Avancé
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.64
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Ale Aged in Bourbon Barrels and Finished on Strawberries
Avancé is a strong, sour ale with aromas of strawberry preserves and toasted oak. Berries and more oak continue in the flavor, which concludes with a warm, sweet finish. The beer is brewed with multiple sugars including molasses, date sugar, white cane sugar, and dark rock candi. It’s then fermented with four different yeast strains and aged in oak bourbon barrels for a year with Lactobacillus and Pediococcus. After transferring the beer to stainless we add one pound per gallon of fresh, locally picked strawberries and age it for another six months.
Avancé is a strong, sour ale with aromas of strawberry preserves and toasted oak. Berries and more oak continue in the flavor, which concludes with a warm, sweet finish. The beer is brewed with multiple sugars including molasses, date sugar, white cane sugar, and dark rock candi. It’s then fermented with four different yeast strains and aged in oak bourbon barrels for a year with Lactobacillus and Pediococcus. After transferring the beer to stainless we add one pound per gallon of fresh, locally picked strawberries and age it for another six months.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ French Oktoberfest Tasting Ulfborg, 2012. Pours deep ruby amber with a small white head. Fresh ripe strawberries, funk and mild caramel. Woody. Tasty and dry. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Oct 2012
at 09:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample at Denver Rare Beer Tasting IV on 10/12/2012. The beer pours a hazed reddish-brown color with a medium light beige head that recedes steadily. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of berries and oak. Full-bodied with flavors of oak, sweet malt and strawberries. The finish is tart with a berry aftertaste. Good overall.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2012
at 17:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
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Tried
on 19 Oct 2012
at 15:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy reddish amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, bretty, wood and strawberries. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate acidic. Dry and moderate acidic finish. 191012
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2012
at 15:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ FoneFan, 10.8%. Slight hazy dark amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, strawberries, sour and oak. Flavour is malt, strawberries, sour, oak, wood, little acetone and a little vinegar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2012
at 15:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4oz pour at the Lupulin Reunuless at RFD DC. Pours a hazy, copper amber with a creamy white head. Big nose, malty, boozy, tropical fruits. Flavor is fruity, some booze, tropical fruits, vanilla, wood, some berry patch. Medium bodied, tart, sweet, fruity finish. Perhaps a few too many flavors competing.
Tried
on 06 Jun 2011
at 18:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375 ML bottle, I purchased at the Brewery on the limited release day. Cloudy brown pour, fluffy white head. A bit of floating sediment in the glass. Aroma is oak and tart strawberry and some sugar. Flavor is very close to what you’d expect with the aroma, very subtle oak wood at first with a little sour finish. A hint of molasses up front giving way to slightly sour and acidic cherry on the finish. The label states this is 10.8% ABV. I don’t pick out the ABV at all, it is hidden nicely. This is a border line sour ale/ Wild Ale in my eyes. If you like slightly sour brews, you will like this!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Apr 2011
at 13:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled thanks to someone at the post NotB tasting! Poured a cloudy amber orange with a yellowish tan head that lasted throughout the beer. Aroma had a note of tart strawberries a bit of funk and a sweet grain backing. Flavor had a light tartness from the strawberries with some funk backing and a bit of oak. Comes together nicely.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2011
at 13:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
A dark hazed amber ale with a super thick moka head. In aroma, smooth lactic and creamy, muskey notes, light cherries. In mouth, a lighter musty malt, molds, a bit earthy, light sour cherries, but not very sour and acidic as expected. On tap at Brewvival, Feb. 26 2011.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2011
at 18:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Pizza Port’s Barrel Blast. Pours with a hazed amber body with a lasting off-white head. Aromas of oak, tannic, barnyard, fruity, with light strawberry (at least on the nose). Flavors have a much stronger berry flavor, light acidity, funk, tannic, oak and vanilla. Lively bubbles with a dry finish. 3.8
Also in a bottle thanks to LtDan. Pours with a hazed brown body with a tan head. Aromas of strawberries, other berries, funk, manure, caramel, horseblanket and straw. Flavors are acidic, big, peppery, straw, berries, vanilla. Fruity. Fresh. Medium to lively bubbles, tastes big. Good! 3.9
Also in a bottle thanks to LtDan. Pours with a hazed brown body with a tan head. Aromas of strawberries, other berries, funk, manure, caramel, horseblanket and straw. Flavors are acidic, big, peppery, straw, berries, vanilla. Fruity. Fresh. Medium to lively bubbles, tastes big. Good! 3.9
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jan 2011
at 10:14