Cherry Lime Times
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating Out of Production|
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7.32
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Inspired by cherry-lime slushies and hazy summer evenings at the drive-in, we took a foudre-aged, session-strength sour ale and aged it on fresh, Maine-grown cherries for around four months. Just before it was ready, we added fresh lime zest for that extra citrus kick. We hope our Cherry Lime Times helps you create some of your own.
Grains: Local Pale Malt, Malted Red Wheat, Victory Malt, Maine-Grown Flaked Spelt, Maine-Grown Rolled Oats
Hops: Hallertau, Loral
Yeast: House
Spices/Other: Local Cherries, Lime Zest, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus
Grains: Local Pale Malt, Malted Red Wheat, Victory Malt, Maine-Grown Flaked Spelt, Maine-Grown Rolled Oats
Hops: Hallertau, Loral
Yeast: House
Spices/Other: Local Cherries, Lime Zest, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus
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7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
A little more lime than cherry. Comes off on the acidic side. Pours clear golden with okay head. Tart finish. Tap at Churchkey. Among all the Allagash I had for the 30th anniversary celebration today, this one perhaps is the most average. Bottle pour.
Tried
from Bottle
at
ChurchKey
on 05 Dec 2025
at 23:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the Dec. 2024 PS tasting, 12/14/24. Clear gold, no head. Aroma of funk, lime. Taste is funk, cherry, lime. Simple, strong funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2025
at 19:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by my brother: pours very pale reddish with almost no head. Aroma is cherry and lime aromas along with wood, light funk. Not a very huge aroma. Taste is sour and quite acidic. Light cherry and lime notes. Nice finish. I wish it was less acidic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2021
at 01:17
8/10
Definitely sessiony light but solid like and cherry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2021
at 21:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
8-13-21 Grand Liquor
Tried
on 14 Aug 2021
at 01:44
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
375mL bottled Feb 2021, drunk 7/14/21.
Bright, light pink, good clarity with a small, pinkish-tinted head that shows low retention.
Nose is chalk-full of cherry. Lots of cherry but it doesn't dominate. Lime helps cut some of the perceived sweetness and the bacterial influence is moderate. No acetic character and only mild lactic and moderate Brett-derived acids. Malts are soft and balance gently, adding light honey, cereal-like grain/biscuit and it finishes with soft, but lovely cherry and mild lime notes. No alcohol or flaw.
Big cherry flavor, unsurprisingly, with very light lime zest that seems to create less lime character than the juice would and I think that works really well as it lets the cherry shine and keeps the beer from getting too acidic (lime can dominate/ruin very quickly). Soft, malty texture with fairly tight carbonation and good attenuation. Soft, mild but still full of cherry and Brett flavor. Honey and biscuit-like malts gently keep things in balance. Excellent. Tons of flavor for its size.
Bright, light pink, good clarity with a small, pinkish-tinted head that shows low retention.
Nose is chalk-full of cherry. Lots of cherry but it doesn't dominate. Lime helps cut some of the perceived sweetness and the bacterial influence is moderate. No acetic character and only mild lactic and moderate Brett-derived acids. Malts are soft and balance gently, adding light honey, cereal-like grain/biscuit and it finishes with soft, but lovely cherry and mild lime notes. No alcohol or flaw.
Big cherry flavor, unsurprisingly, with very light lime zest that seems to create less lime character than the juice would and I think that works really well as it lets the cherry shine and keeps the beer from getting too acidic (lime can dominate/ruin very quickly). Soft, malty texture with fairly tight carbonation and good attenuation. Soft, mild but still full of cherry and Brett flavor. Honey and biscuit-like malts gently keep things in balance. Excellent. Tons of flavor for its size.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2021
at 01:35