Allagash Burnham Road

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

On tap at Novare Res. Pours a dark amber color with a thin foamy head. Aroma is nice smokey malt, actually quite subtle. This beer is absolutely awesome in flavor. It’s a cigar beer. It’s a smoked malt flavored beer, but it’s very tobacco like, and less rauch-bier like. I do think this beer should be more widely available, it’s absolutely fantastic.

On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 08/12/2009. Fairly clear copper body with a medium frothy off-white head. Sweet smoke and light caramel aroma. Sweet smoke and light caramel flavor. Well balanced smokiness. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.

Complex smokey aroma still retains a certain lightness to it (Beechwood maybe?). Lightly bitter finish. Unlike any other smoked beer I have tried: a bit weird, but I really enjoyed it.

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.

Served on draft at Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a hazy copper-amber color with a large creamy head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma is caramel with a dry, nutty smokiness. Strong smoke in the taste with notes of leather, toasted malts, caramel, candi sugar, light fruity notes and pepper. Medium bodied.

Tap at BT. Pours a clear medium bright copper with a nice white head and some lace. Aroma is a really nice meaty smokiness- restrained and rounded with nice toffee malty sweetness- just clean nice refined beechwood smoke from bamberg/weyerman. Flavor is very clean and smooth- I have to assume they used their house strain to ferment but it is very clean it seemed like a nice lager yeast- fruits are very mellow- malts are clean and upfront- very straightforward with more nice complimenting sweetness, with light earth and restrained phenols. Smooth and easy drinking, felt like drinking a 5-6% restrained slightly fruity smoked lager/marzen. I really liked this one, but I like most smoked beers. Very well done.

(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.

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.