RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Avery Mephistopheles Stout

Avery Mephistopheles Stout - Imperial Stout

* picture credits
copyright may apply

 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |

 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8553.98/5.03.97/5.0Winter15.92%87.7Snifter
View Statistics  P 

Commercial Description:
Mephistopheles is the crafty shape shifter, the second fallen angel. Amazingly complex, coal black, velvety and liqueurish, this demon has a bouquet of vine-ripened grapes, anise and chocolate covered cherries with flavors of rum-soaked caramelized dark fruits and a double espresso finish. Mephistopheles is the final installment of "The Demons of Ale" series.

Batch 1 (Jan 2006): 15.1% ABV.
Batch 2 (Nov 2006): 16.03% ABV.
Batch 3 (Nov 2007): 16% ABV.
Batch 4 (Nov 2008): 15.92% ABV.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 timsilvia32 (445), from Michigan now in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/515/20
Sep 7, 2008  
"Batch 2" Black pour with a deep brown head and ruby accents around. Dark fruit, roast/burnt malt, alcohol aromas. There is a lot in this one, really attacks the taste buds. Some roast malt and coffee, bakers chocolate. More plum and port wine, with some barrel like characteristics. Long lingering with some alcohol burn in the finish. Split the first bottle, not sure I could drink an entire one myself. An impressive offering from Avery, of which I’ve been pleased with many of lately.


 Flyer (118), Hartland, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/518/20
Sep 7, 2008  
Brown-tinged black pour with a thick, coffee-froth colored head. Prunes and anise on the nose. Flavors of dates and prunes and some burnt oak, followed by chocolate, cherry, and the as-advertised "double espresso finish." Sweeter even than liqueur. A sipping beer in the most literal sense. More than 2-3 ounces would be too much, and more than 1-2 times a month would lbe too often. In that context, excellent.


 cmillward (418), Orlando, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/516/20
Sep 6, 2008  
Bottle, batch 1. Sampled summer 2008, thanks boboski.
Pours pitch black with a brown head which quickly fades away. On the nose, caramel, butterscotch, dark fruits, chocolate and some sherry notes. In the flavor, chocolate, caramel, butterscotch, figs, dates, raisins, quite sweet, alcohol is evident. Quite strong, but high on flavor! A little cloying and heavy in the mouth.


 FROTHINGSLOSH (1961), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/517/20
Sep 1, 2008  
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured thick, black and oily with a medium sized dark brown head. The aroma was sweet bourbon, roasty malts and floral hops. Very complex on the nose but a bit of the alcohol shows through. The flavor was richly complex and intense with notes of port wine, cherry, licorice, roasty malts and honey. There is an incredibly intense and long finish of port and licorice. The flavors practically sear themselves on to your tongue. Almost too intense. Remarkable!


 CaptBier (301), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/105/518/20
Aug 31, 2008  
A pitch black beer with no head. The aroma is very sweet with primary notes of coffee, but also with light notes of vanilla and alcohol. The flavor is very sweet with a powerful presence of alcohol (no wonder), which burns the mouth slightly, the flavor also contains quite strong chocolate notes and lesser notes of wood, leading to a dry end. A very complex beer.


Blaketj80 (78), Oklahoma, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/103/517/20
Aug 30, 2008  
Pours with dark brown head. Aroma smells of malt with slight citrus hop. Very powerful flavor, the 16% comes through and is suprisingly thin in the mouth given all of the other strong attributes. Good beer though.


 ChristianScheffel (4431), Odense, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/103/516/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Batch 3. Pitch black with a lasting medium brown head. Aroma is rich and fruity, plums and raisins, with brown sugar, a touch of hops and quite a lot of alcohol. The flavour is sweet and roasted, with a lot of alcohol, and a somewhat simple charcoal/roast malt finish.


 carruthm (1109), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Aug 28, 2008  
V - Pouts thick oily black with a one to two-finger dark tan head
A - dark chocolate with dark rum and cherries
T - slight burn from the alcohol then a mellowing into chocolaty bourbon. Anise is noticeable at the end.
P - leaves a lasting film and warming in the mouth.



CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86

What's Your Opinion?
Tell us what you think of this beer. Start your free RateBeer account now.
» Click here.

More Imperial Stouts

Närke Kaggen Stormaktsporter (4.46)

Three Floyds Oak Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout (4.42)

Three Floyds Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout (4.35)

Bells Bourbon Barrel Double Cream/Expedition Stout (4.33)

AleSmith Speedway Stout (4.33)

AleSmith Barrel Aged Speedway Stout (4.31)

Bells Expedition Stout (4.31)

Cigar City Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout (4.3)

Surly Darkness (4.26)

Three Floyds Vanilla Bean Barrel Aged Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout (4.25)

Närke Stormaktsporter (4.23)

The Bruery Black Tuesday Imperial Stout (4.22)

Stone Imperial Russian Stout (4.21)

Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout (4.2)

Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel (4.2)


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC