Map 40
Allagash Brewing Company

The dark brown beer pours out into a Duvel glass with a 1/2” creamy light tan head that recedes slowly but visibly to a thin, irregular island of foam while leaving a sheet and some legs of lacing around the sides of the glass. Sipping creates two arches along with scattered patches and slender legs of lacing.

The aromas include a lot of coffee and some dark chocolate. In the background there is some toast, some light caramel and just a bit of pine and grassiness.

As expected from the nose the flavors up front are basically lots of dark coffee and chocolate. In the background there are also some hints of dark orchard fruits, some caramel sweetness and some almost burnt roasted dark malt. This is all backed up by a touch of lightly bitter, earthy and grassy hops.

The mouthfeel is on the full side of medium bodied and nicely prickly with the active carbonation. The finish begins as the chocolate and sweetness start to fade allowing the coffee to move forward a bit before it too moves to the background to blend in with the almost burnt earth grassy bitterness that all fades very slowly to a nice, dry clean ending.

This is a well brewed beer that I’m definitely enjoying quite a bit. I have already put it on my list to pick up a few more bottles next time I see it and recommend you do the same.

Almost black in color. Nice, beige head. Roasted malt, phenols(probably from Belgian yeasts ), and coffee in aroma. Sweet and malty taste with flavors of coffee and chocolate. Moderate, roasted bitterness at the end.

 

 

 

 

Had this draft at Quench, my new favorite craft beer bar in Silver Spring MD. Velvety smooth, subtle chocolate raisin and good coffee notes. I’ll be back.

 

 

 

Canned 10-11-19
Properly rich and flavorful, with the light body and finish of a Belgian Dark. Has all the delicious aspects of a roasty stout and a slightly sweet and spiced dark ale. Lots of malt with tasty hints of coffee throughout. Very nice!

Most certainly one of the best ever. Very well done from start to finish. Stout. Belgian. Coffee. Drink easy, drink slow......gets better as it warms. Coffee adds the perfect compliment to this black ale. Buy more than you think, its that good.

 

 

 

 

A- 16oz can pours into a snifter with a deep brown to black body and a very nice thick and creamy cap. The head makes it to an inch high with great retention. Tons of beautiful webs of lacing down the glass.

S- Righteous coffee aroma. Nothing stale or remotely grounds-like about it. Just smooth and fresh coffee with a light-medium roast to it. A bit of a milky/vanilla sweetness as well as toasted nutty, toffee, cereal and dark fruits. Roast grains and chocolate as well as hints of Belgian yeast.

T- As with the aroma the coffee and chocolate notes are the driving force and then the malts round it out some more along side a bit of yeast influence. Yeast picks up just a bit with some more Belgian yeast spice coming out with dark dried fruits. The coffee is again oh so fresh and well brewed playing nicely with a bit of a sweetness. Nuttiness, dark chocolate, toffee, brown sugar, roast barley and toasted bread.

MF- A puffy medium bodied brew with a very smooth and creamy texture. Carbonation is quite high but it hits the taste buds so softly.

Amazing coffee aroma and the rest is what you should come to expect from Allagash. Fresh and beautiful coffee with a toasty to roasty malt profile that brings some great chocolate flavor. All balanced with expertise.