Allagash Odyssey

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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sampled bottle with stegosaurus.Pours a dark brown with a nice thick well retainted head. Aroma of yeast, fruit, and caramel with some hiths of oak.Taste is awesome with flavors of roasted malts,oak,spices and some sweetness. This beer is more complex than i can express in words. Excellent brew

dark hazy pour, big full offwhite head. Aroma is fruity, some cherries, apples, maybe some apricot, with a touch of smoke, and sweet malt. Flavour is very nice, lots of sweet malt, with a good dose of caramel, and some sweet tobacco, and smoke. A very complex beer, i’m sure i missed many nuances, but what i had i really enjoyed.

Pours a two-finger cream head that fades slowly to a ring leaving some lace. Totally black color. Medium carbonation and medium-heavy bodied. Raisin/malty nose. Flavor is sweet, raisin, hints of oak. The high ABV is hidden. Bottled Jan 2008. Over the top but worth trying at $17.00 for a 750ml bottle from a Tully’s Beer & Wine Wells, ME.

Thin light brown head of fine bubbles. Very good carbonation keeps a thin foam on the surface. Nice aroma loaded with raisins, grapes, plums and vanilla. Color is a dark port brown. Rich and lively in the mouth. Loads of malts, vanilla, caramel for sweetness and some more raisins. The wheat gives it a little extra body also. Very good stuff. Rich and potent. A little oak in there but not a lot. I have been noticing a lot of beers aged in oak pick up some vanilla notes. Finish is creamy and smooth with a nice alcohol warming. A very good belgian strong ale.

UPDATED: DEC 27, 2006 The body is a ruddy brown that approaches black. The head is a thumb thick, tan and bubbly. The aroma yields mild smokiness, oak, vanilla, roasted baker’s chocolate and dark fruit. Fore is big with oak...it gets astringent though like the oak might have been too green. Toasty malts, mild vanilla notes, some malt sweetness and stiff alcohol all make plays at the flavor profile. Very mild smokey notes appear in the finish. This is a stellar beer at times, but the wood notes seem caustic at other times. In the end the positive lements outweigh the negative, but the negative elements do distract.

2008 750 ml bottle. Pours a dark brown with ruby highlights and a foamy beige head. Aroma of dark fruit, slightly burnt candied sugar, malt with a hint of smoke. Taste of burnt candied sugar and dark fruit with hints of smoke and some spice.

Bottle Pours out a dark brown with some red highlights topped with a sandy head. Aroma was of sweet malts, caramel, wood, and some bread. Taste was much as the aroma with a good about of the barrel showing threw. Plenty of the sweetness and spice to help push the wood back.

750 ml bottle. Brown in color with a nice fluffy tan head. Creamy. Fruity aroma with a nice smooth smokey note. Fruity flavor. This beer will age very nicely. Nice beer. Enjoyable.

Deep cola colored ale, light tan fizzy head. The nose held rich and complex tones of vanilla, buttered oak, toasted waffles, cocoa, and spices, with lighter notes of apple and marshmallow. Flavor practically matched aroma with spiced bourbon, vanilla, plum, and toasty oak up front, and a tangy citric hop addition late which helps to maintain a very nice balance. Medium to full bodied, zesty carbonation, dry, oaky finish. Another great Allagash creation....

Large tan head that lasts, thick layer of clingy lace that takes the full ride. Clear chestnut hued brew. Fruity nose, notes of wood, spice and a bit of whisky. Med/full body, soft creamy mouthfeel thats coating. Dark fruit flavors, toasty malts, hints of roast and anise with a defined woodiness. Finish is dry, fruity and woody. An enjoyable, easy to drink B/A brew.