3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled sample 22oz. Pours black in colour. Grea chocolate taste with the unique Belgian taste. Fantastic beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12oz pour @ Maproom. Poured a dark brown, opaque, with a medium off-white head, non-lasting. A sweet yeast with coffee aroma. Taste is of bitter chocolate, yeast, but the aftertaste is too sweet for me
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Enjoyed on tap at Goose Island Clybourn at Rare Stout Night which was part of Chicago Craft Beer week. This was $3 for a 4 oz pour, as opposed to the $6 I was paying for all the other ones, however this one was pretty awesome! Appearance kind of a dirty very dark brown with somewhat rich tan head. Aroma mostly of hops and a dark fruit/rich malt mixture. Taste really is kinda hoppy, kind of has a dark fruit/wine/sangria like quality to it. Also possibly made with Belgian yeast, as that quality comes out. Pretty good stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
4 oz pour on tap at Haymarket (Chicago, IL). Pours a nice deeper blackish hue, some brown ruby edges and bottom with a prominent light brown cakey head, stays moderate sized and laces ok. Aromas are cocoa and some toffee, touches of dark fruit and vinous qualities. Roast, toast, gentle and smooth still. More touches of bakers cocoa. A bit light. Initial is smoothed out, sweet cocoa, dark fruit, and toffee. Plums, moving into roast, toast, a touch of black cherry, chocolate chip cookies, light vanilla. Gentle fruity smoke into the finish. Solid stout with a fruity tone and good roast, yet still smooth and drinkable with some cherrywood like smoke finish. Medium bodied but towards the lighter end. Solid Belgian stout.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Pours a dark brown and settles in the glass as a very dark to black. Big foamy tan / chocolate head. Aroma is toasty and chocolate. Taste is the same, with a little sweetness and yeast. Very smooth mouthfeel, but not overly syrupy or dense. Very nice brew.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Great brew. Pours deep dark and.. well... Dark Brown, very deep so as to appear Black. Rich foamy dark tan head. Coffee, slight bitter chocolate taste. Rich dark fruits. very tasty.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Nearly completely black, hi carbonation off white head. Aroma of earth, dirty dark chocolate, black pepper. Taste is rich and thick dark chocolate, over roasted coffee beans, pepper. Nice.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
First time I tried Allagash Black was towards the end of a trade show, when I was good and professionally snockered. I loved it-- and learned beer goggles have the same effect on actual beer that they do on everything else. Not that Allagash Black is bad, just underwhelming for such a hefty price tag. The stout flavors are subdued, the beer tasting more Irish than Russian, yet the finish is a bitter slap of hops and alcohol. I know I sound bitchy, but beer this expensive should be more complex. (12/6/08)
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