Why we picked it: Received a 92 out of 100 rating from Total Wine.
About Allagash Tripel Ale: This strong golden ale is marked by passion fruit and herbal notes in the aroma, with suggestions of banana and honey in the complex palate. The Tripel has a remarkably long and smooth finish.
Profile: Honey, Passionfruit, Herbal
Serving Temperature: 40°-50°F
Food Pairings: Crab Cakes, Stilton, Fresh Fruit
ABV: 9.0%
Case Cost: $53
Honey AND Fruit! An ANONYMOUS favorite!
ReplyDeleteAt >$2/bottle and 9% abv I can't NOT drink it but I'm guessing the drain will get to drink its share too. Going to wait on this one till morning, maybe try it over my cheerios
WOW a lot of flavor and aroma! I highly recommend drinking this near 50 degrees because the flavors really come out. I really enjoyed this beer and it really gave me a buzz. I loved it over lunch but don't want to do anything the rest of the day except watch ESPN. Top 5 beer for me. If you love honey, then you will love this beer.
ReplyDeleteRating 7.9
Ah Allagash. For me it all starts back in the last century. It was a time where Pete's Wicked Ale was considered a tasty microbrew. My girlfriend at the time's best friend was engaged to one of the Allagash brewers. I'd never heard of the stuff but she brought back a case of Allagash White from Maine and I loved it. I'd never had a Belgian beer before and I liked how the sediment collected at the bottom of the bottle. A couple of years later I went to the brewer's wedding. We spent 3 days attending various wedding events and the kegs of Allagash were the constant. I made a point of telling the two head brewers at the reception how much I loved their beer. In my condition, I may have said I loved them. They fled.
ReplyDeleteLong after my girlfriend fled to Singapore with a fucking Limey, I still had my treasured Allagash t-shirt. Until it was literally ripped off me when I decided to take a shortcut from a bachelor party in Rosslyn down the hill by the furniture store on Lee Highway. I somehow ended up at Sequoia that night with another ex-girlfriend and I think the bouncers were too shocked by my bloodied appearance to kick me out. Or else I ignored them.
My home away from home for a few years (the Reef) always has Allagash on tap and I went to this cool tasting menu they had there where each course was paired with a different Allagash. I proceeded to get drunk and ask the head brewer (Rob Tod, which is a pretty sweet name even without the Simpsons connection) if he remembered me from the wedding. He claimed not to and quickly fled.
Allagash was one of the three beers I selected for my wedding (along with Sierra Nevada and Abita). It's been a long journey and I look forward to the next chapter which begins in 4 hours.
This crap is starting to read like meeting minutes from the "Finer Things Club" on TV's hit sitcom The Office.
ReplyDeleteThis beer is outstanding. After my much-maligned (well, once-maligned) posting from earlier I had thoughts that I didn't really like the Triple (or Tripel as they say in Belgium and Maine). I was wrong. This beer is outstanding. I can't believe it's 9% booze. I like it so much better than the Mad Elf and I don't find the honey to be too sweet at all. Tasty, tasty, tasty. But I could see this getting me pretty drunk in a hurry. Luckily it comes in a four pack and costs more than the average keg.
ReplyDeleteFour words or phrases that I never thought I'd see in a description of beer: (1) passionfruit (2) herbal notes (3) banana (4) honey.
ReplyDeleteThree food pairings that I never thought I'd see associated with a beer (1) crab cakes (2) stilton (3) fresh fruit.
One category that I never thought I'd see to describe beer: food pairings.
One word that I learned today: stilton
(noun - either of two rich cheeses made from whole milk, blue-veined or white, both very strong in flavour).
Between its fruity taste and it's horrid description, I am greatly saddened to know that this beer exists.
a very fruity aftertaste. I didn't have any crab cakes on hand when I opened this beer but it went really good with my key lime pie. does anyone know if key lime pie is a synonym for stilton?
ReplyDeleteI love this beer. I love the way it smells, I love the way it taste and I love that it has a 9% ABV content. This beer is a winner and because of the ABV, very dangeous. I could drink these all night...and would probably end up with a few stories that rival Bill's. Rating 9.5 out of 10, A.
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DJ - Blog postings are preloaded.
This may be my favorite in terms of taste, but the 9% has me tipsy after half a glass. It reminds me of Blue Moon but with way bigger flavor. Would be really nice paired with food, crab cakes sounds delish...I think I'm hungry.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the first few sips of this, but then it seemed to have a funny aftertaste. I can definitely smell the hints of banana and taste the honey. Overall, solid beer but not my favorite.
ReplyDeleteThe comments are getting awesome. I like this beer so far. I hope to finish it and fall into a deep slumber. I can't smell the bananas and I don't like Stilton, but I could see pairing this with a nice crab cake.
ReplyDeleteWhat I'm starting to realize from this whole exercise is that is not beer I love so much as getting hammered.
ReplyDeleteif it's Belgium brewed or brewed in a Belgium style then send it my way, period! This beer is awesome tasting and f-ing strong so what is there more to like or need. Another note about Belgium - the myth goes that American GIs during WWII discovered what slide fried potatoes inn what they thought was northern France. In reality they were in southern Belgium. Hence, mussels and frites. Another great meal to pair this beer with.
ReplyDeleteBtw Bill, DJ, and BMoore - went to the Terps game tonight with a buddy from work and bumped into AA.
Well I finished my beer and man was it putrid. I have an idea - lets include this beer in next years 24 days of horrible contest. Even the name sounds awful - Gash? Now I'm going to try and bring down my sugar levels by snorting 6 pixie sticks.
ReplyDeleteGoing forward if any label says something like, "Perfect as an apertif", I'm just going to copy and paste this review.
Grade: Sober
I'm staying up until midnight to drink the next as I've got a work happy hour tomorrow. Hopefully it cleanses my complex palate.