Allagash Musette

Brewed by Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Draft: pours a dark brown with a thin head, aroma is malt and spices, taste is malty with caramel and some of the bourbon flavor coming through. Pretty nice stuff.

From a bottle poured a hazy brown color with a good amount of head. Nice spicy malty flavor with a quick finish.

750 ml bottle. A hazy deep amber beer with a medium sized, creamy and quite persistent beige head. The aroma is malty and yeasty with notes of spices, fruits and some woodiness. Lightly toasty. The wood character is not overwhelming. The flavour is quite sweet and has some acidity. Fruity with notes of grapes and spicy. Once again the oakiness is balanced but present. Medium to full body, lively carbonation, dry and quite long finish with light to medium bitterness. Lightly alcoholic. Very good appearence and elegant both in nose and mouth. Underrated like their Tripel.

Bottle. Moderate malt aromas of dark bread and roasted, light perfume for the hops, moderate barnyard and earth for the yeast, with notes of pear, white wine and ginger. Head is rocky, off-white with fair lacing and is mostly lasting. Color is clear medium brown. Flavor starts moderately to heavily sweet and lightly acidic, then finishes moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Palate is medium, creamy and has a lively carbonation. A huge complex Scotch Ale, and you can definitely taste the Belgian influence from this brewery.

pours a dark brown with an orange tint, has a large beige head that goes away quickly leaving a good lacing. smell is of malt, caramel, and some hay. taste is creamy, grain, some caramel, some malt, barley, and some spice in the back, becomes thicker as it warms.

750 ml bottle. Pours a rich mahogany with a rather disappointing tan head. Somewhat musty woody nose with a slight tartness. Medium to heavy body. Rich malty body with little bitterness to balance things out - inline with a Scotch Ale. Smooth finish with a lingering sweetness.

Draught, ’07 vintage, @ BTAH VSK. Pours very hazy brown, with a thin, creamy off-white head and solid lacing. Nose is cocoa nibs and Belgian yeast, bit spicy, just a hint of pear. Lively carbonation up front. Bit yeasty, with an interesting melding of roast, cocoa, and sweet golden fruit - candied pear dipped in coca powder. Finish is fruity, bit of yeast, tiny bit dry. Mouthfeel is med-light, crisp carbonation. Dry.

9/17/08 - 750 ml bottle, courtesy of Naka, shared with Exec Board/ Pours amber with fizzy, white head. Sweet caramel nose with mild orange and spice. Taste is yeasty, bready, sourdough notes with estery fruit, raisin, some mild oak and odd hop character and bitterness. Tastes better as it warms. Pretty decent.