Allagash Special Reserve (Summer Ale)

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Comes out of the tap clear golden with a thick, creamy and persistent eggshell head. Aroma is not strong, but promises with subtle malt and fruit notes. Flavor delivers more than what the aroma promises, malt and woody hops and a little fruity, the latter mainly apple with a bit of pear. Texture has decent body and OK fizz.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

A rust coloured pour with a huge amount of effervescence, yet a thin tan coloured cap. The yeast is very noticeable in the aroma along with a touch of light fruit, grass, and citrus. The flavour is rather bland with nothing that distinguishes it from other summer ales.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Pours a pretty hazy golden white. Delicate spicing and wheat flavor one of the better wheat beers that I have come across in a while. Have fun with this one

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

I was expecting something great from Allagash, they being one of the more highly respected brewers at Asheville's Brewgrass festival. Unfortunately, I found the beer to be more of a dark amber, light brown ale with little distinguishing character other than a slightly noticeable citric hoppiness.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Sampled as part of the spring tasting at Hard Times Café. Light, cloudy, golden or copper-colored Brabant-style ale. Very light and pleasant herbal boquet. Toasty, malty flavor fills the palate. Candi sugar is evident in the flavor. Cellerable, because of the yeast, and possibly better with age.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pour a hazy straw color witha a little head. little sour aroma and citrus. Bubbled in the mouth thin mouthfeel. Good i guess for cutting the grass and what not but overall not that great.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Orange gold color. Large foamy head. Aroma is fruity. A medium to lighter bodied Belgian Ale. Malts are fruity and spicy. Very fine lively carbonation. A little cider like. It’s very fruity and yeasty, and surprisingly dry. This would make a very good session beer. Alcohol is only 5%, but it has a lots of some of the complex flavors that I would expect in a much higher alcohol ale. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is dry. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Allagash summer ale was a very drinkable beer but lack character. It poured a reddish orange color with a small but decent head(little lacing). The taste was OK, but nothing special. It didn't really have the citrus flavor I'm used to in a summer ale. Overall a decent drinkable beer, but it's nothing to run out and get.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pretty average brew right down the line. The golden coloring was nice with a lace that disappeared quickly. The taste had a nice hint of wheat to it and was relatively smooth.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

semi-hazy apricot/orange in color with a gigantic white rocky and lumpy head..a nose of musty and dusty mandarin oranges, strawberries, old books, yeast, and apples...very watery mouthfeel..slightly acidic with mostly overripe apples in the taste..metallic at times..but very 1 dimensional and boring...