Allagash Hugh Malone

Tap at Barcade: Deep golden, hazy with a dense white head. The aroma is spicy and fruity hop character. Seems like orange marmalade with an apricot note as well with a peppery Belgian ester note. Dense creamy carbonation. The flavor has a somewhat sweet hop character of apricot, and orange. There is also a dusty Belgian yeast character which accentuates with rise in temperature. There is a touch of alcohol along with a later Belgian peppery hop finish. Not bad, I just expected more from Allagash.

Bottle. Moderate to heavy malt aromas of roasted, bread and caramel, light lemon and perfume for the hops, light to moderate notes of dough and earth for the yeast with hints of wood, wine and apple. Head is small, creamy, white with very little lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is murky tan. Flavorstarts slightly sweet and moderately acidic, then finishes moderately acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, oily and has a lively carbonation. A nice earthy beer, definitely a quality Belgian Strong.

I’m surprised to see that Simcoe hops are a component of this beer in the description, but that is certainly one of the reasons I like this beer so much. It has a rough, tart dandelion aroma and taste -- really well-integrated and balanced with other hops and lightly sweet caramel malts. Crisp and clean palate, grapefruit lingers on the finish. A good beer.

Bottled. Hazy orange color with very lacy white head. Strong and crisp hoppy aroma with robust citrus. The flavor and aroma are both dominated by strong and earthy Simcoe hops with orange peel, grapefruit, pear and Belgian yeast notes. Light and tingly carbonation accentuates the crisp palate even further. Finishes very dry with lasting bitterness.

750 cork n cage. pours hazy orangish gold with big white head. aroma is citrus with some caramel and sweetness. mouthful is very smooth with carbonation. flavors are mainly citrus hops but has a very crisp dry feel to the mouth. finish has some lingering hop flavors after the dryness wears off. i don’t get the belgian part or the price...

draft @ uber - mostly clear and a beautiful candy-red orange mix; huge white head; aromas of just amazing; sweet candy, spice and malty; drinks dry with lingering sweetness, but flavors are a little flat; this one is all about the nose

Draught. Pours a hazy orange-gold, with a small off-white head and a wall of lacing. Nose is citrusy, a little yeast also. Not a big nose. Taste starts off with a citrusy hops and some lightly sweet, biscuity malt, just a bit toasty, made sharper by the firm carbonation, and a bit of a dry. Spicy yeast note. Hops turn more resiny around mid-palate, and then the yeast takes over with a big dryness - it’s like the taste is just sucked into a wall of off-dryness, from which emerges a nice, lingering pine bitterness to complement the yeast. Dryness lets up just a bit after awhile, letting the flavor of the yeast peek through carrying just a bit of the biscuity malt. Mouthfeel is firmly carbonated, medium bodied, just a bit oily. I would drink this beer again, for sure.

Bottle from BevMo in Vacaville, CA. Nice aromas of citrus hop over medium malt. Slightly hazy copper color. Very little head, but there are huge bubbles in the bottle. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is sweet malt which is rapidly submerged in a hop mix. Think there’s grapefruit and maybe a little resin. It finishes dry, but it doesn’t. It’s astringent towards the back of the mouth. It’s dry towards the front. Sweet keeps hanging somewhere. Goes bitter on the sides. My mouth keeps trying to curl around it; arguably a bit sticky, but not sweet sticky. Burps most brilliantly. Just keeps on getting better; better all the time...