Allagash Dubbel Reserve

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Portland, Maine USA

batch #48. pours a dark amber brown with a thin greyish head that settles into a ring. earthy spice nose with some sugar in it. taste is dry, some pear figs and woody nut notes also. some chocolate comes out after everything else fades in the finish. very easy drinking and so smooth. a very enjoyable beer to sip on while watching dr who

This dark brown ale poured with a lacy tan head, eliciting a strong malty aroma. The malty flavor is very pleasantly laced with chocolate, toffee and cloves, with a long dry finish. I really like this one.

A compact tan head holds as a thick skin above a deep, burgundy-tinted, tea-colored body. Faint carbonation shows near its edges. "Dunkelweizen" is my first impression as malty-banana aromas emerge with a musty sourness. Lively mouth with a yeast-laden flavor that settles sour and dry. Well-made but wholly unimpressive.

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Batch # 38 – This beer presents a copper body with orange hues and a full rocky light tan head. The aroma is sweet ripe fruit, plums, and caramel. The flavor is roasted nutty malt with only a little bit of sweetness. There is a slightly harsh astringency that develops about mid-swallow. The finish however is pleasing. Medium dry body with a long lingering roasted finish. Not nearly as good as the Tripel.
Earlier Rating: 11/5/2003 Total Score: 3
Hazy ruby color. Very quickly diminishing off-white head. Aroma is almost like a brown ale. Nuts and roasting orange rind are predominant. Flavor is also a lot like a brown ale, but has a more yeasty complexity to it. The aftertaste is almost exactly like a brown. I am confused. Somewhat sweet and more hoppy then expected. Body is medium and the finish is fairly dry. Overall not bad, but this beer is very confused as to its style, in fact so I am.

Pours a cloudy amber brown with a small beige head, which dissipates to a thin film. Aroma of yeast, bananas, brown sugar, mustiness, and some caramel. The flavor is not too sweet, with caramel and the yeast being the dominant flavors. Bitter finish, some alcohol warmth in there as well. Creamy mouthfeel, medium to full bodied. Soft carbonation. Pretty good beer.

Bottle at Milltown. Pours a dark hazy ruby with a two finger creamy light tan head. The nose is sweet, malty, lightly spicy, earthy, Belgian, and rusty. The flavor is sweet, malty, spicy, lightly warm, tastes rusty. Crisp and malty palate.

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Poured dark with a beige head. Aroma of yeast,fruit, and citrus. Flavor is fruit, sweet, citrus. This is why i love this brewery.

12 oz. Translucent mahogany with a two-finger head that settles into a lasting ring with soapy lace. Aroma is clove, banana, and wheat bread. Flavor is similar, with some cocoa and the spicy banana on front, and the wheat bread and dry yeast on the finish. Some sourish berry thrown in for good measure. Medium body is lightly carbonated smooth and dry.