Allagash Brewing Company Coolship Red

Coolship Red

 

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

  Lambic Style - Framboise Rotating
Score
7.74
ABV: 5.6% IBU: - Ticks: 75
This blend of spontaneously fermented beer is aged on local raspberries. We begin brewing Coolship Red with Pilsner malt, 40% raw wheat, and aged whole-leaf hops. The unfermented wort is then transferred to a large shallow pan called a coolship, which allows the hot wort to mingle with wild yeast and souring microbiota in the Maine air. After fermenting and aging in French oak wine barrels for over two years, we add raspberries and let it rest for an additional four to five months. The finished beer is bright red in color with an aroma of raspberry and oak. Its raspberry-forward flavor is balanced by notes of light funk, apricot, and a tart, dry finish.
 

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
This beer is a hazy bright purplish-pink color with a medium pinkish-white head that burns away steadily to a film. Stringy lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of oak, tart berry, yeast and malt. Medium body with an oaky tart raspberry character, and notes of herbal yeast and doughy malt in the background. The finish is tart with a lingering raspberry and oak aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried on 18 Dec 2017 at 09:41

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a reddish color beer with a nice pink foamy head with limited retention and some light lacing. Aroma of tart notes with cherry notes and light oak presence. Taste is also dominated by tart notes with cherry and oak notes with some more dominant then expected acidity. Body is about average for style with good carbonation. Enjoyable but maybe more acidic notes then I cared for.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2017 at 21:53

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a reddish orange hue with a small white head. A big sour woody nose. Sharp, sawdust, cherry, lemons, tart. Very good. Smooth.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2017 at 22:33

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
[2/5/17] Bottle at Amit’s place in Poughkeepsie. Thanks Amit. Red, slightly pinkish head. Great juicy raspberries aroma, with funk, oak, some cobwebs. Sour flavor, juicy, oak, vanilla note, acetic note. Medium-bodied. Slightly too acidic, but still great stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2017 at 19:28

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Shared from bottle thanks to Maakun! Hazy coral red with no head retention. Fruity and Cantillon-like nose and aroma’s. Raspberries, fruitstones, cherries, brier, grapes, rose and white wine. Lactic sour. Hay, barnyard, cobwebs. Big fruity sweetness, quite strong sour and fruitstone bitter. Medium body, minerallike and fruitjuice feel. Very tasty, very fruity.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2016 at 16:28

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle shared. Hazy dark pink to light red with light pink fizzy head that leaves no trace. Lots of tart raspberries, soft red wine, oak, hay, funk, light lactic. Quite fruity and lots of hay, but also light cellar dank funk, and some sweet milky notes. Medium sour and some underlying sweetness, with soft bitter grassy finish. Medium bodied with fizzy carbonation. Very nice, close to Cantillon Rosé, though slightly more lactic and vinous and less fruity. Well done
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2016 at 16:22

8.4/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottled 12/21/2015, drunk 6/25/16.
Deep, bright, raspberry-red with light auburn and magenta hues. High clarity and a pink-flecked, light beige head showing strong retention.
It’s very interesting to see the same beer (with different fruit additions) and the same bottling date (as the recent Coolship Cerise) have such a distant (relatively speaking) release date (some 3 months apart). But that’s "lambic" for you.
Luscious, juicy raspberries are boisterous and acidic in the nose, with tons of fleshy character and a good phenolic, seed-character to dry it out. Vanilla, wood, citrus and mild lactic-acetic qualities all show a wonderfully balanced nose that doesn’t go overboard on the fruit. No alcohol or flaw.
A medium body, replete with wheat-like textures and a very engaging, fine carbonation. Some light sweetness remains and balances the fruit and bacteria acidity nicely. Not overly funky, but much more reserved/elegant than a typical American sour. Raspberries are one of my least favorite fruit additions for beer, as I feel they dominate the beer and provide too much acidity often, but this is about as good as it gets for this fruit.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2016 at 20:36

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
375 ml bottle @ Nacht van de Grote Dorst 2016. Unclear, red body with a small pink head. Strange to see how the Rasberry version becomes much more deep red than the kriek version side by side, normally its opposite but the aroma confirms it’s the correct label. Anyway, a fine raspberry aroma with relatively mild funk, Brett and wood. Same goes for the flavor, the raspberries is a bit in the background even if the the Brett, funk and wood is rather mild presented. Not too acidic either, some lacto acidity and sour fruit/berries more than vinegar here. Very easy drinkable, fine balance and balanced body with a decent aftertaste. Slightly unusually for the style in a good way. Interesting.
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2016 at 11:37

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Trübes orange rotes Bier mit einer geringen weißen schaumkrone. Geruch sehr fruchtig, rote Beeren, leicht säuerlich. Geschmack nach grapefruit, rote Beeren, leicht säuerlich, kratzig.
Tried on 22 Apr 2016 at 15:01

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Pink grapefruit color with big white head. Aroma is raspberries, fresh-funky. Taste is raspberry, lacto, yoghurt, so fruity. Dry and sour. A bit overcarbonated. Could be a masterpiece if it weren’t for the high carbonation.
Tried on 22 Apr 2016 at 13:55