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Allagash Tenth (10th) Anniversary Ale 3.76 176

Allagash Tenth (10th) Anniversary Ale

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1763.8/5.03.76/5.0Special10%91.3Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Allagash Brewing Company would like to introduce its Tenth Anniversary Ale, a special 10% ABV beer that celebrates 10 years of brewing artisinal Belgian Style ales. A unique interpretation of our flagship Allagash White, Tenth Anniversary is a blend of two different whites: a sweeter batch (brewed in February, 2005) and a drier batch (brewed in March, 2005). By blending the two batches, an additional complexity is imparted. Further complexity, most notably expressed by the delicate vanilla notes, was gained by aging some of the beer in new oak barrels.
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 gputty (456), Virgina Beach, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 25, 2006  
From C&C 750. Pours a yellow/orange with white head. Nose is soft, sweet with yellow cake batter. Flavor follow with an alcohol bite in the finish. Smooth palate.


 Zeswaft (1000), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 22, 2006  
I remember this being a gusher and spraying the ceiling. very sweet in flavor and a little spice. a bit syrupy.


 Immy (1912), Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Aug 21, 2006  
C7C 750 bottle courtesy of and shared with gputty. This is great! Hazy gold with a nice fluffy white head. Woody oak is apparent in the nose, spicy sweet, fruity, coriander - lots going on here! Flavor is slightly sweet, spicy. The star is the palate - soft, muted.. bubbly but not grating. Like "soft bubbles", if that even makes sense. A lovely beer! Do these guys make a bad one? BTW, how is this a BSA? Whatever, I likee!


 sersdf (1000), chicago, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Aug 21, 2006  
thanks to cmubeerman for a pour. great appearance. cloudy tripel. spicy aroma, tiny malt. maybe a tiny bit sour. much sweeter taste. explored, but not heady or carbonated. slightly thick.


 IMtheOptimator (1161), Bethel, Connecticut, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 16, 2006  
Rating #800. Pourd a hazy golden with a small fizzy white head. Aroma of grapes, vanilla, wood, cinnamon, and dry peppery alcohol. Flavor starts out very dry with notes of cinnamon stick, alcohol, a touch of vanilla, some grapes. Very similar to a triple, but more intense... much like if a quadrupel were made more akin to a tripel. The alcohol factor is dueling with the refreshment factor instead of helping it, which is probably my biggest problem with the beer. Otherwise very well-crafted. Allagash proves again that it refuses to get sloppy with its bigger beers.


 ross (1709), weddington, South Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 3, 2006  
Bottle from Bert (Slob), Thanks! Whoa, I was surprised to find this could still be bought, so I asked Bert who quickly hooked me up. Pours out orange colored with a thick white head that disentigrates in about .2 seconds. Nose is spicy, sweet, fruity, bubblegum, corriander, spicy, and slightly hoppy. Taste is sweet and spicy, and refreshing. Pretty good at a very cool temperature. I drank this one a little too slow and by the end it almost needed to go back into the fridge. Nice beer though, one Ive wanted to try for quite some time.


 mkgrenwel (420), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/516/20
Jul 24, 2006  
Gusher. Huge white head. Arome of corriander, peach, ginger and nutmeg. Flavor is alcohol, peach amd spices. Sweet bretty yeast flavor, but with dryness. (Not sure what I meant with that last note, but it’s what I wrote down). Overall, a pretty good belgian ale. Alcohol is a little strong, but otherwise it’s not bad.


 PhillyBeer2112 (2089), Orange Park, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/104/518/20
Jul 21, 2006  
What a nose! Bubblegum, coriander and other spices, maybe a cinnamon note, oak, and maybe some sort of pine resin. Pale cloudy yellow, with a fizzy quick head. Light fruit and bread up front, becoming slightly tangy, with a spicy middle. The finish seemed just a touch metallic, which is hard to explain or account for. Soft palate, very carbonated but yet not abrasive. Whew, I drank half the bottle rapidly in an attempt to explore the complecxity of this thing, and now I gotta slow down with the rest of this thing! Fine, unique, and complex.



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