Black

Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸

Stout - Foreign / Extra Rotating Out of Production

Score

7.28

ABV: 7.5%

IBU: -

Ticks: 126

Technically, there is no such thing as a traditional Belgian stout, but we went ahead and made one anyway. In creating the beer, we took the aspects we loved in Belgian beers and used them to craft a stout. We brew Allagash Black with 2-row barley, torrified wheat, oats, roasted barley, chocolate malt, black malt and hop with Northern Brewer and Glacier. A generous portion of dark caramelized candi sugar produces a hint of raisin in the finished beer. The addition of oats lends Black a silky mouthfeel, which is enhanced by rich flavors of coffee and dark chocolate.

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7.8

Maverick (5062) reviewed Black from Allagash Brewing Company 6 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Dark, dark brown to black w/medium tannish head. Tastes and aromas are malts, coffee, chocs. Surprisingly light, and pretty drinkable.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:47

6.4

tnkw01 (4030) reviewed Black from Allagash Brewing Company 8 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Black in color with a tan, three finger head. Aroma is dark roasted grains, chocolate and coffee. Taste is also dark roasted grains, chocolate and coffee.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 05:00

Robinvboyer (8025) reviewed Black from Allagash Brewing Company 9 months ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

really nice black pour with a coffee head. Great robust roasty aroma with notes of coffee, chocolate, and some yeast. Flavour is quite roasty, but super smooth. A slight lacticness in theaftertatse, but its welcome cause it cuts the bitterness. Great brew.

Tried on 28 Feb 2025 at 05:08

kristincedar (7053) ticked Black from Allagash Brewing Company 11 months ago

Mmm. Smoky and delicious.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 16:57

6.5

explosivedog (14053) reviewed Black from Allagash Brewing Company 5 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Pours black with a lingering domed tan head. Banana, chocolate, dry coffee powder, toast. Medium body. Not great.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jun 2020 at 00:16

7.9

jhaase (14757) reviewed Black from Allagash Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Dry dark roast, brown foam on a black body. Medium body, Belgian dry funk, light fruit. Nice chocolate covered orange peel finish.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2019 at 01:20

6.8

thegreenrooster (7252) reviewed Black from Allagash Brewing Company 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Pour is more of a dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma is some chalky brown ale malt with a little bitter bakers chocolate. Flavor is more of a toasted malt and bakers chocolate with some black licorice. A little thin and not much Belgian comes off this but this has just enough malty goodness to make this a flavorful stout.

Tried on 18 Feb 2019 at 00:30

allinthenameofbeer (11735) ticked Black from Allagash Brewing Company 7 years ago

Delicious Belgian wheat flavor with strong chocolate espresso notes.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2018 at 14:20

6.8

BlackHaddock (17179) reviewed Black from Allagash Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

12 oz bottle on 5th Jan 2018, poured into a lovely Kasteel glass at my daughters in California. Sediment was allowed to leave the bottle, so I got really dark bodied beer, slight haze overall, but still looked good, sadly the beige/lightly tanned head soon turned into a thin wisp and collar. Malts rule the roost here, chocolate and liquorice in both the nose and taste. Had a few Belgian Stouts over the years, found them very sweet, thin bodied and very un-Belgian usually(meaning uninteresting and boring), not too sure what makes this a 'Belgian style Stout' because it isn't sweet, thin or boring!

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2018 at 21:05

7.6

Dogbrick (24152) reviewed Black from Allagash Brewing Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Sample at the "Black Friday 03" tasting on 11/24/2017. Dark brown color with a medium tan head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Partial rings of lace. Aroma of dark chocolate, malt and hops. Medium body with flavors of bittersweet chocolate, roast malt and earthy hops. The finish is chocolatey with a malty aftertaste. Pretty good overall.

Tried on 31 Dec 2017 at 17:59