Allagash Bourbon Black

Sample @ EBF 09 (as Blurieux, from notes). Pours black with a lacy beige head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, yeast, dark fruit, and vanilla (from the barrels, no doubt). Flavor is malt and chocolate up front with the vanilla from the bourbon barrels and the roasted coffee/malt notes competing with each other in a fabulous way on the back end. I really enjoyed it.

hand bottle thanks to bman1113vr. poured black witha beige head and lacing. aroma of vanilla, bourbon, and dark roast. flavor was the same with the addition of alcohol. body was slick with medium carbonation. well done!!

(Hand bottle, courtesy of Bman1113vr) Pours a brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of wood, roasted malt, vanilla, vinous, dark fruits, and Belgian yeast. Flavor of wood, yeast, bourbon, light roast, and some sourness.

handbottle thanks to bman1113vr. deep chocolate almost black pour with a cream head. nose is yeasty with wood, roasted malts, vanilla and chocolate. good thickness with a roasty flavor that finishes quite nice with the wood and vanilla.

Bottle thanks to bman1113vr. Pours a deep, dark brown with tan head. Aroma of some dark roast, hops, some light citrus. Flavor is pretty good, some dark roast, hops, very faint bitter. Mouth feel is med-full body with low carbonation. Overall, pretty good stuff!

bottle, via bman1113vr via trade, coffee color, coffee, cherry aroma, flavor of smooth bourbon, coffee, char, lighter than expected

Hand bottle via a trade with hopdog, shared with the Dallas Crew. Pours with a tan head on top of a very dark brown body. Aroma of bourbon, wood, chocolate, vanilla, a slightly funky je ne sais quoi, earthiness, and alcohol. Taste is roast and bourbon, with chocolate notes and a woodsy element to it. Light, creamy carbonation.

Bottle. Nose-smells like La Folie, butter, sour, jasmine tea. Taste-butter, smoked tea, usual barrel aged flavors, some tannins from the wood. Nicely done.