Allagash Four

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Portland, Maine USA

wow saved this for Colts opening day, just cracked it open to watch prime time. Nice cloudy(yeast) poured of a auburn body with off white head that settles with nice lacing. Aroma was spice-sweet-wood-earth Full body with great tastes same as aroma, Nice different brew here. Oh, alcohol was everywhere, nose and tastem , with big warming as well.

Pours cloudy amber with small head that fades fast. Some hops in aroma, but pretty light. Flavor is of sweet malt and light hops. An enjoyable beer, but nothing to get excited about.

Bottle. Reddish beer with a nice off-white head. Malt, brown sugar, and alcohol aroma. Sweet and musty flavor with some spice. Some fruit, but it tastes of harsh fermentables with loads of alchol - doesn’t bother to hide it at all. Nice full body, but its not smooth at all. Things get better as you drink more and the mustiness turns into a yeastiness, but it just doesn’t win me over. Not worth buying another bottle. Allagash just doesn’t succeed in my view - I want to like their beers, but they always come up short.

My initial impression came from the pour. This beer pours a deep ruby color with a quickly disappearing off white head. The aroma of this beer contains hints of port, cherries, oak, dates, plums, and spices. Now for the best part, the taste. Huge body, thick like a leather strap, but don’t let that turn you off. This beer is big and intentionally comes across as in your face. Lots of plum and candi sugar in this one. The port flavor is there as is fermented cherries (this beer contains no cherries), i recommend you drink this slowly after a decent meal.

Bomber: Pours a darker red/bown combination with a small rapidly diminshing head. Aromas are sweet and spicy. Flavor is fruity at first, with some slight spice, and turns bitter as the hops present themselves more and more as the beer warms and gets neared the end of the bottle. Finishes warmingly strong.

Dark, dark brown pour with minimal head. Bold and alcoholic, also bitter and yeasty. Heavy, dark fruits round it out and give it typical Quad wine-ness. Solid for its type.

This reddish brown ale poured with a very sparse beige head, eliciting a spicy candy aroma. The flavor is fruity and pumpkin-like, with a somewhat bitter alcohol finish and a carbonated mouthfeel. The complex flavor and high alcohol content lends this brew excellent aging potential. I’ll try another bottle after 5 or so years in the cellar.

750 ml bottle from BevMo. Pours a hazy, dark mahogany color with a moderate beige head that diminished quickly to a ring of bubbles. Aroma is milder than expected, but still nice brown sugar, dark ripe fruits hints of citrus and clove. Flavor is very nice, rich and complex as expected, more brown sugar, molasses, dark spice bread, summer fruits, lemon, murky yeasty notes, floral hops and a pepper finish. Alcohol is well hidden. Body is smooth and full with a surprisingly active carbonation. Very good beer overall.