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Allagash Black

Allagash Black - Foreign Stout

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Foreign Stout

Portland, Maine USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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4083.71/5.03.7/5.07.5%90.7Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Allagash Black, our new Belgian style stout, is brewed with German 2 row barley, Torrified wheat and oats, balanced by a large addition of Belgian dark candi to give the Black a full and silky mouthfeel. Roasted malts give this stout its classic chocolate, toast and malty taste, and contribute to chocolate notes and a hint of roasted coffee in the aroma. The Black is fermented with a Belgian yeast strain and refermented in the bottle with the methode champenoise to make this beer truly unique. Availability: 750 ml bottles, 5.17 gal kegs ABV: 7.5% Original Gravity: 1.072 Recommended Serving Temperature: 55°F Recommended Cellaring Temperature: 55°F
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 JB175 (1654), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Nov 30, 2008  
Darker brown pour with a medium head. Aroma is a bit grainy with some light chocolate and dark bread. Flavor is mostly a brown ale thats light on the nuttiness and a tad heavier on the chocolate. Not bad, but pretty weak for Allagash.


 rcasta (472), El Salvador
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/512/20
Nov 27, 2008  
es una belga y no es tipo. nos la tomamos en el blackout segun hawener en la casa del gordo. no se que quiere decir eso


 ghawener (952), San Salvador, El Salvador
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Thanks to rcasta. Bottle: Drank during blackout, don´t have any great memories, just avg.


 gsmitty80 (630), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/105/55/105/514/20
Nov 20, 2008  
This is a hard hitting stout. Very heavy on the chocolate and coffee malts but they are washed out by the high alchol content and smokiness. This is a great stout but nothing that screams unique or origional.


 daknole (2805), Plantation, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 15, 2008  
Damn right! this is a stellar beer. Black pour, nice brown head. aroma is chocolate, belgian yeast, molasses and anise. Flavor is delicious. Chocolate, yeast, dark fruit, charred wood and some slight hops make this a very nice sipper. Kudos to Allagash!


 Maria (6056), Thisted, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 15, 2008  
Trade with After4ever, thanks Tom. It’s black with a red hue and a huge, creamy head. The aroma has notes of chocolate, cough medicine, licorice, anise and rubber. The flavour has sweetness, notes of anise, rubber, licorice, roasted malt, yeast, chocolate and a very light bitterness. I’m never thrilled when brewers mix Belgian and US styles, and this beer is no exception. It’s good, certainly, but not one I would buy, if it came to the country.


 kramer (2407), Sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 29, 2008  
25 oz bottle, from Julio’s Liquors. Pours a very dark brown, almost black body with a creamy chocolate brown head that lasted forever. Roasty and chocolaty nose with a nice yeast influence. Coffee, roasted peanuts, and some burnt malt. I’m liking the Belgian twist with this guy. Very smooth up front, soft roast with a light bitterness. Finishes with lots of chocolate and yeast, and lingering coffee. No alcohol flavor at all, which often bothers me with Allagash beers. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy in texture with maybe just a bit too much carbonation. This was pretty great. Very very much a surprise. Usually I set myself up for a bit of a disappointment with Allagash, but this is now a favorite from them.


 markwise (1132), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Oct 28, 2008  
Pours a brownish-black with an excitable tan head. Aroma is dark malt, chocolate, a hint of coffee, black licorice, and earth with a lingering hop bite and coffee bitterness that continues on into the finish. Not bad.



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