Allagash Odyssey

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

Very dark, murky brown pour with off white head. Aroma of smoke, dark fruits, brown sugar. Flavor is awesome: oaky, chocolatey banana, oak and some earthiness. Finish is nice and long. Loved this one.

Dark brown pour with no head. Aroma is brown sugar, vanilla oak, slightly vinous. Flavor is oakey with some vanilla notes and dark fruit, dates ands some dark sugar. The finish is sublime. New flacors of codes and roasty choclate come though. Complex brew. really fantastic

Tap at Blind tiger. Poured a medium brown with a thin white head. Nice malts and candied sugars make this a very tasty Belgian strong. Maybe a less sweet and thinner version of rochefort 8, but almost as delicious, almost. Nice depth of flavor which keeps this brewer at the top of American Belgian style ales. 08 bottle. Found this quite different from the tap version I had a few weeks ago. Nose was much more oaky. This was much more carbonated also. Similar rich flavors but much more of the wooden and slightly smoked flavors. Similar depth of flavors but not as sweet as the younger version. I liked them both but prefer the aged version.

2006 Bottle - Thanks Ughsmash! - Pours a thin black with a medium beige head...aroma is vanilla oak, caramel and cocoa...flavour is similar, toast, massive wood and sweet creme, chocolate malt and more sweet wood...plenty of unfermented sugars in this, but not sticky, just sweet...the oak is #1 and everything else is secondary in this brew, and I really dug it...

Pours a deep brown with a ring of thick tan head. Aroma of malt, currants, caramel, and fig. Lovely flavor of rich chocolate, currants, plum, vanilla bean, and oak. The mouthfeel is excellent: not thick by any means but full and slightly sticky. Very solid.

A dark, strong dunkel like ale. This is a really well balanced, complex, malt influenced ale. There is a slight bitterness and vanilla from the barrel, notes of cherries, toffee, chocolate, coffee, prunes, earth, pine and roast. This beer is warm and finishes rather rich and creamy.

Beer pours mahogeny brown with a nice thick well retained cream colored head. Aroma is rich and full of grapes, oak, and alcohol. Flavors of oak, cherries, alclhol, and some wheat in the finish. Yum.

Feb. 05 vintage bottle sampled on 2/24/07: Pours a clear dark copper mahogany with a frothy, nicely-lacing light tan head. Aroma of sweet toasty dark caramel and complex vanilla notes. Body starts sweet and caramely malty with a touch of drier woody oak and earthy complexity. A nicely balanced, well-aged brew.

On tap on 1/30/05: Poured a dark mahogany brown with a nice, well-lacing whispy light tan head. Sweet Belgian malty aroma with candi sugar and dry bourbon oak cherries. Nice, sweet full malty body with great tart fruity oaky balance. Hides its alcohol wonderfully through a dry, semi-tart finish. This actually reminded me more of a Flemish sour than whatever it’s supposed to be. Quite tasty though and well-balanced.