Astrid
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Imperial Saison Rotating|
Score
7.32
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We brew this saison with Pilsner, raw wheat, and Biscuit malt, and ferment it in stainless steel for a year with a blend of traditional saison yeast and Brettanomyces. After fermentation is complete, we transfer the beer to Scandinavian Aquavit barrels, where it ages for an additional eight months. Skål!
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mcm1 (3796) ticked Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Yes! 7-13-17
Drake (22938) reviewed Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle. 14,000. Saved this for a nice occasion, and I dedicate this to an amazing feline. Hazy orange, large foamy white head, Good retention. Aroma of funk, oak, stone fruit, pepper, bready malt. The taste is stone fruit, pepper, funk, oak, citrus, vanilla. Medium bodied, high carbonation, lingering tartness. Very mild whiskey character. Very nice.
Alengrin (11561) reviewed Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Modern farmhouse ale fermented with saison yeast and Brett and aged on aquavit barrels, shared by 77ships. Rated from a leftover after a mere four hours of sleep so I am probably not going to have the most representative rating here - should rerate this if I can find a bottle. Frothy, off-white, moussy and very stable head (in fact still present after hours), hazy peach blonde robe. Aroma of gooseberry, fermenting peaches, overripe pineapple, wet leather, wet oak, hay, vanilla, sourdough, gin, old apples, sweat - clearly ’wild’ indeed but in a most elegant and clever way. Fruity, estery onset, lots of gooseberry flavour, sourish with sweeter peach and pineapple accents, softish carbo, supple and full mouthfeel. Bready malt sweet core, smooth, underneath ongoing gooseberry tartness, retronasal ’animalistic’ Bretty notes, oaky touch, earthy and fermented fruit-ish with a lot of warming alcohol (the aquavit element) at the end. Another great Allagash.
77ships (14509) reviewed Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
375 ml. bottle split - “Late night” tasting @ home. 01 March 2017. Golden, soapy disappearing white head. Nose is vinegar, red grape, harsh, acidic red fruit, big sour oak, lemon, low herbal. Taste is acidic vinegar sour, lemon, puckering hay, big sour brett, finish is interesting spirit note, Aquavit I suppose interesting finish, washing powder sour,… Carbonation is off, thin & fizzy but interesting and nice sour.
tderoeck (22679) reviewed Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Allagash Astrid (by Allagash Brewing Company):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.3/5
15/VII/17 - 37.5cl bottle @ post-Billies cool-down at 77ships' place (Antwerpen) - BB: n/a (2017-1032) Thank to 77ships for sharing the bottle!
Clear deep blond to orange beer, creamy off-white head, bit adhesive. Aroma: funky, grapes, fruity, sourish, grains. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: sourish start, a lot of vinegar, bit fruity, very acidic. Aftertaste: funky, sourish, lemon juice, bit fruity, very bitter notes, little funky, mouth puckering finish. By no means is this a saison. Should be classified as a sour/wild.
iphonephan (11577) reviewed Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From a 375 ml bottle bottled Mar 1, 2017. Pours a hazy gold with a thick off white head. Aroma of white pepper and grapes. Vinous flavors with floral notes. Very refreshing and tasty.
johnnnniee (7492) reviewed Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Greg and Jane’s Hazy light golden color with a rocky white head that slowly recedes. Earthy and spicy on the nose with hints of funk and tart fruit. Citrus and some light peach and pear with a hint of alcohol to warm it all together. I’m surprised this isn’t rated higher I thought it was pretty special myself.
CLW (16720) reviewed Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
375 ml purchased at Greg and Jane’s, Epping, NH. Murky golden color, thin lasting head. Aroma is a mixture of apple, funky Brettanomyces, and wet oak. Flavor is interesting, Brett shows a heavy influence with old apple juice, oak, a mild alcohol note toward the backend. But the alcohol isn’t the worse thing here. It also displays a buttery hint in the finish.
If you have a bottle of this I say hold it. It can only improve because right now it’s not very good. For the $13.00 I spent on a 375 ml, I am rather upset. A rare swing and a miss from Allagash.
Mansquito (18977) reviewed Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Threes, Brooklyn tap: pours a hazy light orange with a small head. Aroma is yeast, tree, herbs, and the like. Taste is latge yeasty. Lightly tart. Some butterscotch or something like that. Very much a sipper, still it hides its largeness well.
bkbergen (9216) ticked Astrid from Allagash Brewing Company 9 years ago