Allagash Four

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...

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.

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.

Generous lacing on a dark brown body with a sweet, somewhat hoppy aroma. Balanced mouthfeel, very smooth.

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.

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.

12 oz. Bottle. Medium cloudy brown. Pleasant aroma. Tasted and smelled of hops. Decent beer.

750ml corked and caged bottle batch #15 courtesy of my Secret Santa – thanks Wayne! Pours a cloudy orangish brown with a one finger tan head that results in delicate lacing. The nose is dark fruit, caramel malt and light floral hops. The taste is brown sugar, dark fruit, toffee, light cocoa and faint sweet citrus hops in the finish. Medium, semi-creamy mouthfeel . Very warming brew. A tad sweet for my taste, but a good complex beer. Thanks again Wayne!