3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(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.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
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.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
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.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
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
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Pours an amber crimson body with an off white head and modest lacing. Belgian fruit tones, strawberry jam, light spices, and maple. Dry with some nice funk and leather. A fan.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cloudy brown pour, light head. Aroma of strawberry jam, balsamic, yeast, orange peel. Flavor is strawberry, balsamic, oak, tart cherries, good stuff!
4.2 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
EBF 07. Pours a muddled dull dark copper with a slight lasting head. Aroma is slightly sour with some lacto, frutiy sweetness, but kept in check with some tart quality and some oak and vanilla. Nice full flavor with hints of strawberry, oak, vanilla, earthy phenols, spicy yeast, and a great crisp slightly tart finish. Light sour qualities from the acids in the fruit make this much better than the original Four. Completely different beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: DEC 29, 2009 Tap at Boston EBF 2007. Cloudy copper body topped by a small beige head. Unless you piss in the barrels you really can’t make a bad beer if you base it on the excellent Allagash Four. Although this is the Allagash Four aged with strawberries I didn’t get much, if any, strawberry flavours. What I got was my faithful Allagash Four with an added unfocussed fruity tartness and a carbonation that seemed a bit too lively. The drinkability was increased but it wasn’t as round or deep as the original. Still very good but something tells me that it was put together without putting much thought into it. I mean, they even misspelled Avancée…
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