Allagash Four

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

750ml bottle-A dark brown body with a head that dissipated quickly. Aroma of yeast, fruit, and alcohol. The taste was awesome with some malts, sweetness, fruit, and alcohol. Awesome beer.

Another brew that I’ve had many times, but never rated, so here goes..from my recent sampling. Pours deep brown with a slight ruby color, small white head. Aroma is of fruit and slight yeast. taste is very complex with dried fruit (fig and raisin), apple and a slightly earthy/alcohol finish. Very solid beer.

Another original brew from Allagash. Aroma is certainly a little on the apple side. Very little head. Seems like more head came after the pour, but its just thin and lacey. Mouthfeel is smooth and sweet. Flavor is rich with malts. I dont know how people say this lacks complexity.

A 4 for Four. Very nice. Pours out a nice deep brown color with a large white head. Aroma is sweet, slightly malty, and very yeasty. Flavor just bursts in with a nice mellow sweetness with a nice balance of yeast and fruityness. Great brew, these guys never cease to amaze me.

Doughy and hoppy aroma with a very nice appearance. Sweet with an nice finish. Palate could have been fuller but overall I enjoyed this beer.

Pours a reddish/copper with a thinner than usual (for a quad) head. Not quite as pillowy as a St Bernardus, but the head that does remain lasts throughout. Aroma is yeasty, fruity, and slightly peppery with hints of cherries, raisins, and figs. Taste is dark, and fruity with hints of phenols and figs. There is also a fairly noticable peppery/warming alcohol finish. Overall, not the best quad ever, but pretty good.

C&C 750. Pours into my Chimay glass a murky golden brown with almost no head. Nice, sweet, fruity nose, raisin, fig, brown sugar/light molasses, mildly boozy. Sweet, dried fruit flavors, raisin, fig, date, prune, some light brown sugar, sweet malt, an almost sherrylike tinge. Body is just slightly on the thin side for my taste - does not really match the rich flavors. Mild alcohol warming in the throat. It’s been awhie since I’ve had a nice quad, and Allagash does not disappoint.

Pours a Dark murky copper color with a big tan head. Aromas of apples, berries, and other dark fruits. Tastes of the same fruits. Very well balanced. Drank right after the Allagash Brewery tour. Great brewery!!!!!