hampshire
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    "1# blueberries per gallon".. Not to be a downer, but from my experience with blueberries this beer will not have a lot of blueberry character. Nonetheless..ISO!
     
    #10 brewandbbq, May 17, 2014
  11. ljkeats

    ljkeats Pundit (991) Jun 27, 2007 Massachusetts
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    Ah, I wonder if the name is based off of one of my favorite books to read to my daughter when she was little, Blueberries for Sal? Very cute of them if it is. Hope it hits distro in MA.
     
    #11 ljkeats, May 17, 2014
  12. hawkfarmorganic

    hawkfarmorganic Initiate (0) May 18, 2014 Maine

    Its a brewery only release, you should just drive up and make a day of it!
     
    #12 hawkfarmorganic, May 18, 2014
  13. duchessedubourg

    duchessedubourg Savant (1,181) Nov 2, 2007 Vermont

    I think you nailed it. I recall this book as a child. Stopping in on Monday to pick some up.
     
    #13 duchessedubourg, May 18, 2014
  14. hawkfarmorganic

    hawkfarmorganic Initiate (0) May 18, 2014 Maine

    I wonder how many days this bad boy is going to last on the shelf.
     
    #14 hawkfarmorganic, May 18, 2014
  15. Bowdoinbeerboy

    Bowdoinbeerboy Initiate (0) Sep 28, 2006 Maine

    Thats too bad, there's nothing cliche about using some of your locale's greatest ingredients.

    Still, I am super excited to pick up a bottle or two this afternoon.
     
    #15 Bowdoinbeerboy, May 19, 2014
  16. bruindre

    bruindre Maven (1,367) Jun 20, 2009 Massachusetts
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    As of 10:50 this was supposedly the last of Little Sal:

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    #16 bruindre, May 19, 2014
  17. Janeinma

    Janeinma Initiate (0) May 24, 2009 Massachusetts

    They only produced 400 bottles and there was a very large crowd there. Thanks to Allagash for the donuts and samples of victor and session brett
     
    #17 Janeinma, May 19, 2014
  18. MattOC

    MattOC Pooh-Bah (2,100) Jan 13, 2013 Massachusetts
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    #18 MattOC, May 19, 2014
  19. Bowdoinbeerboy

    Bowdoinbeerboy Initiate (0) Sep 28, 2006 Maine

    Missed it! Very sad, will have to try again next year.
     
    #19 Bowdoinbeerboy, May 19, 2014
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  20. hawkfarmorganic

    hawkfarmorganic Initiate (0) May 18, 2014 Maine

    Missed it also, had to work till 12, called at 11:29 and it was sold out. Announcement came out minutes later after I called.

    More money for oxbow bottles isn't a bad thing.
     
    #20 hawkfarmorganic, May 19, 2014
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