Allagash Black

Bottle from SL. Pour was wonderful, nice generous initial head with decent retention. Aroma was lovely, light yeast, gentle cocoa, nutty, well-complementing spices. The flavor followed along with some light fruity ester elements, licorice, and a toasty earthy aspect. All roast and smoke aspects were delicately present to combine with a dry finish that really made this quite enjoyable. Ally has some hit and some miss, this one far exceeded my expectations, well done!

Bottle and Cask Conditioned @ brewery and GLB. Sweet with bittering hop notes. Coffee, leather and tobbacco. The cask had really earthy and mossy notes. Much better on the cask. The head retention was the same in both pours. Body is medium and overall its a solid product. One of the more normalistic offerings from Allagash.

Draft at Rupununi’s. Sweet to start with a bitter, dry finish. Easy to drink because nothing is overpowering. Dark black flat body with ruby highlights. Average, creamy head that slowly diminishes. The aroma presents notes of roast and smoky peat with hints of coffee, molasses, nuts and grass. Bittersweet chocolate floats in the background. The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately bitter and moderately acidic. The finish is bitter with a very slight dry, metalic taste. Medium body, creamy texture. Solid, balanced and very good.

Super dark mahogany brown bording on opaque with a thick brown head. Aroma is definitely belgian yeast - spicy, with some roasted dark grains, and licorice notes in the back. Flavor is a bit strange at first - almost like a clash of the flavors - roasted granis, astringency, sweet fruity phenols and a funky kind of dry finish. Interesting, but not hight on my list of must-have beers.

black pour with a thick light tan head. Dark Roasty malt, chocolate and a dark fruit tang in the aroma. First impression is alcohol, with some chocolate roast aftertones. Little too carbonated, prickly in the mouth as opposed to silky. Dry, woody finish. a bit thin. Overall decent.

Pours black with thin tan head. Aroma of smokey malt. Taste is smoke and roasted malt. Thin mouthfeel. Very dry finish. I like a lot of Allagash beers, but this was not very good. Kind of boring.

Pours a visibly effervecent opaque black with an airy, puffy beige head that retains very well. The nose is full of rich espresso notes, dark chocolate, dust, some metallic flavours, smoke and mild caramel. The flavour is identical to the aroma with the addition of some citric tones. It is wonderfully roasty and aromatic. The finish is very dry. The mouthfeel is prickly, medium bodied, and has a nice long palate duration.

pours a beautiful large puffy tan head. color is a deep dark black . aroma contains hints of espresso and toasty malts , caramel and a very subtle metallic hint. This beer is great and tastes much like it smells. hints of coffee, toffee, toasted malts, with great smoky hints.