Four
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Rotating|
Score
7.39
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Our interpretation of a Belgian style quad, Four Ale is reddish brown in color and has flavors of raisin, candied fruit, and plum. We brew this beer with four malts (Caramel, Munich, Carapils, and 2-row), four sugars (Cane Sugar, Date Sugar, Belgian Dark Rock Candi, and Molasses), four hop varieties (Perle, Hallertau, Tettnang and Czech Saaz) and undergoes four fermentations, using four different yeast strains. The result of this elaborate brewing process is a complexity of flavor, aroma and mouth feel we believe is truly worth savoring.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a clear amber color ale with a huge beige foamy head with excellent retention. Aroma of sweet malt, cookie dough with some alcohol hint is pretty interesting but I could have done without the alcohol hint. Taste is a bit sweeter then expected with lots of cookie dough and some dry raisins. I would have loved for this beer to have more attenuated sugars and a fruitier aroma à la Rocherfort 10 (I can’t really have an ABT without comparing it to the best). Body is above average but could have been more full and alcohol could be more hidden. Very interesting beer from Allagash but cannot honestly say that it compared to the world bests.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2006
at 13:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Opened with a vigorous pop and dispensed a brilliantly clear ruby brown body under a thick off-white head that leaves beautiful sheets of lace as it falls. Caramel and dried fruit aroma. Smooth and full with a overall sweetness that avoids being cloying. Very nice brew although not a deeply complex one.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2006
at 18:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Reddish beer with a nice off-white head. Malt, brown sugar, and alcohol aroma. Sweet and musty flavor with some spice. Some fruit, but it tastes of harsh fermentables with loads of alchol - doesn’t bother to hide it at all. Nice full body, but its not smooth at all. Things get better as you drink more and the mustiness turns into a yeastiness, but it just doesn’t win me over. Not worth buying another bottle. Allagash just doesn’t succeed in my view - I want to like their beers, but they always come up short.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2005
at 21:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle, pours a light tan head, cooper color ale that’s semi cloudy. Aroma is grainy/malty& sweet. Taste is as aroma leads: grainy/malty& sweet, then a little alcohol. Good carbonation. Good for this style, an occasional ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2005
at 21:56
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Foamy, cloudy amber pour, with a really complex aroma of dates, figs, brown sugar, cloves, and a hint of gingerbread - oily mouthfeel with medium carbonation - very sweet, but not cloying - various characters in the aroma come through in the flavor as well, with a hint of spice and fresh ginger - nutmeg - leaves a lot of stickiness behind, but this doesn’t really take away from the enjoyment of the beer - a pretty darn good american-made Abt, but not anywhere close to Southampton’s (but then again, what is?).
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jan 2005
at 20:22
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
aPRIL 2004. Beautiful brown ale with a thick off-white head. Nice fruity aroma with peaches and yeast . Warm alcohol mouthfeel with licorice, spices, herbs. Very complex but not as much as Achel Extra.
Tried
on 19 Oct 2004
at 18:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy amber colour body with a dense tan head. Aroma of caramel, hops, cardboard and fruits. Light-bodied; Sweet flavour withi malt and raisins coming through big-time. Aftertaste shows some clean tastes with caramel flavours throughout. Overall, great to try-thanks to Tim for bringing this! I sampled this 75 cL bottle on 15-May-2004 at the May RB Party in Toronto, Ontario.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2004
at 22:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rating #800.
Hazy orange-red body, thin off-white head dissipating to a faint ring of carbonation. There’s lots of stuff in this beer but the aroma and palate are only moderately complex, with apple, candi sugar, and brown sugar characterizing both. There are hints of cinnamon and clove that complement the apple and sugars. Finishes slightly leathery and with an alcohol bite. Under the sugary bliss some vinous notes take hold. A solid Quad but not a standout. Have I really come this far?
Hazy orange-red body, thin off-white head dissipating to a faint ring of carbonation. There’s lots of stuff in this beer but the aroma and palate are only moderately complex, with apple, candi sugar, and brown sugar characterizing both. There are hints of cinnamon and clove that complement the apple and sugars. Finishes slightly leathery and with an alcohol bite. Under the sugary bliss some vinous notes take hold. A solid Quad but not a standout. Have I really come this far?
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2004
at 00:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
yum. Finally had this bottle from Beers of the World. Pours a wonderful dark mahogany brown, with a good beige head. Lacing and lots of lively carbonation compliments of the bottle conditioning. Looks the part so far. Aroma gives off lots of alcohol, figs, dark prunes, some light chocolate, with an ample amount of yeast. Flavor is truly great. Perfect balance of malt, yeast and hops. Lightly acidic, hardly any astringency, not overly sweet or bitter, just wonderfully complex. Figs, raisins, earthy barley, cola, pepper. Lots of dry nuttiness. Great stuff, maybe a bit too much spice on the finish, but still wonderful. Medium-full to full bodied, lively carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2004
at 19:39
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Surprisingly mediocre offering from what really good brewer. Copper-tan colour. Aroma is alcohol, grapes, clove and yeast. This doesn’t come together very well and does not offer anything that stirs the senses. Dryish palate. Some maltiness and a little bit of fruitiness. By the numbers quad.
Tried
on 17 May 2004
at 11:17