Allagash Burnham Road

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Smoked
Portland, Maine USA

Tap at the Other Side. Pours deep amber into a tulip. Fluffy white head with good retention. Slight smoke aromas. Sweet biscuit with a touch of brett upfront and smoky in the lasting finish. Slight alcohol burn.

Sample at Carrboro Beverage Co. Pours a pale hazy amber with a two finger creamy eggshell head. The nose is lightly tart, shows some lemongrass, yeasty, light smoke. Flavor is meaty, more smoke than aroma, lightly astringent. Palate shows low carbonation and a misplaced astringency.

Draft. Pours a an amber body with a white head. Smoke, char, liquid smoke and peat malt. Bacon, chewy meats and well malt. Delicious and 7% is a certain added bonus. Great stuff.

(draft) Creamy off-white head atop clear dark amber body, great lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, smoke, some ash, light caramel. Taste is medium sweet, smoked meat, caramel, earthy. Light-medium body.

In short: A nice toasted Belgian body with a moderately campfire smoke character. Nice session beer.
How: Tap at Great Lost Bear, Portland Maine.
The look: Almost clear copper body topped by a small off-white head
In long: Nose is moderately smoky, campfire smoke mainly, not bacon smoke a-la Schlenkerla. As expected from an Allagash brew the body pleasantly full, lots of cereals, fluffy yeastiness, lively carbonation. Taste of slightly toasted wheat and cereals, caramel, mild notes pf smoky campfire wood, tree bark, cigar leaf, peat. Despite some of the dirty flavour elements (smoke, peat, etc.) the beer came out surprisingly clean overall. A nice moderately smoky session smoked that stands out because of its nice lively Belgian style body. Would be a nice addition to the Allagash bottle lineup. I hope they start bottling it because I’d like to be able to drink this at home. That place where nobody laughs at me.

Draft at Tylers bottle shop. Orange golden with some off white lace. Nose is smoke, oak, Belgian yeast. The smoke isn’t overpowering but lends an interesting character to the style. Flavor is a bit more smokey, ash, light Belgian sweetness. Slightly one- demensional. Finishes dry. Interesting beer-happy to try!

Thought this one was particularly brutal. Tasted of hummus and hot dog smoke and little else. It was also scorchingly dry and had an odd taffy brown glowing color to it. Not a fan, had to pour out after three sips.