Allagash Four

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

Deep brown, cloudy pour. Small, thin head that was quickly gone due to alcohol. Malty aroma with plenty of fruitiness. Sweet caramel and malt dominate the flavor with lots of dried fruit and spice coming through after. Finishes cleaner than expected -- nice and dry in the end.

750 mL bottle. Pours a deep dark cloudy brown with a medium wispy head that lasted only shortly. Aroma was malty with fruity esters and doughy yeast. No harsh alcohol vapors from this one. Flavor is sweet and malty of caramal and a bit of breadiness. Yeastiness and esters (apple and banana) are also apparent with some dried cherry, plum and raison. Finish is fairly dry and the fruity esters and peppery spiciness develop quite a bit in the dry finish. Some alcohol warmth is also present in the finish. Body is full and smooth but the carbonation was slightly too high for my tastes though many Belgians tend to be this way.

Aroma:fruit,plum..... Appearance:Dark redush,brown,good head... Flavor:Explosion of flavor athe start,caramel,fruity,good alcohol sensation.But a big solvent flavor at the end...

Bottle. Pours a hazy copper color topped by healthy beige foamy head. Nose is mild sweet malts, faint herbal hoppiness, ripe fruits, plus some spicy pepper notes. Taste is medium sweet, yeasy, and has a definite herbal quality too. Creamy and full bodied....toward a dry end. Nice quad.

Tastes more alcoholic than it is. I consider that a bad thing personally. But it pours nice and I am a sucker for a pretty beer. Runs through the gambit of Belgian Quad flavors, spun sugar, caramel and spice, but that alcohol shows up at the end more than it should at 10% and ruins what would otherwise be a sweet malt finish. Still interesting and worth anyones try.

Not particularly enticing aroma of medicine and alcohol, with a little bit of pleasant raisin and yeast. Orangish/dark copper color, with a light head that faded quickly. Flavor is a mixture of cough syrup and grape and sugar, odd. Alcohol is noticeable on the palate.

dark tan ruby tinted body that looks like a mix of tomato juice and iced tea with a thin grey head. aroma is sherry like with sweetness and a noticeable yeast tint. notes of bubblegum and fruits. this is appealling to someone like me who has a barleywine chugging exterior, but don’t let that fool you, i can also enjoy slowly sipping a complex brew too. upfront sweetness of candy apples and cotton candy with a dry finish. alcohol is noticeable but not dominant. very well balanced beer. some peppermint also comes out in this. lingering spicey licorice dryness that draws me back for more. doughy earth notes in this are fantastic, a wonderful beer

Deep cooper in color. Trace of coppery overtones and spices on the palate. Great lacing and fantastic head at the start. A good strong ale, but not overpowering with alcohol to the taste. A fun surprise and one of the best Belgian-American quads I’ve sampled.