3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bomber. Pours dark orange with a healthy head. Aroma of yeast, malt, and clove. Flavor has classic Allagash softness, yet it is simultaneously spicy throughout. I tasted soda cracker and dried fruit initially, complemented by mid-palate earthiness. Palate is characteristically “soft”, yet the finish is very dry. Overall a well-balanced Allagash offering, though perhaps not their best.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cork almost took my face off. I took off the cork and it shot inches from my face, hit the ceiling, spraying beer allover my lap and macbook. Kind of an orangish amber pour with thick white head. Sweet, malty aroma. Flavor is pears, banana and spice, with a bit of bitterness in the back of the throat. Almost an herbal bitter finish. The sweetness is subdued, which I appreciate. Nice, well carbonated, typically belgian mouthfeel. Overall, good.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
What a warming brew. Smell the sweet malts. Taste the balance of spice. Good look and feel upon drinking. Great brew.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bouteille de 330 ml. Nos yeux observent une bière de couleur ambrée-orangée qui possède un col de mousse modeste. Au nez on respire des arômes de raisins, de fleur, de lilas, de citron, de pain, de pruneaux et de cassis. En bouche le corps est moyen avec une effervescence moyenne. On goûte des saveurs de cassis, de raisins, d’épices, de pain, de fleurs et de grain torréfiés. La finale présente une légère pointe d’alcool et d’amertume. Excellent
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
22oz bottle. Pours a burnished copper with a beige head. Leaves nice lacing down the glass and the head has decent retention. Nose is pretty spicy, not what I was expecting. Coriander, cinnamon, and a little bit of raisin. Taste is a good match to the aroma. Alot of yeast spiciness but the there is no typical belgian banana esters, a very clean floral hoppiness on the backend, very light bitterness. Not as sweet and complex as others similar in style (we had this back to back with the St. Somewhere Lectio Divinia and found it to be superior) Very solid well crafted American Belgian.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at The Big Hunt, Washington, DC. Dark coopery pour, tan head, decent lace. Nose is spice, citrus, yeast. Flavor is citrusy, alcohol, sweet, and yeasty. Candy sugar, cork, and cask wood come out in the finish. Very nice.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle... Poured hazy, pinkish gold with a fizzy head... Beautiful lacing. Fresh, floral aroma with fruity notes with a nice tartness. Foamy palate but was also a little dry. Tart, sugary, fruit flavors like orange and plums. Lots of malt to balance those sweet, spicy notes. A little bit of alcohol in the finish which balanced the other bitter and sweet flavors.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Pour a cloudy, deep honey-gold, hints of orange, with a fairly fizzy off-white head. Nose is yeasty, with some apricot and maybe a bit of honey, coriander comes through clearly, some fruity esters. Taste is really nice - pears, apples, apricots, honey sweetness, dry, cinnamon and nutmeg and some orange zest, a bit metallic. Finish is yeasty, a bit peppery, dry. Mouthfeel is medium-full bodied, with a light, spritzy carbonation. Really nice beer, though the odd metallic taste does drop a point or two.
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