I decided to stop at The Bishop's Collar to meet up with some friends on my way home last night. I knew I only had time for one beer so I went with the Allagash Curieux aged in Booker's bourbon barrels. Curieux is a bourbon barrel-aged tripel aged in Jim Beam barrels. This version was aged in Booker's barrels, which is the highest grade whiskey made by the Beam family. I was really intrigued to try this since I love both Booker's and Curieux. Booker's is an extremely strong whiskey and the bottle of it I have at home weighs it at a whopping 129.1 proof (Jim Beam is 80 proof). I was concerned that this beer would be a boozy fire bomb but it was actually much more tame and drinkable than I had imagined. One of my friends had a glass of regular Curieux which was great for a side-by-side comparison. The Booker's barrel provided a an extra warming oak, bourbon edge that blended really well with the sweet maltiness of this Belgian-style brew. Overall, a pretty delicious tripel!
Also had a few tastes of Allagash Yakuza (dry-hopped tripel) and Port Hot Rocks (dark lager). Hot Rocks is good, solid beer that I've had before. This was my first time trying Yakuza and I thought it was great. Really wish I had time to drink a full glass of it but I'm sure I'll see it around soon enough.
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