Allagash Victoria Ale

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle... 2009 vintage poured a pale golden with a white head. Very vinous with a decent white grape tartness. Lactic acid lent to a nice tartness with a light fruit finish.

750 ml bottle. Pours cloudy golden color with full white head. Aroma is sweet and yeasty. Taste of grapes and yeast with a dry finish. With alcohol warming. I will cellar the next bottle.

750 ml. bottle from Mac’s on West Peachtree. 2009 edition. I don’t know what bottle # it is, and quite frankly I don’t give a shit. A little on the expensive side, as are all Allagash brews, but they have all been relatively tasty. Light orange dark yellow appearance. Translucent brew. Has a nice head that sticks around for some time. Pretty nice looking brew. "Ale brewed with grapes", hell yes it was! Easy to tell that there are grapes here. Strong aroma of grapes and yeast. A very fruity aromatic aroma. Very fruity aroma that seems a bit misleading in the sense that I feel as though I am about to drink grape juice. Some sugar sweet aroma coming through as well. Wood-age this thing and it would be insane. Very smooth brew. Nice rich texture. The grape flavor dominates. Grapes come through more in the aroma than in the flavor. Yeast, grapes, and sugar are dominating the flavor, with a lingering grape flavor. Some slight bitterness towards the end, but it is VERY subtle to where can enjoy it mixing with the grape sweetness. Nice twist to a Belgian Strong. I can’t taste the alcohol whatsoever.

Murky gold with good, creamy, white head / Nose of grapes, citrus, and funk / Medium body, sour with some sweetness, fat with low carbonation, and with good, lightly bitter, finish / Musty flavors of banana, white grapes, orange, lemon, resin, oak, and straw / Fat, somewhat hefe-like. Not my taste but well done.

On tap at the Brick Store. Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with a big creamy white head that recedes slowly to a soapy swirl along the top. The aroma has lots of lightly toasted grains, wheat and a got bit of Belgian yeast. As it warms, some light sweet fruits come out - candied pears and apples mainly. The taste is sweeter than the aroma and the toasted grains are much more in the background. The fruits are more prevalent and hit the tongue quickly with a slightly sugar-coated character. The yeast makes its presence felt mostly in the finish with a lingering dry spiciness on the palate. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with lively carbonation, which all adds up to an extremely drinkable beer. This is a solid Belgian ale that goes down super fast and easy. It’s not the most complex or tasty version of the style, but it is one of the most drinkable. Excellent.

Bottle. 25.4 oz. Pours hazy golden, with a thin, white head. Aroma grapes, hops, citrus, apples, hay, and wheat, Full bodied with a a smooth, tasty moutfeel. Crisp, clean finish, Very good sister brew to Victor.

750 ml bottle from Beers of the World in Rochester, NY (October 2006) served at cellar temperature in an Allagash glass. A huge-bubbled off-white head decays quickly atop the luminous bubbly gold body, leaving thick tufts of lacing....very dry, champagne-grape aroma, woody and marked by sour cherries, quite acidic/acrid at first but with a few minutes of warmth it opens up nicely and displays some expected oaky vanilla as well as flowery honey....on the tongue, much sweeter than the nose expects, with caramel predominant over a faint but persistent booziness, mostly brandy but also hints of bourbon....charred, rough woody nature present towards the finish, peppery notes and a mustiness that is interesting but not altogether attractive.....strong, lively carbonation, a bit syrupy. Not among Allagash’s best but certainly interesting and we’ll see what another year or two does...

Light golden coloured with a thin creamy white head. A sweet malt aroma mixes in with some white port notes. A smooth light malt in mouth, with light alcohol, veering on xeres, and coriander notes. Alcohol becomes predominant as beer warms up. Very nice. Thanks Capflu for sharing this.

I’ll admit a bias towards Allagash, but I really liked this one. Medium hazy amber orange, decent head slowly fades into a sheen. Aroma yeasty, with a hint of oak, apricot, and pipe tobacco with orange juice squirted into it. Flavor is initially ashy, then builds into a sticky apricot oriented body, hints of oak, and a clear yeasty flavor. Alcohol also bounces around, but didn’t detract in my opinion. Aging potential is there, things could either come together magnificently, or totally fall apart. I’m really pleased to see Allagash cranking up these small batch experimental beers.

Cellared for many weeks, fridged for 40 minutes. Poured into a Leffe glass. Color is cloudy yellow with orangish aspects. Aroma is very present - belgian ale all the way, would never guess its this strong. Some sweetness in the background, which I attribute to the grapes. Taste lacks the sweetness but has the effervescent belgian flavor.