Allagash Four

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Portland, Maine USA

0.75l - Red/orange liquid, no head, sour nose. Butterscotch on the palate, liked it better as it warmed. Not a miss but not a hit either.

6th July 2008. Smooth malty beer - no bitterness at all. Very dry aromatic finish. Not a bad Belgian style beer but otherwise unremarkable.

’09 bottle thanks to KGAGNE (BA)!
Hazy copper-tea color, light beige bubbly head. Nose has light alcohol, light sugar and dried fruit, a hint of overly-sweet honey, and dusty wood, like a Builder Square lumber aisle. Sugary flavor, still bearing the Allagash yeast mark. Sticky, lightly alcoholic, lots of date and apple throughout the flavor. Decent but not entirely impressive.

draft: cloudy dark amber, clove and banana aroma, spicy taste with some citrus, fairly carbonated

Sampled at Flying Saucer’s Second Annual Fall Beer Festival in Austin on October 24, 2009. Cloudy amber orange with thin soapy head. Spiced aroma. Light bitter flavor and a little numbing on the tongue. Silky alcoholic mouthfeel, sweet finish. Very clean and not over-sweetened.

750 batch 15 poured a brown amber in color with a pillow of light tan head and nice carbonation cracking at the surface. aroma has dark rich fruit, Belgian yeast, nutmeg, anise, raisin, and some sweet caramel. medium mouth feel with low side carbonation and a nice coating. flavor opens with a dark fruit medley, hearty Belgian yeast, caramel sweetness, dark malt, and some alcohol warming. nice and smooth on the flavors while coming off rich and hearty.

Bottle @ tasting by jbrus. A clear dark amber colored beer, with a little beige head. The aroma is fruity, raisin and peaches. There are flavors of hop. The taste is sweet from apples with peaches. It burns and it’s sticky. In the back spices like cinnamon. The aftertaste is sweet and fruit bitter.

From bottle. Sweet malt aroma, weetibix cereal in the glass. Cloudy muddy, treacle cloudy amber colour. Very rich and fruity flavour with malt. Slightly bitter hops. Complex fruit flavours, plum, pears maybe. All delicious. Just didn’t hit the spot really. A little to much rich syrup and nothing exciting.