RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Allagash Black

Allagash Black - Foreign Stout

* picture credits
copyright may apply

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

Portland, Maine USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |

 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4103.71/5.03.7/5.07.5%90.7Snifter, Tulip
View Statistics  P 

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
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 dkachur (2319), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 25, 2008  
Batch 4 C&C 750 from Wine Warehouse. Dark chocolate brown color appears black in the glass and shows a thin but fairly persistent head. Aroma is roasted grain, coffee, and a sweetness that is reminiscent of the candi sugar. The taste starts off with a simple roasted grain taste but expands into coffee, oak, hops and sour cherry. Highly effervescent, smouth mouthfeel, medium to full body.


 502Flavors (617), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 24, 2008  
corked 750 into sniffer. Not sure about the vintage, but my buddy gave it to me from his huge, specialty vintage cellar, so its probably not fresh (not at all a necessarily bad thing, just mentioning it for reference). Pretty thin bodied black pour with a strangely, nearly white head (puffy and lacing). Aroma is very subtle - vanilla, soft roasted malt, and some bittering hops. Flavor is also pretty soft, but very well balanced with notes of vanilla, oak, pretty bland hops, and some hints of dark cherry. Not getting much of the belgian candi sugar that is mentioned in the "Commercial description," but this may be responsible for the cherry notes I am getting. Medium to light body on the palate with pretty active carbonation (which is suiting to the BELGIAN in Belgian stout). Some alcohol warmth on the finish. Overall: good with a unique style that is very much like a hybrid between a stout and a Belgian ale - I’m guessing it is all ion the yeast?


pdxwhisky (1), , Oregon, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Allagash Black does not count
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Aug 20, 2008  
Bottle. Nice head at pour quickly dissipates into a smooth, even film/sheen. Dark roasted malt nose. Sweet to start, with long bitter chocolate notes that don’t linger very long after swallowing. Quick finish.


 Homer321 (127), Rockledge, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 19, 2008  
pours jet black with a suprisingly light head (for a stout anyway). head dissipates quickly. nose is chocolate with that belgian funk. slight roastiness in the back of the throat, but less than I would expect. It balances well. hops are slightly noticable, but rather subdued. slight alcohol warming. overall a very interesting beer that I would drink lots of!


 slimchill (775), Austin, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 19, 2008  
Nose is strong chocolate with light clove and peppery esters. Dense and mahogany-colored body with a white head, creating a nice contrast. Opens with loads of chocolate and rolls into dark-roasted coffee beans and a lightly bitter finish with some alcohol. Thin, slick palate.


 illidurit (851), Santa Cruz, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Aug 18, 2008  
750 mL bottle poured into a snifter. Pours, well, black with a tan one-finger head. The bubbles are extremely fine and leave filmy lacing. Aroma is cocoa powder, Whoppers chocolate malt balls, tobacco, and a distinct ferrous note. Flavor is pretty simple: intense roasted malts with a bone dry bitter finish. There’s a light smoked/peaty character to it as well. Alcohol is nearly invisible. The fine carbonation washes over the tongue and ends with a great clean finish. The beer really vanishes from the palate. Body is just about medium, just enough thickness to satisfy but not too heavy that it loses its delicateness.


 buzzoven (333), Japan
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/510/20
Aug 15, 2008  
Bottle at The Raleigh Times, Raleigh, NC. Pours a deep dark black with a creamy tan head. Strong choco smell showcasing subtle roasted flavours and perfect creaminess. The palate is more like a porter than a stout with it’s thin mouthfeel and slightly inky sensation. Not a bad brew, not mind-blowing stuff, but solid nonetheless...and miles better than the boring label would suggest. Does Allagash even have an art department? Geez...


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/512/20
Aug 13, 2008    Updated: Jan 17, 2009

Date: July 05, 2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta
Appearance: black, wispy tan head, bits of lace
Aroma: dry roasted malt aroma with an earthyness adding to the dryness and slight fruity esters balancing it back out
Flavor: rich roasted malt flavor, lots of roasted and earthy bitterness, touch of balancing sweetness from dark caramel and fruity esters grows as it warms, light spicyness

Date: October 17, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Score: 2.9 to 3.2
Aroma: all roasted aroma with a touch of dark caramel sweetness
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet and roasty flavor with lots of dark caramel sweetness to balance the roasted malt, black burnt bitterness from the dark roast, touch of bitter dark chocolate

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4



CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41

What's Your Opinion?
Tell us what you think of this beer. Start your free RateBeer account now.
» Click here.

More Foreign Stouts

Pelican Tsunami Stout (3.88)

Elysian Dragonstooth Stout (3.81)

Lion Stout (3.81)

De Dolle Extra Export Stout (3.77)

Nils Oscar Imperial Stout (3.76)

Alchemist Knuckle Dragger (3.75)

Pizza Port Barrel Aged Stunna Shade Stout (3.74)

Grumpy Troll Bourbon Barrel Aged Spetsnaz Export Stout (3.72)

Nynäshamns Sotholmen Extra Stout (3.7)

Aldergrove Empirical Staught (3.7)

Allagash Black (3.7)

Allagash Bourbon Black (3.66)

Snake River Zonker Stout (3.66)

Guinness Special Export (Belgian version) (3.65)

Grumpy Troll Spetsnaz Export Stout (3.62)


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC