Allagash Brewing Company Coolship La Vigne

Coolship La Vigne

 

Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

  Lambic Style - Fruit Rotating Out of Production
Score
5.85
ABV: 8.4% IBU: - Ticks: 4
Coolship la Vigne blends our Coolship ale with freshly pressed St. Croix and Sabrevois grapes from Maine Coast Vineyards in Falmouth, Maine. To make the beer, we send hot wort into a large, shallow vessel called a coolship where wildly occuring yeast and souring microbiota begin the job of fermentation. We then age the beer in French oak wine barrels for around two years, at which point we add the crushed grapes and let it all rest for another five months. After blending, Coolship la Vigne comes together as a tart and lightly funky beer with rounded notes of wine, apricot, and a crisp, dry finish.

Grains: Pilsner Malt, Raw Wheat
Hops: Aged Whole-Leaf Hops
Spices/Other: St. Croix, Sabrevois Grapes
Yeast: Wild
 

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2.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5

Bottle. Normally I love Allagash, it's one of the few breweries where I would trust each of the beers on a shelf. Poured a ruby purple color with a small white head. Aroma was an unpleasant baby diaper. I mean, it takes me back to my kid's diaper pail. Flavor was unpleasant, grape, odd. At the December DC Ratebeer tasting.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2023 at 06:54


5.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

375ml bottle pours a clear purple with some pinky white head. Candlewax nose then gets a touch fecal. Grape and rose in the nose, white port. Flavor has a lot of wild grape and not in a good way. Astringent port, overly herbal in a bad Fantome way. Sour and nearly medicinal. A big miss for me.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Dec 2023 at 14:21


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From a bottle at a RB tasty. Pours a hazy cola with a tan head. Aromas of rind. Flavors are moderately sour fruit.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2023 at 20:52


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Rotting leaves, nail polish removal. Murky ruby pour with ok head. Wine grapes and some barrel. Bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2023 at 20:32