8.5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2026
at 00:47
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
355ml bottle. Minimally milky, orange, bright golden colour with average to huge, dense, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Slightly bready, minimally biscuity, pale and wheaty malty as well as yeasty fruity aroma, notes of mirabelle and apricot, a touch of peach and nectarine. Taste is sweet-ish, minimally biscuity, pale and wheaty malty, yeasty fruity and mildly bitter, minimally fruity and leafy hoppy, notes of mirabelle and apricot, a touch of peach and nectarine, mandarine, subtle fruit acidic tartness; well hidden alcohol.
Minimally creamy, watery texture, smooth and super soft, silky palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation.
Well crafted, very fine, balanced, smooth and dangerously drinkable - excellent.
Minimally creamy, watery texture, smooth and super soft, silky palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation.
Well crafted, very fine, balanced, smooth and dangerously drinkable - excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2026
at 16:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Backlog February 2009. Unclear orange body under a nice off-white head. Aroma has malt, caramel and Belgium yeast. Taste is Smooth and harmonic with malt, caramel, slightly fruity, a touch of Belgium yeast and fruity hops. Balanced bitterness. Medium body with a pleasant aftertaste.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2026
at 18:30
3.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
from
Vintage Estate Wine and Beer
on 12 Jan 2026
at 18:39
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Can
Appearance: dark brown with a tan head
Aroma: roasty, chocolate, licorice, coffee
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish
Tasty
Appearance: dark brown with a tan head
Aroma: roasty, chocolate, licorice, coffee
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, medium body, long finish
Tasty
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2026
at 19:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Lime and bretta and a little bread yeastiness. Hazy golden pour. Tart finish. Not a ton of character. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2026
at 19:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml clear gold ring of white head. Nose has green grape, buttery, dandelion, neutral wood. Flavor is grapey, green, lime, tight grain, woodsy. Savory herbs. Tiiiiiight in the mouth. Dry. Tart.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2026
at 18:54
7/10
Tried
on 05 Jan 2026
at 22:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
375mL bottle from the brewery, bottled June 2023, drunk January 5, 2026, as pictured.
Big, bright, peachy acidity and interesting funk (barnyard), with soft vanilla and an almost pickle-like character from the gin (commercial description says dill, and I agree). Fat malts seem to help balance, with honey and bread, but don't bog down the brightness, though I'm a bit concerned about the potential sourness. No alcohol noted.
Yeah, it is sour, but perhaps not too much so. It's big and bold and juicy-sour up front but it's all peach acidity and softer lactic with zero acetic. Gin gives floral notes that are interesting/unusual and work well to balance the juicy peach and light vanilla and honey notes. Incredible amount going on here and the peach isn't overdone, nor is the gin, nor acidity. Wish the funk from the nose was also in the flavor, but hard to complain here. Still a sumptuous, malty texture after almost 3 years.
Big, bright, peachy acidity and interesting funk (barnyard), with soft vanilla and an almost pickle-like character from the gin (commercial description says dill, and I agree). Fat malts seem to help balance, with honey and bread, but don't bog down the brightness, though I'm a bit concerned about the potential sourness. No alcohol noted.
Yeah, it is sour, but perhaps not too much so. It's big and bold and juicy-sour up front but it's all peach acidity and softer lactic with zero acetic. Gin gives floral notes that are interesting/unusual and work well to balance the juicy peach and light vanilla and honey notes. Incredible amount going on here and the peach isn't overdone, nor is the gin, nor acidity. Wish the funk from the nose was also in the flavor, but hard to complain here. Still a sumptuous, malty texture after almost 3 years.
Tried
from Bottle
at
The Cellars at Allagash
on 05 Jan 2026
at 21:55
6.8/10
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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.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jan 2026
at 16:59