Allagash Four

750ml Bottle from Country Club Liquors; nose of peaches, breadiness, and a slight tart hint; cloudy copper with a medium beige head; flavor has a hint of funkiness, in front of fruity esters (apricots and a little bananas), yeast and spices. Pretty good quad!

Very bready/biscuit aroma with fruity esters playing in the background (think ripe cherry). This is definitely a malt-bomb. Taste is initially bready and fruity with a nice malty alcoholic sharpness. I love big malty quads, but the sharpness and alcoholic nature of this one kind of lets me down a little.

2/6/05 750ml. Plaza liquor. Hazy amber/red with small tan head. Malty dried dark fruit aroma with some alcohol noted. Malty with harsh alcohol taste and slightly thin palate.

Ruby golden with ample head and good lacing on the glass. The aroma is interesting with touches of wheat, yeast, and sour apples scents coupled with quiet hops and subtle spice. The taste is a well balanced and yeasty venture, which is complimented by nice spice, fruit and hop flavors. A layered and complex, yet lighter brew provides a nice and balanced offering.

Oct. 2005 - Very underwhelming. Beer poured typical brownish belgian color with little head. The taste was just too darned sweet...like other fake tasting American belgian wannabes. No richness, little complexity.

Draft. Trappist-brown sugar coloring. Sour apple, citrusy, floral hints abundantly present, enticing even. Flavoring is more subtle than aroma suggests, with raisin and pinot noir notes shining through more prominently past the initial malty, sugary taste. High alcohol content not overly noticeable in taste, but pleasantly warms the roof and back of throat, numbing me midway through the sample. Not my favorite quadrupel by any stretch but solid.

Date: 08/20/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: amber with small floating particles, whispy beige head,
Aroma: hot sweet malt aroma with a nice fruity edge,
Flavor: light rich fruit malt flavor,
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Date: 03/08/2008
Mode: draft
Score: 3.0 to 3.3
Words: trappeze

Appearance: cloudy burnt orange, fine cream head, streaks of drippy lace,
Aroma: light sweet fruity aroma with a peach appricot character,
Flavor: rich fruity flavor, light earthy character adds a bit too much balance, touch of spicyness adds complexity,
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Date: 06/07/2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store

great fruity character but still a bit too much bitterness that offers great balance but dries out the fruit too much,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Pours an opaque mahogany brown. Tan head that dissipates quickly. Nose is malt, sugars, dried apricots, and a little citrus(?) Malt and sugars make up the flavor. Not too complex, surprisingly for a quad, but a very, very, good, straight forward beer. I’ll have to see how it rounds out after 1,2,3 years.