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Hibernal Fluxus 2016
Allagash Brewing Company
- From:
- Allagash Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 8.29%
- Reviews:
- 15
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 22, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 24, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 11
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Ratings by Darrin_Smith:
Rated by Darrin_Smith from Massachusetts
4.43/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Mar 07, 2017
4.43/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Mar 07, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by StoutElk_92 from Massachusetts
4.58/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.58/5 rDev +15.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
750ml bottled on 10/27/16
Pours black with a dense creamy brown foam head. Smells like sweet fruity figs, sugar plums, prunes, black grape, dark fruits, dried fruit, chocolate, roasted malts, mild smoke, toast, caramel, molasses, dark toffee and brown sugar notes. Tastes like smoky roasted malts, dark chocolate, roasty espresso coffee, mocha, toast, dark caramel, toffee, molasses, fresh figs, plum, grape, dark fruit, dried fruit, a hint of drying spice, with mild earthy leafy hop notes. Feels medium bodied, thick and chewy with moderate smooth carbonation. Overall a real nice Belgian-style stout brewed with figs.
Dec 13, 2019Pours black with a dense creamy brown foam head. Smells like sweet fruity figs, sugar plums, prunes, black grape, dark fruits, dried fruit, chocolate, roasted malts, mild smoke, toast, caramel, molasses, dark toffee and brown sugar notes. Tastes like smoky roasted malts, dark chocolate, roasty espresso coffee, mocha, toast, dark caramel, toffee, molasses, fresh figs, plum, grape, dark fruit, dried fruit, a hint of drying spice, with mild earthy leafy hop notes. Feels medium bodied, thick and chewy with moderate smooth carbonation. Overall a real nice Belgian-style stout brewed with figs.
Reviewed by byronic from Canada (ON)
4.27/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Black with tan head, phenomenal lacing. Roasted malts and bitter chocolate on the nose. Sweetness from the figs in the middle and at the very end of the finish. Very light bordering on thin mouth feel. Exceptional finish with lingering flavours. Balanced to perfection.
Nov 15, 2017Reviewed by polloenfuego from Canada (NB)
4.17/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Quick: Poured almost midnight black with the slightest of heads, some minor lacing. Smell is roasts, cocoa and dark fruits. Taste follows nose, with the flavors really coming out strong as the beer warms. Dark fruit and yeast are quite nice. The feel is full and chewy with a nice amount of carbonation to complete the feel.
Allagash does it again.
Nov 04, 2017Allagash does it again.
Rated by pathman from Ohio
4.25/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
7/29/17 draft @ Appalachian Vintner
Jul 29, 2017Reviewed by ryan1788a5 from Massachusetts
4.04/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
750ml bottle poured into a chalice.
A: Midnight black. Well-formed light brown head retains beautifully. Wispy lacing.
S: Big aromas of bakers chocolate, french roast coffee, roasted barley, some char and smoke. Impressions of German chocolate cake too. Earthy hops. Some light clovey phenols. Very figgy.
T: Follows the nose. Bakers chocolate, dark roast coffee, soot and char. Burnt sugars. Fleeting impressions of fudge sauce and German chocolate cake are quickly replaced by the drying roast flavors. Figs come through in a big way middle to end. Subtle darkfruit. Earthy and spicy hops in the background. Belgian yeast throws some mild spice and easy-going phenols that get a bit medicinal at the end. Mildly earthy/chalky too. Fading dry and roasty finish.
M: Medium-full body. Round and creamy. Just a slight sense of head and chewiness. The overall dryness and ample fine-tune carbonation easily lift the body and keep it feeling lighter than it is.
O: Good stuff. We already know Allagash can brew an excellent belgo stout (black). Here they went a little bigger and used a nice complementary fig addition. Like Black, the fermentation is nailed. I've had a lot of Belgian stouts that get a little too phenolic and drive the overall bitterness up too much. Not so here. Although the figs are pretty apparent, they feel right at home and don't really interfere with the overall balance. This ends up being a tasty, dry, and easy beer to drink despite its size and body.
Jun 08, 2017A: Midnight black. Well-formed light brown head retains beautifully. Wispy lacing.
S: Big aromas of bakers chocolate, french roast coffee, roasted barley, some char and smoke. Impressions of German chocolate cake too. Earthy hops. Some light clovey phenols. Very figgy.
T: Follows the nose. Bakers chocolate, dark roast coffee, soot and char. Burnt sugars. Fleeting impressions of fudge sauce and German chocolate cake are quickly replaced by the drying roast flavors. Figs come through in a big way middle to end. Subtle darkfruit. Earthy and spicy hops in the background. Belgian yeast throws some mild spice and easy-going phenols that get a bit medicinal at the end. Mildly earthy/chalky too. Fading dry and roasty finish.
M: Medium-full body. Round and creamy. Just a slight sense of head and chewiness. The overall dryness and ample fine-tune carbonation easily lift the body and keep it feeling lighter than it is.
O: Good stuff. We already know Allagash can brew an excellent belgo stout (black). Here they went a little bigger and used a nice complementary fig addition. Like Black, the fermentation is nailed. I've had a lot of Belgian stouts that get a little too phenolic and drive the overall bitterness up too much. Not so here. Although the figs are pretty apparent, they feel right at home and don't really interfere with the overall balance. This ends up being a tasty, dry, and easy beer to drink despite its size and body.
Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
3.67/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.67/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
**
05/10/2017
22oz. Bottle (10/27/16) to tulip glass.
Happy Birthday Ava!
LOOK: dark black, healthy beige head, fades to a small head and then lasts awhile.
AROMA: mild malt, yeast, dark fruit. Later in the sampling, a little smoke.
TASTE: a little chalky, yeast sweetness, but overall I am disappointed here.
FEEL: fizzy, medium to full body.
Thought this would be better. Not bad, just ok. Oh well, I'll stick with the St. Klippenstein.
**
May 10, 201705/10/2017
22oz. Bottle (10/27/16) to tulip glass.
Happy Birthday Ava!
LOOK: dark black, healthy beige head, fades to a small head and then lasts awhile.
AROMA: mild malt, yeast, dark fruit. Later in the sampling, a little smoke.
TASTE: a little chalky, yeast sweetness, but overall I am disappointed here.
FEEL: fizzy, medium to full body.
Thought this would be better. Not bad, just ok. Oh well, I'll stick with the St. Klippenstein.
**
Hibernal Fluxus 2016 from Allagash Brewing Company
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
71 ratings
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