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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7.2/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Whole Foods - Fair Lakes on 05/16/2009. Bottled on January 2009. Cloudy golden body with a medium foamy white head. Fruity and Bretty aroma with some spice. Sweet, fairly tart Brett flavor with some light fruit. Light body with moderately high carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2009
at 09:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Golden amber beer with an off-white head. Tart, bretty aroma. Tart, light fruit flavor with light malt and a bit of funk. Medium bodied. Funk lingers with earth and light tartness. Kind of a richer Ommaggeden.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2009
at 13:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
on tap @Capones–pours a rich white head that laces and cloudy yellow color. Aroma is yeasty, tart, some funky. Taste is tart-some lemon, yeast-bret, pepper, grassy/light malt, some funk. Some northwest hops? Lively effervescence. Nice, occasional.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2009
at 15:02