Allagash Fluxus 2007

750 ml bottle - almsot two years old now as I picked this up at bottleworks and didn’t look to closely; assumed it was the current version, but the yarrow is what peaked my interest; poured reddish orange with faint carbonation and thin white head; spice, sweet fruit and tons of yeasty goodness; lavender, wild flowers and almost wood-ish hints; quite intoxicating in a medicinal kind of way; medium body and just a lovely sweet and wild flower fell; honey, lavender with mild syrupy texture; apples and maybe some juniper too; just a delightful beer all around; by the end I’m getting vanilla, oak and toasty notes; a very unique mix of spice, flowers and yeast that really surprised me and inspired me to brew my own yarrow belgian beer; wow, an amazing brew!!!!

This corked and caged bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy finely sized off-white colored bubbles that were and left behind a hazy with with yeast swirls softly carbonated dark orange colored body. The aroma was malty and woody. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish with a malty aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of malt wood and hops. Although it gave me the burps, it was still a decent one that I would consider buying again.

750 ml. Deep golden body verging on amber/orange. Creamy white head. The aroma is sweet and spicy with notes of candy sugar, clove, raisins, honey. A hint of banana and alcohol. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and moderately bitter. The thick, sweet body gives way to a nice sharp bitterness in the end. Medium to full body, velvety texture and lively carbonation. Nice experiment from Allagash, but not all that successful. The sweetness and spice were almost too much and were thankfully muted by the bite in the finish.

From the Bottle at Dr Bill’s Tasting Falling Rock Tap House, Denver 09/10/2008 Fruit and hop aromas. Golden coloured and hazy in appearance. Strong in alcohol and rich on the palate with a crisp and bitter malt finish.

Bottle thanks to BanditBrewingCO (BA)!
Beautiful opaque gold-tangerine color, medium fluffy white head, great lacing. Nose has subtle fruit, some peach, lemon, and orange, also heavy rye and some light mint. Overly sweet flavor, heavy orange and yeast, definite grainy rye through the finish. Pretty thick body, but incredibly drinkable for 10%, thanks to intense carbonation. Pretty good, but the heavy sweetness and alcohol conflict with this as a lighter, refreshing beer. Maybe the most conflicted Allagash I’ve had.

Sweet tangy fruit aroma with a little whiskey. Lightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Mild sour and bitter finish.

Poured a cloudy light brown orange color with a good head. Aroma was tons of ginger and yeast. Flavor was much the same some white grapes in there and almost a tea flavor as well. Ginger overwhelmed the beer a little for me. Okay but could have been better.

This was definitely the 2007 version (the label looks like the 2007 and this has been laying around for a good long time), however I could swear I tasted ginger (which is on the bottle notes for 2008). Anyway, the pour was amber orange with yeast chunkies floating near the bottom of my goblet. The beer is silky smooth. A good bit of pear and orange flavors were present and the first half of my glass was really enjoyable. As it warmed, the spices became more prevalent, almost to the point of being one of those dreaded Christmas ales overloaded with ginger and other spices which belong only in cookies. I wouldn’t drop serious coin on this again, especially if it were sitting anywhere near an Odyssey.