Allagash Tenth (10th) Anniversary Ale

Formerly brewed at Allagash Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Portland, Maine USA

Golden pour with a spicy, slightly sweet aroma. Flavor is very degraded with light spices (similar to the first Fluxus) with some banana, citrus, and earth. OK, but I’m not sure I would have liked this any better if fresh.

From the bottle, pours hazy golden yellow with a tall white head. Very dry and smooth on the palate. Fruity sweet up front, notes of apricot, dried pineapple, with a mild estery spice. The oak was very mild, only seeming to lightly dry out the finish.

Had a bottle of this two nights ago courtesy of a beer friend. Colour... Golden straw. Nose... muscat, asian pear, botrytis, quince. Palate... Almost no carbonation, more quince and pear, cardamom, lichee, clover honey, apricot, lightly cloying with a delightful finish!

courtesy of Matta. 2005 bottle. Pours a nice cloudy orange / gold with thick frothy white head. Aroma is yeasty with some really nice touch of fruits (apricot - tropical fruits -. Taste thick with good yeasty mouthfeel. Overall smooth and sweet with sugar notes, light brett giving a sweet apple mouthfeel. Lightly malty. This is one tasty beer, aged well.

Cloudy golden coloured body with a honey/orange tint and a thin white head. Aroma of honey, yeast, coriander seed, lavendar, curacao and a light amount of hops. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong malty flavour with plentiful sugars showing fruits and coriander seed freshness. Nice flavour all the way through. Aftertaste clean, but good sugars throughout the beer make it even better. Overall, a great beer - definitely worth trying if you can find it. I sampled this 75 cL bottle purchased from Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia on 02-August-2005.

750 ml bottle shared with willblake and dickinsonbeer. Pours a mostly clear nectar orange/amber with a fluffy white head and some visible black particles floating around that looks like chunks of fresh ground pepper. Aroma has lots of sweetness up front withan orange juice/lemonade combo going on. Additionally there are some spicey notes along with honey. Medium to fuller body with some lively carbonation and a very dry finish. Flavor of yeast, lime..orange..and lemon juices, some citrus rind and grain. A nice sweet brew but the super dryness knocked it down a notch or two for me.

Corked and Caged. 750ml bottle 3 years and 9 months oldwith many thanks to fordest who brought this to my 2000th rating tasting and left it, and then said he would be happy for me to drink it. Shared with my girlfriend Cyn after a spicy carrot soup dinner she made. Pours golden orange with a bright white head and a lot carbonation eminating from the center of the glass. Nose is sweet, light and yeasty with a touch bread and a nice hint of malt. Taste is sweet, light, with hints of clove and fruit. There is even a touch of hop bitterness. Gotta say this is a tasty high alc wit like brew. Yummers.

Bottle from mgumby. Thanks so much, Mike! Nose is earthy, belgian yeast, malt, and clove. Pretty nice flavor with only mild signs of oxidation. I was already drunk at this point. Go me!