3.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 0.5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 0.5

Can from vintage 2$. Pour is really dark, like root beer with a nice foamy off white head. Civilized malty nose. Oh, first big swig tho, is not civilized. Its a bitter pointed sharpness with some smoky flavors on top of a rude somewhat terebinth extract flavor, whew. Big Pistacia terebinthus! Medicinal fer sher. Pretty nasty there, allagash. I think they made a mistake when brewing some experimental recipe and they had so much, they couldn't ditch it; so they just canned it and made up a name to sell it to the ticker whores. This brew is an accessory and ancillary appurtenant, controlled depending on the incidental counting, to ticking on brewver. There, you have it. I'm totally blown away by the uncultured, uncultivated, benighted and unsophisticated nature of this brew; especially since its classified as a belgian. Its an insult to the the Belgians. Dark american IPA? Maybe. I just wish it had more alky content to help me forget about the negativity of this session.

6.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Review based on the BJCP2021 guidelines (style 21B - Black IPA adapted). Can 35.5 cl - Batch 13:42 9044 (BB: undeclared - Packaged on 08/18/25). AROMA: medium roasted malt notes (dark chocolate, roasty), slight nuttiness and a low minty hop background. APPEARANCE: very dark amber color and clear. medium light brown head, creamy, with good retention. TASTE: medium-high roasted flavor (dark chocolate, roasty) that evolves into full-on roasted, almost burnt/charcoal. medium-high bitterness with a semi-dry to dry finish with burnt notes. MOUTHFEEL: medium body with medium carbonation. OVERALL: a hoppy dark ale with a very pronounced roasted character and where the hop presence is starting to fade due to age.

7

Beer Republic Advent Calendar. A clear dark reddish brown beer with a beige head. Aroma of roasted dark malt, coffee, nuts. Taste of peanuts, coffee, roasted dark malt.

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Malziger, moderat herber und leicht süßer Beginn, etwas trocken und hopfig, Röstnoten, etwas Kaffee. Moderate Herbe, röstig bleibend, mild hefig, rund. Spritzig, mittellanger Abgang, gefällt. 11/10/11/10/8/11

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

355ml. can. @"home", Compostela. 02/12/2025
[#8.768 Global - #1.900 United States of America - #1 Allagash Brewing Company (My Brewery #427 from the States)]
Advent Calendar #1. Pours dark brown with a tan lacing head. Aroma: pine, licorice, dried fruits and grapefruit. Taste: licorice, pine needles and licorice. Medium bodied. Smooth palate. Canned 18/08
Next one, please!

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Beer Republic Christmas Calendar 2025, Red Edition. Door 1. Almost black beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has roastiness of coffee, pine, some liquorice. Taste has coffee, pine, liquorice, medium bitterness. Medium bodied. Very nice beer.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home, 1st November 2025. Pours black. Aroma is dark malts, roasty, cocoa. Taste is bitter and malty, smooth and decent

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

From Beer Drop, canned July 16th 2025.

Pours black, 2 finger head of foam(vigorous pour), retention is excellent, lacing is good.

Roasted malt and chocolate aromas, with some coffee.

Taste is roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, quite on the more bitter side. Bitterness comes from hops, coffee and chocolate. Pretty intense.

Medium bodied with a good level of carbonation, I would drink this again.

7

Pours a dark brown to black from can. Dark malts and piney hops quire great for this must bodies ale