Allagash Grand Cru

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Portland, Maine USA

A pleasant beer, if not tremendously exciting. Spices and a hint of fruitiness on the nose but the flavor turns out to be a bit thin.

Cloudy golden body with a large but quickly diminishing white head. Strong aroma of citrusy resinous hops and caramel. Maybe even a touch of smoke. Full body with plenty of malt and spicy yeast. Caramel flavour without the roastiness, a little foresty, fruity flavours with orange pulp and melons, some coriander, moderately sweet, a little tartness. Very hoppy with a caramelized bitterness. Perfect alcohol level. Mostly very belgian but with a american twist in the hops giving it its distinctive character. Another nice highly drinkable beer from this american brewery that I find as reliable as an american car… made in japan.

750ml bottle batch #12, sample from holdenn. pours an amber with decent head. aroma is very fruity and yeasty, coriander, oaky, and vanilla. taste of orangy, yeast, pepper, cinnamon and cloves. starts sweet and finished dry. light and easy to drink but flavor isn’t that pleasant and too spiced for my tastes.

750 ml bottle, Batch # 11.Pours hazy amber color with white head. Sweet malty aroma. Malty and spice taste with no after taste

On tap at Barcade: Pours a hazy orangey amber with minimal head. The aroma is slightly vinous with tart fruits, some yeast and candyish malt hints. The flavor is predominately fruity sweet notes. Cranberry, orange, some spicyness (cinnamon?) Later slightly roasted maltly sweetness with a light dry finish. Somewhat simple, especially when given the title of a "Grand Cru", but not bad.

750 ml bottle into a Trappist glass, thanks to Vex! Pours a lovely looking orange tone with a hint of light brown. A white very retentive head sits atop the brew. The aroma brings a very bready and yeasty note, while also containing some spicey citrus mixed in. The flavor begins with a light sweet malt that moves into a yeasty flavor in which the corriander startes to really come out. Somewhat carbonated. An orangey hint comes through near the finish before being taken over by corriander. A sticky yeasty feeling with corriander lingering ends this one. Fairly bready, but not as much as say, the Val-Dieu Grand Cru. I really liked this one!!

Pours orange, just a bit cloudy. Aroma a bit yeasty and citrucy. Can’t identify the spices but it tastes great.

Bottle # 9 Nice transperent copper color with a bubily white head Aroma were earthy with hints of citrus and somewhat yeasty. A noticeable sweet honey flavor with a mild corriander finish