Confluence Ale
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.35
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Allagash Confluence is a strong golden ale that benefits from mixed fermentation and dry hopping techniques. Brewed with a blend of imported and domestic Pilsner malt, as well as a small portion of caramel malt, Confluence boasts a complex malty profile.
Both our house yeast strain and our proprietary Brettanomyces yeast strain are used in fermentation. This layered approach creates a unique blend of fruit and spice flavors along with an incredibly silky mouthfeel.
After fermentation, Confluence undergoes a lengthy aging process in stainless steel that allows its complex flavors to fully develop. Just prior to bottling, it is dry hopped with Glacier hops, providing a pleasant, fruity aroma.
Both our house yeast strain and our proprietary Brettanomyces yeast strain are used in fermentation. This layered approach creates a unique blend of fruit and spice flavors along with an incredibly silky mouthfeel.
After fermentation, Confluence undergoes a lengthy aging process in stainless steel that allows its complex flavors to fully develop. Just prior to bottling, it is dry hopped with Glacier hops, providing a pleasant, fruity aroma.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Feb. 2010 vintage. Pours semi-cloudy apricot with cream white head. Nose is grapefruit, pine needles, flower patch and spices. Taste is coriander, citrus, spices, juniper, celery seed and caramel malts. Well balanced and a nice full but not heavy mouth feel. Dry finish.
Tried
on 29 May 2010
at 22:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2009 bottle 750 ml. Cork popped big time and a small amount of gushing before I got it over the glass, didn’t lose much. Nose of yeast and brett mixed with wheaty grain, a light banana ester, and light cloves. Hazy yellow gold with a big pale yellow head. Flavor is a lightly sweet belgian spiced ale mixed with some bretty funkiness. Pretty decent
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2010
at 20:12
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a hazy orangey color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of dry Brett notes with a lightly sweet malt profile and some dry European style hops. Taste is quite refreshing with some clear Brett notes that are well balance with the lightly sweet malt backbone. Dry hops also provide some further enjoyment. Body is quite full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Well done and refreshing for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2010
at 09:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at Churchkey. Clear golden color, edge head. Aroma of grapefruit and other citrus. Taste is sour orange and clove. Tasty and interesting.
Tried
on 18 May 2010
at 05:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
City Beer Store, Allagash night. I had high hopes for this beer, and while it wasn’t quite up to them, it was also quite different than what I expected, altogether. It’s a mildly sour beer with an excellent pale grain flavor, oddly clean for the style. Otherwise, there’s a floral quality and a big earthiness from the Belgian yeast, almost lightly smoky in a dry mushroomy kind of way. Mild, though definitely detectable, hops provide bits of herbaceous, minerals and grass in the finish. The flavor is quite dry. And the feel is mild, though good. Quite drinkable for the abv and for a sour. I’m aging a bottle to see if the sour notes come out more with time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2010
at 23:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity spicy yeasty and slightly tart aroma. Fruity sweetish malty spicy yeasty tart flavor. Has a fruity tart funky finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2010
at 07:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 75cl.Light light unclear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate yeasty, barntyard notes, brett, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090913]
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2009
at 14:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
A wild, yeasty experience. Had some on tap at Blind Tiger. Nose of complex yeast varieties. Pours a bright, hazy gold with a decent head. Fruity, with a strong bubblegum flavor and plenty of yeast character. Silky mouthfeel and a somewhat tart finish. Nice stuff. 2010 Bottle, drank in 2010: Pours hazy gold with a strong white head. Aroma of light funk, citrus and grass. Flavor is sweet and lightly funky. Medium bodied with soft carbonation and warmth. Finishes fairly dry with more, slight funkiness and mild sweet notes. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2009
at 07:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled on tap at Max’s in Baltimore. Pours a hazy, translucent straw yellow with a frothy, active white head. A high level of carbonation is evident. Aroma is mostly ripe fruits, pears, apples, a touch of hay and some light brett floating around. Flavor is nice, citrus, lemon rind, orange, hay, grass, slight pepper zing, mild brett, some spice. Finish is dry. I was expecting a lot more. If you’re going to use brett than make it bretty. I suppose it could age well, but I feel like this might be lacking a bit in terms of flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2009
at 12:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cloudy golden with a large white head. Sour aroma with brett, lemons and malty notes. Flavour had brett and lemons. Finished dry from the brett.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2009
at 17:22