Allagash Four

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Pours a cloudy amber color into the trappist glass with a small head. The lacing clung to the sides. Scents of figs, raisins, malt and brown sugar dominate. A nice coating mouthfeel with flavors of dried fruit, yeast, malt and molasses. Very smooth and dry finish. A very nice quad.

Huge thanks to Keith for bringing to the Ale Atlanta tasting. I’ve been wanting to try it for a long time, but a combination of my cheapness and other beers got in the way. Amber color. Sweetish. A hint of alcohol. Malty. Very nice.

Pours a dark reddish brown color with a thin off white head that settles to nice film. The aroma shows notes of dark fruit, caramel malts, plums, raisins, and a hint of some hops. The flavor is big and complex of plums, raisins, caramel and other dark malts. The hops try to come through, but are pushed aside by all the malts and alcohol. Medium bodied with near perfect carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel. This one was nice and complex with all the flavors and a sweet, warming finish. A nice easy drinking quad that I will definitely get again.

Batch 15. Pours with a large, off-white creamy head with great lacing. Very murky to opaque, pretty amber brown body. Aroma of raspberry, dark fruits, plums, a bit of toffee, a touch of burnt malt, oak and caramel. Taste is of raisins, raspberries, a bit of soggy malt, alcohol, caramel, brandy and butterscotch. Creamy with light bubbles. Tasted young, but I think I am going to try to age a bottle for 5 years or so.

[750 mL bottle, batch 16] Pours a murky reddish amber with a light tan head that melts away to a ring. Aroma is quite sweet with a good deal of yeast (imparts some faint cocoa and banana notes), honey and caramel. Not as complex as I had hoped for, but fairly enjoyable nonetheless. Alcohol is still a little forward, but there is also yeast, malt towards the back end, red grape, and honey again. Good mouthfeel with a somewhat dry, long finish. Overall a very nice, drinkable beer, but it is a little hot, and not quite as complex as I was hoping for. ...After finishing the bottle, I am going to bump it one point, because I love the finish and it is so drinkable.

750ml corked and caged bottle batch #15 courtesy of my Secret Santa – thanks Wayne! Pours a cloudy orangish brown with a one finger tan head that results in delicate lacing. The nose is dark fruit, caramel malt and light floral hops. The taste is brown sugar, dark fruit, toffee, light cocoa and faint sweet citrus hops in the finish. Medium, semi-creamy mouthfeel . Very warming brew. A tad sweet for my taste, but a good complex beer. Thanks again Wayne!

Cask @ ATL Cask Fest. Pours deep brown red. Nose is candy sugars, earthy malts, mild roast, alcohol and fruit esters. Flavor is sweet malts, belgian yeast, subtle spice, hints of roast, cherries, alcohol and herbs.

Bottle thanks to thirdeye11. Pours a nice hazy amber with off-white head. Aroma of nice hop, malt and fruit. Flavor has some nice sweetness and fruitiness, a bit of caramel and a touch of dark fruit. Mouth feel is medium-heavy body with medium-high carbonation. Overall, very tasty!