Allagash Four

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

Reddish-brown with a thin off white head, the flavor and aroma are a bit sticky sweet with notes of cherry & vanilla. For a quad, this struck me as a bit thin. It was a nice beer, but not great

Pours brownish red, with a little tan head that lingers around for a half of the beer. Smells of apples and malts. Flavor, really seemed apple dominated while the hops and malts tangoed together in perfect harmonial bliss. Felt smooth on the mouth, and the alcohol wasn’t noticable much until the aftertaste. You could smell it a little bit in the nose of the beer though. All and all my first quadrupel really makes me want to dive in and experiance more of this style beer.

Deep brown, cloudy pour. Small, thin head that was quickly gone due to alcohol. Malty aroma with plenty of fruitiness. Sweet caramel and malt dominate the flavor with lots of dried fruit and spice coming through after. Finishes cleaner than expected -- nice and dry in the end.

750 mL bottle. Pours a deep dark cloudy brown with a medium wispy head that lasted only shortly. Aroma was malty with fruity esters and doughy yeast. No harsh alcohol vapors from this one. Flavor is sweet and malty of caramal and a bit of breadiness. Yeastiness and esters (apple and banana) are also apparent with some dried cherry, plum and raison. Finish is fairly dry and the fruity esters and peppery spiciness develop quite a bit in the dry finish. Some alcohol warmth is also present in the finish. Body is full and smooth but the carbonation was slightly too high for my tastes though many Belgians tend to be this way.

Aroma:fruit,plum..... Appearance:Dark redush,brown,good head... Flavor:Explosion of flavor athe start,caramel,fruity,good alcohol sensation.But a big solvent flavor at the end...

Bottle. Pours a hazy copper color topped by healthy beige foamy head. Nose is mild sweet malts, faint herbal hoppiness, ripe fruits, plus some spicy pepper notes. Taste is medium sweet, yeasy, and has a definite herbal quality too. Creamy and full bodied....toward a dry end. Nice quad.

Tastes more alcoholic than it is. I consider that a bad thing personally. But it pours nice and I am a sucker for a pretty beer. Runs through the gambit of Belgian Quad flavors, spun sugar, caramel and spice, but that alcohol shows up at the end more than it should at 10% and ruins what would otherwise be a sweet malt finish. Still interesting and worth anyones try.

Not particularly enticing aroma of medicine and alcohol, with a little bit of pleasant raisin and yeast. Orangish/dark copper color, with a light head that faded quickly. Flavor is a mixture of cough syrup and grape and sugar, odd. Alcohol is noticeable on the palate.