 bb (2976), Martinez, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
May 1, 2008 Bottle. Rich copper amber beer with a dark cream colored head. Light sweet malt aroma with a bit of oak and fruity hops. Medium bodied. Rich malt flavor with a bit of caramel, slight grass, light spice and some fruit. Lingering malt with a bit of grass and earth.
MartinT (5080), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 4, 2007 My Bottom Line:
Peaches and oranges relax amongst the caramel maltiness, as catty, piney notes complacently participate. This decent Belgian Strong Ale ends up very fruity, but nowhere near the hop-happy creation advertised.
Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam sinks into the orange glow.
-Bready yeast hangs on to the caramel maltiness.
-Carbonation is comfortable.
-The finish is rather dry and somewhat bitter, but the hops don’t shine through enough to make it interesting.
-It’s always fun to try an Allagash experiment, but this one’s not worth the money in my book.
Bottle.
kp (8600), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 1, 2007 Updated: Jul 18, 2009
Date: July 18, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: gusher, hazy dark amber, fine beige head
Aroma: oaky aroma with light hops and a hint of caramel malt
Flavor: dry malt flavor, lots of hops keep it dry, trace of caramel sweetness comes through to offset the hops, the oak and bitterness from the hops blend well together, light alcohol shows up upon warming
Date: July 18, 2008
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Appearance: cloudy orange, fine off white head, near solid lace
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma with a light fresh grass character
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice spicy hops, good balance, nice long bitter finish
Overall: quite different than the bottle
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4
GregClow (2516), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Nov 16, 2007 Bottle shared with tupalev, HogTownHarry, blankboy and jerc - HogTownHarry’s bottle. Reddish-amber with a big off-white head. Aroma is very nice, quite hoppy with some floral notes - almost IPA-like. Flavour is quite IPA-ish as well, with Belgian yeast notes. It’s an interesting combination, but it doesn’t totally work for me.
kujo9 (1079), North Ridgeville, Ohio, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 9, 2008 750 ML corked bottle 11/18/07: Amberish body w/a lasting, huge, cream colored head... Lightly hazed. Floral/piney hops, toasty malt, lightly doughy yeast... Some plum and apricot notes. Mildly peppery yeast, and some woody aromas. Dry finish in the flavor, toasted malt. Lightly sweet up front w/ floral and piney hop flavor. Low yeasty esters. Fruity in the finish and aftertaste. Woody mid palate. Lighter body, well hidden alcohol, dry finish, but lightly astringent. I liked this better than Interlude, and it’s an okay beer, but it might stand a bit of aging.
kwoeltje (1334), Manchester, Missouri, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Oct 5, 2008 (750 ml bottle) hazy orange gold with small white head. Some lace. Aroma is floral/citrus hops and yeast. Flavor is floral and citrus hops, some sweetish malt, and a hint of yeast in the finish.
5000 (2900), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 19, 2009 Draught @ Brouwer’s Café: Dirty caramel, a little dark, large frothy off-white head, spotty lacing. Heavy barnish nose with a subtle spiciness. Hard to tell what they are going for here. Very meaty and malty on the tongue. Extremely bready. Musty basement notes as well. This one is a little different as I have no idea what its supposed to be. Its like a heavy Saison, really heavy Saison. Body and mouthfeel are moderate, bubley. Musty basement like finish, bready, a little bright and grassy. Not bad, but certainly different.
willblake (2191), Belcamp, Maryland, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
May 10, 2007 10-May-07 750ml bottle Clouded, rusty-amber color with hefty white head of lasting, rocky foam. Aroma is signature Allagash beneath grassy, herbal, somewhat woody/pithy hops and very mild cookie malts. Deeper reflection reminds me of the musli I’ve been eating lately, which is full of nuts and seeds plus dried fruits. Mild and subtle, but more of a hodgepodge than having an obvious direction. Flavor is pleasant enough at first, yeasty, phenolic, and generic-fruity, it reminds of a sweetened breakfast cereal with some added bitters. Weird stuff. With temp, it gets just kooky and alcohol, though not that high, is just too apparent. Grapefruit pithiness emerges, giving at least a pleasant focal point to work through the rest of the bottle. Not sure what exactly what the point of this one was, but, for fourteen bucks, it was a miss.
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