Style: Tripel (Barrel Aged)
State/Country: Maine
ABV: 11%
Serving Type: On Tap @ The Institute
Look: 9
Golden honey color, medium head with decent lacing
Smell: 9.5
Bourbon, vanilla, slight fruit
Taste: 10
It tastes like it smells. The flavor is amazingly complex and well balanced
Mouthfeel: 10
Creamy, and smooth; Perfect!
Drinkability: 9.5
You'd never know this was 11% abv!!! Very easy to drink, but be careful mortalz
Overall Score: 9.6
Value: 8
Cost/12 oz serving: $6.00 - In bottles for home consumption it would be about the same, perhaps a little less.
Overall Impression:
We lovez us some Bourbon! The fact that Allagash was able to blend that flavor perfectly with a delicate style like a Tripel is just amazing. Even Newbeez might love this beer.
Herr Mike- That was one mighty fine brew! Allagash never dissapoints! After quaffing many QCB's at The Devil's Den before, The 11% did creep up on me!
ReplyDeleteA true "Nectar of the Godz"!!!!
Today I drank a 750ml bottle of this. I did not like it nearly as much. It had ZERO head & lacing! The carbonation was too light, so the mouthfeel & drinkability also suffered. Perhaps it was just this bottle? It still smelled & tasted great.
ReplyDeleteL: 8
S: 9.5
T: 9.5
M: 8
D: 8
Overall Score 8.6
Still damn good, just not UBER Good.