Allagash Four

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

Ruby-brown pour with a tall off-white head that fades to a thin ring. Lots of caramel and dark fruit aroma with a healthy dose of citrus and alcohol. Lots of fig and plum notes interlaced with a quite a bit of citrus hops for a quad. A few hints of spice pop out here and there. The alcohol is definitely evident. Oily medium-full body with lots of carbonation and a definite alcohol warming.

75cl corked bottle. Pours a murky bronze colour with no real head. Big aroma of brandied fruit, yeast, banana, spice and alcohol. Nice flavour of more dark fruit, caramel malt and it finishes with alcohol warmth. Not a heavy hitting quad which makes it easy drinking and something you could enjoy more than every now and again.

Pours a dark reddish brown color with a thin off white head that settles to nice film. The aroma shows notes of dark fruit, caramel malts, plums, raisins, and a hint of some hops. The flavor is big and complex of plums, raisins, caramel and other dark malts. The hops try to come through, but are pushed aside by all the malts and alcohol. Medium bodied with near perfect carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel. This one was nice and complex with all the flavors and a sweet, warming finish. A nice easy drinking quad that I will definitely get again.

Pours light brown with a thick slightly off white head. The head has the thickness of well beaten eggs. Tremendous legs but disappears quickly. Smells of apricots and spices. Touch of alcohol as well. My first thought is complex. It took a second tip to get my head around it. Carmel and maple syrup hit me first then malt and citrus. Warming alcohol at the end. The carbonation is just right with a thick pour over the tongue. A little sweeter than I would have liked, but very complex and interesting.

On cask @ Pizza Plant Walker. Pours amber brownish color. Aroma consists of malty sweetness, caramel, sugar, dried fruits particularly raisins & booze. Pretty complex taste of dried fruits, caramel malts, raisins & boozy warmth. Nice fuller mouthfeel. Good beer

Corked bottle. Orange brown color. Plums, flowers, lemon, caramel and a hint of maple syrup in the both complex and strong aroma. Very sweet, sugary but also malty flavor with maple syrup, caramel, plums, sweet grapes, citrus, licorice and warming alcohol. The complexity is there, but this beer is really a bit too sweet.

The color was amber. The head was fizzy and off-white. The aroma was hoppy and sweet. The flavor was sweet, alcohol, and spice. The palate was lively. The finish was warm and waxy/bitter.

Dark, deep red color with a huge foamy white head. Malty - Raisins, figs, and brown sugar taste. Heavy on the palate and heavy finish. Great quad.