bpowers (24), USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 23, 2008 750 ml bottle. Poured a thick deep black with a 1 finger tan head. Nice aroma of roasted malts, notes of toffee, coffee, vanilla cream, caramelized sugar and oats. Palate is silky silky smooth with an average dose of carbonation. Feels really nice on the mouth, smooth w/o being very heavy and syrupy. Taste is nice but not very assertive. Its really a mild beer but that goes along with the soft mouth feel I think. Taste is of roasted malts and oats. Finishes with a creamy caramel taste and some of the toffee/coffee notes. Nice and mild. Not sure where the heavy price tag comes from but it’s a good interesting stout.
 railcat1 (578), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 22, 2008 They said this was a Belgian style stout and it was ,dark black and nice lacing but it was thin in the body,had this courtesy of SoLaN at his store and it was a nice gesture,it had the Belgian silky feel with hints of chocolate and malts,i would drink again by its self before i drink anything heavy like i did today ,had a DL07 before so i was a little spoiled already.CHEERS!
WISEGUY572 (1245), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 22, 2008 Nose of a chocolate soda with a touch of vanilla ice cream. Almost black, slight reddish notes, medium colored foamy brown head, vanishes with surprisingly little lace. Taste of chocolate and dark malts. Nice enough, easy drinking, but I’ll take a Storm King, a Beer Geek Breakfast, an Old Viscosity, a Speedway ... this is nothing special, and way over priced. First time I’ve complained about the price of an Allagash, ever.
redlem (1155), Illinois, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 22, 2008 Poured a dark brown, opaque, with a medium off-white head, non-lasting. A sweet yeast with coffee aroma. Taste is of bitter chocolate, yeast, but the aftertaste is too sweet for me. Not bad but not memorable either.
DrBayern (1135), Morehead City, North Carolina, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 21, 2008 22 oz. bottle on 3/21/2008. Brown/black with mahogany highlights under a smallish light tan head with slippery sheets of lace. Burnt coffee, dark chocolate, molasses, and dark roasted malt aromas. Quite effervescent with a full mouthfeel, somewhat astringent, leaves a dry palate. Dark roasted malt flavors dominate, the bitterness subjugating the slight treacle sweetness to a minor role. Solid, but not anything that makes it unique or particularly special.
JCB (1747), Durham, North Carolina, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 21, 2008 Kind of odd to see something so dark coming out of an Allagash bottle! Very nice substantial pour; you can tell it’s got a robust body just looking at it, obviously thick in consistency and with a nice tan head. Pretty complex aroma, roasted malts apparent initially but then some mildly yeasty notes in there, like dried apricots or dates along with molasses. The taste isn’t quite as complex as the nose, somehow, and it comes across as a big, creamy foreign stout rather than a hybrid Belgian stout. Still, though it’s too pricy for the payoff, it’s enjoyable for sure.
trokini (1027), San Diego, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 20, 2008 Pours dark brown, almost black. Foamy, cascading brown head. Pleasant aroma of vanilla, anise, chocolate malt, oak, and a kind of yeasty funkiness. Watery mouthfeel in terms of a stout. Some roasted malt and chocolate, but no coffee, bittersweet chocolate, or smokiness. Instead, there is the fruity-yeasty tastes one would expect from a dubbel. Anise, molasses, and some prune flavors come out when it warms. I hate saying this, but an overall disappointment.
JPDIPSO (4894), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 16, 2008 Very dark brown with a moderate light tan head that settles to a lid and a full sheet of lace. Mildly sweet aroma, with sweet grapefruit, zest, dark candi, dark chocolate, mild roasted malt. Very dark chocolate flavors with hints of vanilla and licorice. Body is quite light, but seems right for this brew. Fairly acidic. Rather dry finish and the linger is offers some dark charred malt. Some coffee grounds come in and out of the flavors. An interesting brew. To me this is on the lighter/thinner side of a foreign stout.
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