Curieux
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Tripel Regular|
Score
7.50
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First brewed back in 2004, Curieux was our initial foray into barrel aging. To make Curieux, we take our Tripel and let it age in bourbon barrels for six-to-eight weeks. Once that time is up, we take the beer out of our cold cellars and blend it back with a portion of fresh Tripel. The resulting rich, golden ale features smooth notes of coconut, vanilla, and a hint of bourbon.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bourbon-matured beer since 2004, tasted in the later version of 11% ABV. Regular, off-white, not very stable head, colour clear orange blonde. Interesting aroma of pineapple, honey, white grapes, cider, banana, pepper and obvious but not overpowering bourbon. Soft fruity taste with mild carbonation, bit vinous, some candi sugar, sweetish caramel malts, spicy and woody accents, finish warm alcohol (generating a dryish effect) and aromatic hops, but the sweetness from the onset also lingers. Closer to a Belgian-style barley wine than a real triple.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2014
at 13:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
I would have guessed wine barrels instead of bourbon. Soft, slippery body of a tripel, hazy golden wth full fluffy head. Barrel aging takes over the flavor, adding some sour flavors to the mix. Normal tripel spiciness, floral essences. A tipel with a twist.
Tried
on 15 Jul 2014
at 21:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Clear golden colour, white head. Malty aroma, light hops, hint of vanilla, caramel, yeast. Malty flavour, light citrus, yeast. Light boozy finish, caramel, yeast. Rather nice brew.
(from 37.5cL bottle @ Cantillon Quintessence)
(from 37.5cL bottle @ Cantillon Quintessence)
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 May 2014
at 15:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
@quintessence 14 Pours dark blonde , to amber . Smells funky , brett and grains . Taste is sweet , bitter , bretty- funk
Tried
on 03 May 2014
at 05:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
@ Cantillon Quintessence. Orange amber beer, white head. Medium carbonation. Very complex tripel. Aroma is fruity with vanilla, banana and bourbon. Sweet, light bitter aftertaste. Well balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2014
at 04:53
7/10
Tried
on 01 May 2014
at 20:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7
75 cl. bottle sampled @ Cantillon Quintessence 2014. Orange with a creamy white head. Nose smells heavily of brett, olives, thick soy sauce, fish guts and grains, all over the place to say the least. Taste sweet upfront, sugary with malts, leading into brett, fish guts, sweet vanilla, alcoholic and woody. Body is quite nice, creamy, yeasty with nice carbonation but the beer is all over the place to say the very least. The more I drank of it the less I liked it and a lot of the flavours were a real mismatch of everything.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2014
at 13:29
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle - Honey, grass and some wheat. Cloudy gold with a thin head. Herbal, honey and some pale malt sweetness. The barrel is soft as us the yeast profile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2014
at 11:20
10/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2014
at 21:00
8.5/10
depth that showcases the Belgian flavors mixed with the bourbon. Sweet tasting and easy to drink.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2014
at 17:02