Allagash Four

750 ml bottle from BevMo. Pours a hazy, dark mahogany color with a moderate beige head that diminished quickly to a ring of bubbles. Aroma is milder than expected, but still nice brown sugar, dark ripe fruits hints of citrus and clove. Flavor is very nice, rich and complex as expected, more brown sugar, molasses, dark spice bread, summer fruits, lemon, murky yeasty notes, floral hops and a pepper finish. Alcohol is well hidden. Body is smooth and full with a surprisingly active carbonation. Very good beer overall.

reddish brown color with a nicely compacted medium sized beige head, aroma of spice, fruit, sweetness, and alcohol, flavor was smooth, spicey, citrusy, sweet, carbonated, and you can taste the alcohol, but not overwhelmingly. another good allagash brew

This is a great belgian. Heavy fruit smells and flavors to the beer with just the right amount of spice that opens up more as the bottle is enjoyed. Fairly strong alcohol alcohol taste that works.

Poured brown from the bottle. First thing i noticed in the taste was the alchohol. It didn’t bother hiding that at all, had a pretty notable burn to it. It had a yeasty sweetness that faded quicky into a hoppy burn that just didnt sit well on the palate. I would not say this quad is one of a kind. Stick with the allagash triple if you want to get your money’s worth.

Nasty shit. But then again, I hate Belgian-style beer (except wits). Bitter and metallic and not the least bit sweet. Reddish color, with a thin, beige head. Utterly horrid. I’ve like nothing Allagash has produced.

Bottle into tulip glass. Sampled with jefcon at RFK in Washington DC. This is a quad? I guess I can see that, although it’s like a bastard child of what I expect a quad to be, as if the illegitimate father was of a different ethnicity or something. If I were rating to style, I might care about that, but as I’m not, I have no problem saying this is a great beer. Also, since the only quads I really know are St. Bernardus and Westy, I don’t claim to be an expert on the style. Caramel malt and roasted sour cherry with some cinnamon in the smell, but not as good as that sounds (like they aren’t blended correctly or something). Musty golden raisin, orange peel, and malty alcohol on the nose as well. Starts almost sweet like powdered sugar, transitions into some noble hop type flavorand ends mealy malty with Indan corn and a bit of sharp cherry flavor to begin the finish. Alcohol numbs the tounge a bit, but doesn’t influence the flavor that much. Large tan-beige foam head leaves a beautiful and thick lattice of glittering sticky lacing with wide, uniform spaces in the pattern of otherwise small bubbles. Transluscent glowing amber in the glass. Medium to full bodied in the mouth with a smooth, even feel. Brown sugar notes come out as the beer warms and makes the finish better and longer. Solid.

750ml bottle, pours a light tan head, cooper color ale that’s semi cloudy. Aroma is grainy/malty& sweet. Taste is as aroma leads: grainy/malty& sweet, then a little alcohol. Good carbonation. Good for this style, an occasional ale.

I just had this wonderous beverage out of a cask pour at one of the more beer friendly wateringholes here in Portland, ME. They served it in a small tulip glass and the wonderful warmth (even though the drink was chilled) and earthy, stimulating smell was just a heavenly experience. The typical fruity spice flavor of this beer had completely blended whilst contained within cask and had the consistancy of a fine beer liqueur. It was nearly instinctive to swirl the glass before each taste to enjoy the aroma with each sip. Damn, that we can’t have all of our beer straight from keg or cask.