Allagash Brewing Company Barrel & Bean

Barrel & Bean

 

Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  Belgian Style - Tripel Regular
Score
7.39
ABV: 9.6% IBU: - Ticks: 77
Barrel & Bean starts its life as our Tripel—a Belgian-style golden ale. We age that beer in bourbon barrels for just shy of two months, before blending it with cold-brewed coffee from Speckled Ax, a Maine coffee roaster. The sun-dried Ethiopian beans in the coffee are known for their stone fruit and dark berry flavors. The finished beer features rich notes of caramel, bourbon, and coffee.
 

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8.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle at Justicna tasting. Malty aroma and taste, coffee, roastyness, light caramel notes, medium bitter, light sweet. Medium to full body, malty roasty coffeeish bitter sweer finish. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2025 at 18:35


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Justičná tasting 8/2025. Light Hazy orange golden with medium white head. Aroma of malt, moderate coffee, yeast, vanilla. Taste is clear coffee, malt, vanilla. Good.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2025 at 18:33


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught from the evening star. Orange brown pour. Light coffee, dark fruits, sugar, vanilla really. Good.

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:23


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10

Lovely tasty beer. Hazed deep golden in the glass and a fine head. Pleasant intensity in the aroma. Mellow sweetness and a fine carbonation level. Easy to drink. Fruity, toffee, coffee, mild citric and some yeast in the flavor. [Bottle from Ölstudion Nordstan in Gothenburg, Sweden]

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2024 at 18:02



7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home, picked up from CW online a few years back I reckon, 07/09/24. Moderately hazed orange golden topped with a lasting just off white head. Nose is caramel, stewed fruits, herb, light coffee bean, honey drizzle, grains. Taste comprises stewed fruits, yeast esters, modest coffee, sugars, prunes, caramel, candied fruit rinds. Full bodied, fine carbonation, with a mellow kiss of alcohol. Decent Tripel, coffee is subtle and doesn't take over.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2024 at 19:03


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Sample (thanks omhper!). Honeyish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is coffee, toast, some floral and fruity hops with mild vanilla and some spiciness. Flavour is following the same pattern, but also has a slight burning alcohol edge to it.

Tried on 24 Jul 2024 at 18:18


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Flaska från SB. Varmgul disig vätska med medelhögt krämigt vitt skum. Massor av piggt grönt kaffe i både doft och smak trots att flaskan stått ett år. Dessutom bra kropp, väl dold alkohol, marsipan, vanilj, citruszest, karamell och te. Gott

Tried on 05 Apr 2023 at 16:28


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6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 6.5

It’s a pretty good Belgian tripel style beer but the main coffee component has pretty much vanished. Aroma is blonde malt and some caramel and perhaps the barest hint of coffee. Flavor is like nose, a tiny bit more coffee coming through along with some medicinal qualities but it’s still pretty good beer overall. Good carbonation and body, nice finish.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2023 at 15:10


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

I’m guessing this is more or less a coffee Curieux? Tasty, with a gentle, honey-and-fruit-laced front, followed by a hit of java acidity, then heads into a bourbon and oak finish with notes of roast, cocoa, vanilla, and a little apple in the fade. Tasty.

Tried on 18 Mar 2022 at 00:17