Brett IPA
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Sour / Wild Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.48
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During transport overseas, early India Pale Ales were stored in wooden barrels. In these barrels—beer experts suppose—some ales were naturally inoculated with Brettanomyces, a form of wild yeast. Brett IPA plays off this piece of brewing lore by pairing Brettanomyces—a yeast that exhibits itself as ripe fruit rather than strong funk or sourness—with multiple varieties of fruit-forward hops.
Aromas of citrus, pineapple, and passion fruit meld into tropical flavors that pair nicely with the beer’s lightly hopped body. Maris Otter, Munich malts, and raw wheat balance the floral barrage of Bravo, Cascade, Amarillo, Centennial, Citra, and Galaxy hops. By finishing with a mix of pleasant bitterness and tropical fruit, Brett IPA ushers brewing history into the present.
Aromas of citrus, pineapple, and passion fruit meld into tropical flavors that pair nicely with the beer’s lightly hopped body. Maris Otter, Munich malts, and raw wheat balance the floral barrage of Bravo, Cascade, Amarillo, Centennial, Citra, and Galaxy hops. By finishing with a mix of pleasant bitterness and tropical fruit, Brett IPA ushers brewing history into the present.
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8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Super hazy golden coloured body with a very thin pure white head, not more than a centimetre tall. Aroma of flowers, funk, grass, coriander seed, wheat and a bunch of wild brett notes - no sourness at all though. Light to Medium-bodied; Assertive dry qualities at first with a lot of coriander seed freshness and a touch of citrus, but the dryness from hay and grass along with some perfumey hop notes make this nice and flavourful. Aftertaste shows a nice dry bite with a heavy balance on the yeast funkiness and a larger dose of coriander seed and wheat than before, but in a good way. Overall, a nice and dry beer that definitely shows more of a Saison or Biere de Garde more than anything, especially an IPA, but a tiny bit as a Wild Ale as well, so this is nice and complex, but is far from an amazing beer or one that should be sampled at all costs. Nice to try, and as one of the super early adopters of Allagash products, this is a good offering for sure, but please don't go crazy trying to acquire this one - just try something similar from any local (to you) brewery. I sampled this stubby twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in Fairfax, Virginia on 10-September-2017 for US$4,99 (I wouldn't pay that again) with a 'bottled on' date of 06-July-2017 at 12h35, sampled at home in Washington on 09-November-2017 a week after my first son was born!
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2017
at 01:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 10
Lemon zest, brett, pear aroma, strong. Opaque amber, thin head. Orange, tangerine, and grapefruit, musty brett accents. Medium body, easy carbonation. Juicy, bright, and wonderful.
Tried
on 26 Oct 2017
at 18:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Wine Warehouse bottle. Pours murky pale golden with a small soft white head. Aroma is heavy citrus, mostly grapefruit juice, with the addition of a bit of brett funk. Flavor is grapefruit juice, funk, earth, lemon zest, pineapple, a little grass. Interesting, though I don't love it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2017
at 14:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottles from Craft Beer Cellar 10-7-17
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2017
at 21:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Good brett IPA, tropical and bitter but unmistakably Allagash. Easygoing malt notes bring crackers and some cereal sweetness, while the wheat provides a grassy saison undercurrent with hints of clove and vanilla. The hops offer up mango, lemon, grapefruit and stone fruit to the equation, while the back end grows yeasty and bitter, the slightest tinge of funk adding depth to the finish. Creamy feel with just enough carbonation to keep things exciting. Nose is way funkier than the actual beer. Good pour, hazy yellow-gold with a slight white head and the teensiest bit of lace. Nice, but could use a little more funk.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2017
at 20:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours hazy gold into a tulip. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Tropical fruit aromas. Sweet mango and papaya upfront turning to resin before a mild funky weed finish.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2017
at 17:31
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle purchased at Spruce Creek Provisions. Bottled on 7/6/17. Dry-hopping in the aroma is fantastic mixed with the light Brettanomyces. The flavor has the house yeast on funk with a huge fruit character. Funky note is balanced by fruit and musty basement hints. Carbonation works with the dry textures. Everything about this works for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Sep 2017
at 22:13
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Novare Res - Portland, ME. Pours unclear gold with a foamy, white head. Good stuff, with mild funk, melon, woodsy and grassy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Drying in the finish, with some musty funk, a little citrus peel. Good stuff. Quite drinkable.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2017
at 04:04