Allagash Odyssey

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle from Olive Tree Market. Pours a deep amber with a slight ruby hue, frothy beige head with some spotty lacing. Some candie sugar, coffee grounds, cocoa dust and dried dark fruits on the nose. Very woody on the palate with hints of charred oak, spice, yeast and dried figs......tasty stuff.

Tap at Barcade: Deep brown with an amber hue and an off white ring of head. The aroma is richly malty- raisiny with some brown sugar, toasted fig, and mild oak. Silky on the palate. Drier flavor than expected from aroma. Mild raisin notes with a toasted dark fruit not of fig and date with a lot of toasted dry oak on the back. Tannic and interesting.

Thanks after4ever! January 2008 bottle. I love toasty oak. Yum. Oranges too. Very dark toffee. Medium toast, gentle wood.

Bomber shared at the first official Work Beer Club meeting. Pours a deep brown with thick dense head. Vanilla nose / nuts and oak too. Medium malt dominated body. No heat noticable. 10.5%? YMBM!!! Body is surprisingly light. Them thar Maniacs can sure make some decent suds.

750ml corked and caged from Tom. Dark brown, almost black with classic allagash carbonation. Mild toasty, marzipan, cherry, oak, Italian plum sweetness. Less sweet and as carbonated as most Allagash brews, and I am enjoying that. The wheat is also working for me to add that little bit of ’chewiness’. But, just like other Allagash beers it is really well made.

I thought this was a good beer but it it misses somehow. It needs to be sharper. It is a little on the bland side with a woody taste and a good amount of roasted malt.

Draught. Poured dark with almost no head. Flavors were mild bit of dark fruits and wood, consistency was a bit watery. COuld have used a bit more bite IMO.

2008 bottle. Very drinkable. Slight head, very dark body. Extremely smooth for the alcohol content.