Fluxus 2013
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Summer Out of Production|
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6.78
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Allagash Fluxus is a beer of continuous change. Brewed differently every year to commemorate our anniversary, this year’s Fluxus is a porter brewed with a blend of 2-row, coffee and chocolate malts with blood orange pulp and zest. It was hopped using Perle, Tettnang and Glacier varieties. It was then fermented with a Belgian Abbey yeast.
The resulting beer is dark brown in color with chocolate and roasted notes throughout the flavor and aroma. The blood orange has a subtle presence in the aroma and the zest expresses itself in the mouth-drying finish by leaving a lingering bitterness. This full bodied ale was the creation of Allagash brewer Patrick Saville, lover of heavy metal, beer and all things dark.
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Scopey (25061) reviewed Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle thanks to Ken. It pours darkest brown with a small beige head. The nose is soy sauce, black bean noodles, pseudo Asian cuisine and toasted sesame seed. The taste is roasted malt, toast, cardboard, paper, earth, watery aspect, burnt notes and dirt with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Pretty disappointing......
Clarkvv (16327) reviewed Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at Publick House, December 2013
Large, quickly receding sienna-colored head tops a black body that has deep mahogany tints on the edges.
Dark chocolate, roast and touches of base malt (vanilla, cream) are plentiful and overall quite dry in the nose. If you’re looking for the orange, I suppose it’s there in the form of a lightly juicy citrus, but you’re not really going to find it, otherwise, amidst the roasted barley and floral/lightly citric hoppiness. Still, this is a nicely attenuated porter that lets the malt do the talking, with much less emphasis on any Belgian yeast character. No heavy esters or fusels here.
Quite ordinarily porterish, in the mouth, not to say boring, but rather, nearly a well-constructed American rendition, with plenty of bitterness from the dark malts including notes of coffee and dry chocolate. A soft, supple, nearly oily texture is bolstered by an engaging carbonation, and a bit of juicy, though tame hoppiness (floral, lightly grassy) sits on the finish. Again, it’s always good to tend towards the side of caution when brewing with adjuncts and this is certainly done cautiously. Wouldnt mind a bit more of the blood orange, though. It only slightly emerges on the finish, as a citric bitterness afterthought.
nimbleprop (16618) reviewed Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
750ml bottle pours an inky black with some beige head. Nose of malt, bread crust, some citrus, some mild spice. Flavor is similar, herbal, citrus, malt, spice, yeast. Interesting combination of flavors. Dry, spicy finish.
bhensonb (22552) reviewed Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from CraftShack. Pours dark brown with a foamy tan head. Aromas of chocolate and citrus. Med body or better. Flavor is very orange/citrus with treacle and chocolate. Maybe coffee. With foreknowledge the blood orange is detectable. This stuff finishes rather dry and tasty. Excellent ale.
Kermis (23401) reviewed Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft sampled at Pizzeria Paradiso Dupont. Pours dark brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of rich roast, orange, fruit, chocolate and coffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
bkbergen (9216) ticked Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 12 years ago
Drake (22938) reviewed Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours a dark brown color with a large frothy head. Good head retention. Aroma of spice, clay, chocolate, bitter orange. The taste is chocolate, dark fruits, spice, orange. Medium bodied.
Travlr (30181) reviewed Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft. Almost completely black, dense fine bubbled brown head with good retention and solid lacing. Aroma of dark unsweet cocoa and lightly burned coffee. Taste is sweet coffee grounds with a tad of bitter root at the finish. Tasty.
bb (18337) reviewed Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Dark brown beer with a big light tan head. Light roast and light nutty aroma with light yeast. Chocolate and light yeast flavor with citrus. Medium bodied. Citrus and yeast linger with light chocolate and light nuttiness.
Lubiere (24390) ticked Fluxus 2013 from Allagash Brewing Company 12 years ago