Once Upon an Orchard: Cherries & Raspberries
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series|
Score
7.10
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Once, a traveling group of brewers happened upon a farmer stuck in a ditch. His cart had too many fresh raspberries and cherries. The brewers helped to push his cart out, but he soon was stuck again. So, as payment, the farmer gave them bushels and bushels of berries, which the brewers decided to age in a dark, tart beer. The result was a rich, complex beer filled with notes of fresh cherry, ripe raspberry, pie spice, and a hint of cocoa. And they sipped it happily ever after.
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
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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6.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Black with a small white head. Funky and musty with cherry, raspberry and a bit of soy sauce. Long finish. Moderately full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Apr 2026
at 22:02
7.8/10
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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.
Tried
on 10 May 2025
at 04:30
6.6/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2024
at 13:54
7.9/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2024
at 13:43
7/10
Thanks Clark. Tart jammy berries, acetic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2024
at 09:42
7/10
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2024
at 00:46
8/10
Tried
on 28 May 2024
at 15:53