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Allagash Curieux

Allagash Curieux

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An Abbey Tripel brewed by
Allagash Brewing Company

Portland, Maine USA

bottled
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5443.74/5.03.74/5.0Special11%92.9Trappist glass, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Allagash Curieux is a unique beer that was aged for 8 weeks in Jim Beam Bourbon Barrels. In July 2004 they brewed a batch of the Triple and placed it in Bourbon barrels from Kentucky.
December '04 bottles labeled as 11% ABV. Previous vintages at 9.5%.

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 KAggie97 (2024), Ugly, Hot, and Humid Spring, Texas, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/105/519/20

May 22, 2005  
Bottle 340. Nice sweet and citrus aroma. Pours a lovely full, thick orange/yellow, like good cheddar cheese. Beautiful white head, lots of cabo action. Immediate rush of bourbon that lingers delicately on the tongue, but never overpowers. The mouthfeel is like beautiful lacing around your favortie glass. A wonderful beer, worth every penny of the $16.99 + tax I paid for it at the Whip-In in Austin. If you have a chance to grab one of these, do not hesitate!

 markwise (353), Just North of Tampa, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 3, 2008  
Pours a hazy honey-brown with an aroma of spice, wood, honey, sugar, and I swear I got some dill weed. Flavor is slight fizziness with dill, wood, maple, complexity, and youth. Finish is average. This beer is still in diapers. I would love to re-rate it with some age.


 Oakes (7032), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 3, 2008  
Opaque blond. Aroma leads with bourbon, bread, dried flowers and wood. Very bourbony palate. Slight vanilla accent and lots of wood. The tripel seems to only provide a firm, alcoholic backdrop. Not sure I like the balance, but it is still drinkable and even pleasurable.


 Beershine (1515), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 1, 2008  
Glowing golden color with white head that is pretty fizzy and dissipates relatively fast. Still, the glow on the beer is stunning. Aroma is mellow, sweet, and hot with vanilla bean, apples, and Bosq pears. Mouthfeel is soft with a medium level of carbonation. Apples, overripe pear, and an alcoholic finish predominate the flavors with genuine and subtle vanilla adding the only spiciness. Dry finish on this fine and mellow beer.


 nramsburg (154), New York, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/519/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Pours to a light straw with a good sized head that dissipates rather quickly. Lots of yeasty bread on the nose upfront. Surprisingly little bourbon though. On the palate this is one smooth beer. Good amount of carbonation and wonderful smoothness from start to finish. As the nose suggests, this is a yeasty beer, which, I believe, balances the alcohol nicely. On the finish, the bourbon notes finally come in for me. There’s just a hint of sweet woody flavor that gives this one a great finish. Solid all around beer, a real standout from Allagash.


 milljam (167), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Nov 28, 2008  
Aroma is bready/yeasty with fruity tones, slight bourbon-musky smell. Smooth syrupy body but lots of carbonation. Very strange to me. Bourbon is wonderfully balanced, not overpowering. Blends well with the belgian sweetness.



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