Allagash Black

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Foreign Stout
Portland, Maine USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Dark and sweet, like my wife. Lots of chocolate and coffee, but with the hints of Belgian yeast that makes Allagash so fun to drink.

750 corked and caged bottle poured into a pint glass. This beer has aromas of roasty malts and fruity belgian yeasts. The appearance is a wonderful black color with and ample brown head that disappears quickly. Taste is compex with notes of chocolate, toast, roasted malts, and even leather. The beer keeps developing new flavors in its very long finish. The main flavors are coffee and cocoa. Palate is medium body with ample carbonation and a long finish. Overall, this is a winner if you like Belgian style stouts.

750 ml. bottle from All Things Wine in Renton. This is batch #21, which I’m pretty happy about for no reason whatsoever. This is quite the effervescent beer; as is the case with most of the Foreign Stouts that I’ve consumed. Slightly off-white head, with a nearly opaque dark brown/light black body. A subtle roast aroma is prevalent. There is a soft yeast aroma, and an even softer hop aroma. Fairly nuanced aroma, but nothing here screams "exceptional" in any way. I’m hit with a blast of, unexpected, coffee. The roast is not astringent, but beautiful in the way it lingers. There is a subtle sweet yeast flavor that blends with a subtle chocolate flavor. The beer is quite fizzy, almost annoyingly so. The yeast is becoming more pungent as the beer warms up. Overall, we’ve got something pretty good here. There is a hint of cacao spiciness coming through at the end. I’ve got to say, it’s getting better as it warms up.

Bottle. Pours a deep black color with a minimal head. Light vanilla aroma with some roasted malt in the background. Not thick at all. A mix of vanilla and malt. Some roasted coffee MAYBE. Kind of watered down. But not bad. Should be thicker, But it has a milky kind of feel.

Finally an allagash that isn’t arrogantly priced, the belgian style part of this stout is subtle, leading to more american approach, it works very well, roasted malts and hops are well balanced, worth a try

chocolate, Chocolate... But not over the top. Good head. Dark brew. Loved this one.

On draft at Frisco Grille. Dark brown with amber tint. Chocolate and yeast aromas. Roasted malt flavor with chocolate notes. A little bit of alcohol noticable. Very good beer.

In short - superb ale. there is little more that i can add that hasn’t already been said before me. IMO, spot on for the style; furthermore, it exceeds a few examples of true Belgian stouts. crazy to think that Maine is that damn good, eh?