Allagash Four

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

Appearance: cloudy copper color. white head. good lacing. good carbonation. Aroma: Cork smelled like a good wine. Raisins, brown sugar, turbinado sugar, yeasty barnyard, apple, very strong aroma. Flavor: earthy, raisin, apple, malty, very Belgian. Palate: dry to light sweetness. Thanks Chuck!

thick white head laces well, carb bubbles a kind of cloudy copper color. sweet smell reminiscent of a belgian sweet floral malts and a bit of hints of alcohol and a light bitterness not like hops. a good body highly carbonated feel, and a bit of creaminess... almost a 4 but not quite. Tastes of sweet floral, brown raw sugar, big raisesn, something a little spicy but very mild almost a hint of apple and alochol. Overall very good.

Brilliantly clear ans stylishly ruby. Aroma is full of flowery hops, yeasty spice and a touch of peppery alcohol. Body is medium to light, flavor quite straightforward. A dash of sweetness up front, which the alcohol dries out rather quickly. Apples, but shifing to a yeasty spice with a hint of flowery hops, some considerable alcohol flavor as well, slick. I’m left wanting a bit more malt. Perhaps I’m missing the point, but in a big strong dark belgian, I want luxurious mmaltiness and complexity, and these are the things in which this guy is a bit lacking. Perhaps somewhat a victim of expectations...

Pours ruby red with no noticeable head. Complex with a fruity taste and strong noticeable alcohol aftertaste. Decent, but overkill to my taste buds.

Thin dense head of fine bubbles. Reduces to a nice wisp of foam. Head refoms nicely upon swirling. Great aroma with raisins, brown sugar and some spices. Color is a murky orange mahagony. Flavor is very smooth and a little sweet. Some yeast, sugars, spices and malts. Little bit of roastyness also. Nice alcohol warming as it goes down. Finish is yeasty and spicey with a bit of hops and a bit of dark fruit. A pretty damn good quad. Not as complex as the trapists but still quite good for an American brewery.

Pours amber red with a thin head. Subtle aroma of raisins, and slight malt. Flavor quite complex. Smooth and creamy at first, then the hot alcohol creeps in, and finally ends with a bitter kick. In the mouth I also detected a bit smoke, raisins, and alcohol. Superb.

75cl bottle, no dating anywhere I could see, I know I bought it back in June ’04...Lighter in color than I expected, quite carbonated, and a very thick tan head sat on top...it clung to the glass as I sipped leaving some nice lace...Everything about this beer is mellow...subtle...udnerstated....slight fruity/malty aroma, give way to a slightly more pronounced raisiny flavor. I found it extremely drinkable, but not luscious or ponderous. a bit sticky in the end. A well-done mellow beer.

bottle from dean & deluca in dc. aroma is yeasty, with indication of the high alcohol content as the beer warms. very little indication of hops. head leaves zero lacing, and color is a slightly cloudy dark amber. flavor is a complex malty offering, but the alcohol flavar is not masked nearly well enough. re-tasted on tap at the reef. Alcohol not as noticable, but malty sweetness (though excellent complex flavor) sticks around too long.