Allagash Four

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

#400. Probably better beers out there for a milestone, but seemed to good to pass up. Pours a cloudy copper-red color with a medium sized, quickly settling, beige colored head. Aroma is caramel malts, raisins, dried cherries, spice. Flavor is huge caramel, more raisins, cherries, molasses, alcohol, and yeast. Palate is medium to full bodied, medium aggresive carbonation, finishes sweet and slightly warming. This was definitely a great beer, don’t think its up there with the best quads, but still very enjoyable!!!

Pours a dark maroon with a light off white head. Smells of dark fruit, caramel, dark malts, and a little raisin. Taste is very sweet on the lips, extremely malty, big dark fruit and caramel in the taste, much like the smell. Alcohol is pretty noticeable, but still quite easy drinking. The flavors seem to explode in the mouth upon arrival. One of my favorite Allagash beers. Never disappoints.

Bottle. hazy dark amber color. pretty good...tastes of apricots, plums, raisins, cherries. Pretty alcoholic finish and a bit thin on the palate. Nothing outstanding though... no way I could drink the whole bottle by myself.

750ml bottle from LarryPitonka (and a backup from MrBendo). Aroma: Bready and light cookie maltiness with a strong dose of brown sugar, candi sugar, and caramel. Belgian yeast comes tied to a strong dose of spiciness, mostly clove but with a bit of coriander, pepper, and cinnamon. Lots of fruitiness. Raisins, plums, and pears. Light alcohol comes out as it warms. Appearance: Bronze in color and hazy. Light khaki head was full and creamy with great retention. Nice lacing. Flavor: Lots of sweet maltiness upfront with notes of dark bread, walnuts, and graham crackers. Brown sugar, caramel, toffee, and belgian candi sugar all tie together with the malt. Fruit is more apple-like in the taste with a bit of green apple tartness, raisins, and plums. Some peppery spiciness with notes of clove and cinnamon. Alcohol comes forward as it warms. Dry finish. Palate: Medium-high bodied. Moderate carbonation. Light alcohol warming in back of mouth. Overall: Great beer. Not sure if this is really an Abbey Quad, but it was still a great beer to cap off my night.

Strong aroma of apple cider. Sweet taste of fruit, apple, pear, caramel, and coriander. Sweet toffe alcoholic finish.

750mL bottle, no date. Pours a cloudy coppery red with a one and a half finger light beige head that doesn’t take terribly long to fade. Aroma of caramelled apples, raisins, nutmeg, cherries, dusty herbal and spicy hops, estery Belgian yeast, candi sugar, and some alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and spicy with raisins, caramel, alcohol, and hops being the first things I can pick out. There is also some stale sugar, cherries, yeast and leather somewhere in the middle. There may have been some pear somewhere as well. The finish is dry and slightly spicy. Medium to full body with moderate prickly carbonation.

750ml Bottle: Aroma is sweet. Smells of apples, grapes, coriander, spices, and ripe fruits. Poured a dark amber/light brown with a large, foamy, tan head that lasted throughout. Small lacing. Cloudy. Flavor is very sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of cherries, grapes, cloves, pepper, alcohol, coke syrup, and sugar. Medium to full body. Nice creamy texture. Soft carbonation. Finish is lightly bitter and a bit dry. Very well balanced. Nice amount of hops for a Quad.

Aroma is of tropical fruit salad and fresh caramel malt. Taste with slightly velvet and oil y with rich malts and slight herbs hops. A real winner.