Allagash Dubbel Reserve

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Portland, Maine USA

Brown pour. Small tan head. Aroma is chocolate, cherries, some toffee and yeast. Flavor is sweetish, honey, yeast and some sweet malt. Nice beer from USA.

Poured into Chimay chalice. Pours a dark, cloudy amber with a small but long-lasting head. Aroma is milk chocolate, dark fruits (black cherries), yeast. Initial taste is a bit watery and bland but then turns more refined. Lots of malt and brown sugar and good balancing hops. Yeast is not too prevalent unlike abbey dubbels. Aftertaste is dry and long-lasting but pleasant. Lacing is most excellent.

Bomber. Pours a crimson brown with a large creamy head. Aroma of soft malt, caramel and dark fruits. Flavor is soft and well blended, and there is a surprisingly nice touch of hops in there for complexity. As is Allagash’s trademark style, this brew is subtle, soft, and tremendously drinkable. It is clearly the blend of a true brewmaster.

Bottle. Pours a nice light brown color with off-white, frothy head. Aromas of roasted malt, molasses, and some sweetness. Palate is fantastic with a creamy start and very smooth finish. Taste is nicely balances with malts, sweets, and subtle hops. I will purchase this beer again.

Pours a three-finger light tan head, fades slowly, but leaves little lace. Clear amber color. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Nose is malty. Starts with sweet malts, finish is smooth with hints of hops in background. $2.09 for a 12oz bottle from Tulley’s beer & Wine Wells, Me.
Earlier Rating: 5/21/2005 Total Score: 3.3
Pours with a three-finger light tan head, fades slowly and leaves a good lace. Cloudy amber color. Light-medium carbonation and light bodied. Nose is raisiny/medicinal. Starts sweet with the malts, finish is tart raisin but is too thin. $4.95 for a 750ml bottle from Colonial Spirits Acton, Ma. Batch #47.

12 oz bottle. Pours slightly red brown with a small white head. Light aromas of dark fruits, green apples, toasted malts. Flavor is slightly tart green apples, biscuity malts, a touch of honey and a little dark fruit. Pleasant but also somewhat weak flavor.

Dark iced tea colored pour with a ruby highlight and a large 3 finger off-white head. Subtly toasty caramel nose with some faint grass, dark fruit and cedar. Flavor is as equally subtle as the aroma with hints of caramel, almond, vanilla, dates, and cocoa. Medium body with a soft carbonation and a tad watery finish. Definitely a tasty and drinkable beer for being a high-po Belgian but it just seems to be lacking in body and flavor.

This dark amber, near brown, dubbel wears a thin tan head, and carries notes of caramel amid a woodsy earthy background. Plenty of balanced malt, not too sweet, real smooth. A fine dubbel.