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Odyssey
Allagash Brewing Company
- From:
- Allagash Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 94
- Avg:
- 4.24 | pDev: 9.2%
- Reviews:
- 426
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 31, 2021
- Added:
- Jan 30, 2005
- Wants:
- 348
- Gots:
- 241
Allagash Odyssey is a dark wheat beer aged for ten months, a portion in oak barrels and the remainder in stainless tanks. The recipe includes 2-row barley, malted wheat, a generous amount of roasted barley and Belgian candi sugar. This deep brown beer boasts an aroma of black treacle and raisin. The flavor hints at dates, with a mildly roasted finish imparted by aging in both medium and heavy toast American Oak barrels. The finish is dry, punctuated by vanilla.
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Ratings by Biggiekrock627:
Rated by Biggiekrock627 from Maryland
4.34/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Apr 25, 2017
4.34/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Apr 25, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
4.3/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
750ml bottle from 2005.
Pours dark brown with crimson edgework. Decent retention with minor lacing. Oak with rum-soaked raisins in the nose. Medium bodied with a tacky, chewy mouthfeel. Rich malt with toffee, raisins, and booze on the palate. Finishes sweet, warming, and malty.
Oct 31, 2021Pours dark brown with crimson edgework. Decent retention with minor lacing. Oak with rum-soaked raisins in the nose. Medium bodied with a tacky, chewy mouthfeel. Rich malt with toffee, raisins, and booze on the palate. Finishes sweet, warming, and malty.
Reviewed by maddogruss from New Jersey
3.92/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Had this from a bottle.
A: pours black body with small, off white head with ok retention and lacing
S: subtle bitter chocolate notes; some sweetness
T: sweet, subtle chocolate notes with some sweet aftertaste; subtle coffee notes in the aftertaste
M: medium bodied and pretty smooth feel
D: nice mouthfeel and taste combo; pretty solid beer; smoothly aged in the oak barrel
Nov 21, 2020A: pours black body with small, off white head with ok retention and lacing
S: subtle bitter chocolate notes; some sweetness
T: sweet, subtle chocolate notes with some sweet aftertaste; subtle coffee notes in the aftertaste
M: medium bodied and pretty smooth feel
D: nice mouthfeel and taste combo; pretty solid beer; smoothly aged in the oak barrel
Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey
4.02/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dark copper with a generous, creamy head. First thing you notice is the deep roast flavor, and smoothness from oak barrel aging. Exceptionally smooth--like silk.
Apr 16, 2019Rated by erikcx from Massachusetts
4/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Good sipping beer, malt on the nose, chocolate with hint of caramel in flavor, nice long finish. Bought at the brewery, bottled 9/13/18.
Feb 03, 2019Rated by sd123 from Georgia
4.23/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Jan 2015 bottle
Dec 03, 2018Reviewed by nick_perry from North Carolina
4.7/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.7/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Black color, thick head. Oaky aroma from the 10 months of oak barrel aging. Usually I’m not a fan of barrel-aged beer but this is very good. Bit of an alcoholic aroma. Notes of dates and brown sugar, good roasted malt quality to it. Maybe a hint of vanilla on the finish. Little bit dry finish, despite the semi-sweet notes. Syrupy mouthfeel, would almost make a better winter warmer than something to have in the spring (especially at 10.4% ABV).
Mar 11, 2017Reviewed by polloenfuego from Canada (NB)
3.92/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Quick review: Pours a beautiful mahogany brown with a nice two finger head. The head is slow to break, and leaves nice lacing. In the smell you pick up light oak, and the traditional candi and dark fruit smells of a BSDA. The taste is light, with the oak not always present. The flavors are okay for a BSDA, nice candi and dark fruits, but still a little light. The feel is medium and the carbonation is good. There is a good dry finish.
All in all not my favorite from Allagash, but a solid beer.
Mar 05, 2017All in all not my favorite from Allagash, but a solid beer.
Odyssey from Allagash Brewing Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
1246 ratings
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