Allagash Odyssey

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Draft sample @ Brewvival on 2/27/10. Solid beer from Allagash... really nice American Oak presence over the nose... dark pour with an average head... dark fruits and sweet malts really dominate the body... Belgian yeast finish.

Drank at a local gathering in GSO (on tap). Stong aroma, hints of red grapes, plums, bready malts, with a hint of oak. Rich dark black, almost a very dark purple color. Litlle to no head, and a sort of sparkling color. Tastes of plum, grapes, bready, a little chocolate...all with no taste of alcohol. A very good beer, tought to drin a lot of them at 10.4%, but regardless a goodie.

Pouring at EBF’s Night of the Barrels. Pours a hazy ruby with a thin tan head. Mustard, caramel, cookies. Sweet caramel and toffee along with some light toast.

Beautiful nose and pretty to look at. My only gripe would be a rather thin palate. Alcohol is very well hidden.

750ml, corked & caged bottle, July, 2009 batch from Green’s in Columbia. pours a very dark brown, almost black, with hints of purple in the light and a soft, bubbly, khaki head with great lacing. aroma is excellent with tart fruit notes of currant, red grape, and plum balanced by sweet chocolate, bready malts, roasted almonds, and a hint of oak. flavor is wonderful with sweet, doughy malts, chocolate, and toffee blending with dried fruit notes of fig, prune, and raisin with hints of tart, red grape, dry cedar, and belgian spices. a very subtle touch of oak, vanilla, and whiskey come through on the finish. palate is medium bodied and highly carbonated yet creamy at the same time. overall, a great brew.

4 oz. sampler at Sunset. It’s hard for me to give this beer a fair rating. You can tell it’s a high quality brew, but it just tasted too much like cough drops for me to enjoy. Otherwise, iit was a good strong wheat ale..

75 cL bottle, 2008 oak aged. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is dark breadish and roasted malty. Slight phenolic. Smooth chocolate and breadish flavoured. Mild vanilla note. Light toffeeish flavoured into a medium dry finish.

Favre’s a beast .. . Pours a purple black, sturdy creamy medium head .. . well, i hope your kids look like monkeys .. . slick .. simple but delicious, an underlining brilliance .. . tar, grape, plum, rum, and light fruit squares .. . good .. . you say shit alot..