Allagash Black

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

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

Bottle split with mcberko. Pours a solid black with a dissipating off-white head. Aroma of roasted wood, booze and chocolate. Flavour of roasted wood, nuts, coffee / espresso, and chocolate. Palate is full-bodied and roasty. Nice.

Pint on tap pours black with a reddish brown head. Aromas of coffee roasted malt a bit of chocolate nib and a bit of dough. Flavors of roasted malts some bitter chocolate and just a hint if mocha. Body is great and full very creamy and smooth. Leaves a good after taste not to much coffee.

Bottle pour thanks to Steve, aroma is dark black with off white head, aroma has some red fruit, banana, biscuit, spice, hints of metallic, roast and chocolate. Taste is nice roast, chocolate, fruity pear, spice, some banana, finishes with that hint of metal, slightly bitter as well.

750ml bottle poured into glass. All for myself in celebration of my new car. I’ve been holding onto this bottle for about a year, no real reason but it stood the test of time. Good chocolate and vanilla flavor, both in the aroma and flavor. Was a great treat to have.

Pours deep brown with an off-white head. Aroma consists of oats and honey, with hints of coffee. Very unique and delicious beer, although it could be a lot thicker in my opinion.

Draught at Beachwood BBQ. Barely translucent of dark, red light. Persistent sandy head and sticky, coating, covering lacing. Aroma is of wood, licorice, and root beer. Taste is mildly salty and red-wine sweet (but not vinous as I don’t like vinous, and I like this beer) most like mild root beer. Palate is so smooth almost to a point of numbness. A very good beer.

Draft at Great Lost Bear in Portland. Roasty, lightly sweet aroma, malty with suggestions of oatmeal and wheat, some molasses, dark chocolate, burnt sugar, faint yeast esters, some toasted/burnt grain notes as well. Solid ebony color, head is very slight with spidery lace. Roasty, sweet, multi-grain flavor profile, more dark molasses, lightly charred grains and dark sugary sweetness, bitterness is there right away to balance and seems to be generated much more from the roasted malt than from any hop additions. Finishes with hints of cocoa and chocolate. Low degree of effervescence, mouthfeel is quite thick and heavy, body is of course full. Nicely flavorful.

750mL bottle, split 3 ways, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma of Belgian yeast, candied sugar, some vanilla and chocolate. Flavour of Belgian yeast, vanilla, spices and chocolate. Weird spices give me mixed feelings on this. A solid off-kilter stout, but nothing more.