Allagash Avancé

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle 375ml. corked.

ABV: 10.8%. Clear medium amber red colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toasted, moderate yeasty, wood, strawberry, light oak - brett. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet and light acidic with a long duration, strawberry, tart, wood, light leather - funky. Body is medium, texture is oily and sticky, carbonation is soft. [20121019]

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.

(Draught) Pours a cloudy orange-brown body with a medium beige head. Aroma of florals, some yogurt, strawberries, vanilla, and oak. Flavor of florals, brett, light lacto, rosehips, strawberries, and vanilla with a warming finish.

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.

Tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Hazy reddish amber color. Aroma of concord grapes and strawberries. taste is similar, with a bit of tangerine. Nice.

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.

Tap at Blind Tiger. Deep brown beer with no head at all and light pinkish highlights. Aroma is lightly berryish over a heavy oaky woodiness. Even more wood here than in the bourbon-aged four. Malts are quite subtle and dried out. A bit of plum and brown sugar, but the oak really clobbers this one to death. I think it was a good idea, but I don’t think it was terribly well executed.

Tap. Pours clear tawny with a small, fizzy off-white head, short retention with spare lacing. Aroma is strawberry, bubble gum and bandaid phenols, cookie and caramel malt with light earthy hops. Flavor is medium strawberry, dry malt, cookie and caramel malt with light hops and bitterness with a sweet finish. Full body and medium carbonation.

UPDATED: JUL 17, 2011 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

Cloudy brown pour, light head. Aroma of strawberry jam, balsamic, yeast, orange peel. Flavor is strawberry, balsamic, oak, tart cherries, good stuff!