4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Notes of sesame oil, chocolate, roasty maltiness, and a little coffee. Nose is all chocolate. Pours dark brown with whitish head. Slight tones of soy, but not so much that it hurts the flavor. Good stuff!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours dark root beer brown with very thin off white head. Nose is complex with woodsy, molasses, chocolate, mineral. Falvor is similar, with a dried fruit standing out and a malty finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Via trade with jjpm1974. Thank you John. The pour was a nice, rich brown color with some bits of copper coming through. The head was compact, off-white and provided decent lacing. The aroma was on the tame side. Woody, malty and only slightly yeasty. Some tart fruit comes across as well. The flavor was nice. Tart, crisp apple, bourbon, wood and malt. Reminded me at times of an oaked chardonnay. Wish it had more of a Belgian feel to it. The mouthfeel was relatively light with above average, but not too much so, carbonation.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
750 ml bought by Mike and shared at Uber Tavern in Seattle. Bottle date January 2008. Pour is deep cola brown with a wispy tan head. Aroma of wood barrel, raisin and sweet biscuit maltiness. Some smoke present. Taste is meaty, raisins and caramel sweet maltiness. As it warms, tobacco flavor is evident. Bit of a boozy finish. This was a nicely done Belgian style that will only improve with age.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
a dark brown beer with a small creamy tan head. bourbon oak barrel aroma... not my thing. flavor is heavily oaked. flavors of bourbon, vanilla, oak. a little chocolate in the finish. tastes very much like bourbon to me. just ok.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gift from Stegosaurus. Thanks Bro! Reddish/brown pour with 1 finger thick tan head.Fruity sweet/piney aroma with a splash of smokey note. Caramel, fruit and sweetness in the taste mouth feel is a little thin but pleasant. I taste raisins hidden in the finish. Nicely blended and a real gem.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. My favorite release from allagash thus far. Dark brown pour. Aroma/taste is oak, malt, smoke, merlot, and floral notes. I will drink this again. great.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
750ml bottle from West Lakeview. 2008 vintage.... pours a dark reddish brown with redder tints at the edges. topped with a frothy very light brown head.... nose was made mainly up of dark fruity esthers and yeasty notes. very little oak and lacking much of any barrel influence..... flavors didn’t add much to the equation. dark fruits, very little tartntess and remained sweet overall. lively sprite carbonation...... left a little to be desired in the end.
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