3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap during the annual Boston/Salem/Marble head tour. Sampled at the Sunset grill.
Amber pour with a tart aroma good spicey alcohol taste. Well done. I was happy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
750ml bottle, batch15, cloudy dark amber-copper hue, with a small thick creamy beige head, yeasty, fruity, spicy nose, of nutmeg, ripe apple, sultana raisin, candied orange peel esters, from a belgian type of yeast, with a hint of Grand Marnier liqueur, and some toasted, caramelized, biscuity malt note in the aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, fruity, sweet toasted, caramelized malt character, with some fruitcake, dried dark raisin, fig, prune, orange peel flavours, and a faint spicy cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, coriander accent, with a toffeeish, brown sugar sweetness, leading towards a warming, malty, fruity orange peel, lingering hop bitternessfinish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
pours amber brown with lots of carbonation. Fairly fruity, spicy. Alcohol is present but not overbearing. I don’t remember the details of this brew, but I do remember that my overall impression was that this was fairly standard for a Quad and certainly has not stood out in my memory the way Rochefort 10 did. Good beer none the less, probably not worth the 14$ though...
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I decided to purchase this 11$ bottle at Mac’s on West Peachtree. Batch #19. I hope it is good. Looks pretty good; has a nice fluffy head that settles out to a relatively thin head, and has a nice deep dark brown caramel color. Seems to have an almost light sour aroma to it, but then again I get this darker fruit-type aroma. The lighter aroma I was speaking of is probably due to the hops used? Ah...there she is. The beer just needed a little oxygen I guess. The dark fruits and yeast are coming out a wee bit more, now that it has had time to warm up. Still, I don’t feel the beer is as aromatic as it should be, atleast for a quad. The flavor is a lot better than the aroma (one would hope). Dark fruits and yeast flavors dominate. Not a large hop present, but you feel it slightly towards the end. Not an overpowering quad, as I like them to be. A little too carbonated for me, as the carbonation bite steals some of the flavor. I am a bit picky when it comes to quads being over carbonated. Overall, great taste, but I think other quads are better.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours an opaque golden brown with a nice creamy head. It has a great sweet candy flavor that is accentuated by the a true complexity of flavors and a good amount of carbonation.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Generous lacing on a dark brown body with a sweet, somewhat hoppy aroma. Balanced mouthfeel, very smooth.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Wow...really well balanced tasty beer. Sweet, strong, and friendly. I call it the "4 X 4" and with good reason. Fairly complex, yet with rustic over-tones. Can I mention that I like the label? 53F from 750ml bottle. VERY NICE.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
great idea on allagash to produce a beer like this. beer opened up nicley in a pint glass that i drank it out of. strong aroma of all the ingredients they put into this brew. alcohol was definatley on the nose along with a sweetness sugarly smell and the bitterness of the hops jumped out. easy on the palate with a whole range a flavors coming out. serve really cold but not to cold that could cause it to lose some of its mystic.
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