Once Upon an Orchard: Cherries & Raspberries
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series|
Score
7.15
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Grains: Munich Malt, Chocolate Wheat, Midnight Wheat, Roasted Barley
Hops: Cascade, Northern Brewer
Yeast: House & Brettanomyces
Fruit: Fresh Cherries & Raspberries
Spices/Other: Aged in an Oak Foudre, Local Honey
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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
10/05/2025 Sample at Palace Hall, Malmö May tasting - tart berry fruity with notes of raspberry, some cherry and plum notes, medium body and nice acidity, tart fruity finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Thanks ClarkVV on the 500 ml bottle share share! Brown color, Aroma is lightly acidic with cherry and sharp oak. Way too much like a sour brown for my own liking. Acid and sharp oak lingering in the finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
March 2023 375mL bottle drunk 10/20/24. Clear chestnut. Small, reddish-beige head quickly to ring. Some dark, crusty bread, light, peppery phenols and mild, succulent cherries. No huge acidity from the raspberries. Lingering vanilla, brown sugar and juicy fruits. Juicy, with bigger raspberry acidity than the nose portends. Succulent cherry, mild brown malts and some bread. Dry, lots of lingering fruit tartness. Lighter body, but not thin. Maybe a bit more acid than I'm in to these days but the fruit is lovely and the beer well-executed.
Thanks Clark. Tart jammy berries, acetic.
A dark reddish brown ale with a thin lacing light mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity ground cherry with cork, light buttery notes, light Epsom salts, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity tart mix of raspberry jam, light acidity, light cherries, lactic acid, light cork, pleasant. Bottle from Bottlecaps, Watertown.