Avery Mephistopheles Stout

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Boulder, Colorado USA

(Bottle, batch 3, at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-09-23) Black. Medium sized tan coloured head. Roastedness, liquorice, chocolate and alcohol in aroma. Full bodied, oily and dry palate with medium carbonation. Ash, roastedness, liquorice, alcohol, chocolate and bitterness in taste. Roastedness and liquorice in aftertaste.

Échantillon, Mondial de la bière, 3 juin 2009; oeil : noire, opaque, anneau de mousse crémeuse cappuccino; nez : torréfaction, mélasse, sauce soya, fruits confits, cassonade; bouche : torréfaction, mélasse, malt rôti, sauce soya, fruits confits, houblon résineux ressort malgré toute cette mer de saveurs, finale en malt rôti avec bonne présence de sauce soya, peu carbonatée, plutôt amère, légèrement sucrée, corsée; en résumé : très bon ENGLISH Sample, Mondial de la bière, savoured on June 3 2009; eye: black, opaque, ring of cappuccino creamy head; nose: roasting, molasses, soy sauce, candied fruits, brown sugar; mouth: roasting, molasses, roasted malt, soy sauce, candied fruits, resinous hops punches out through that sea of savours, finale in roasted malt with good presence of soy sauce, not much carbonation, rather bitter, lightly sweet, full body; overall: quite good

This was really great. The alcohol was masked very well and the flavors were intense.

Pours a thick opaque black with a healthy brown head. Aroma has fresh cherries, a lot of dark roasted malts, candy sugar, brown sugar. Flavor is wow: Starts out polite at first but about halfway through, bam! Those are the malts talking to you. A definite malt bomb as some would call it. And I like them. The cherries reappear in the flavor with force. There’s a really nice hop counterpoint to the flavor too. Tarry, resinous finish, mouth-coating. Rich, luxurious mouthfeel, upper medium viscosity. This is probably my favorite from Avery so far. They are definitely in pro form on this one. Overall, world class. Thanks Avery.

When I started to drink this I was afraid I would become the demon on the cover, & then I realized I wasn’t much of a drunk. It pours pitch black. The aroma was chocolate cake, alcohol, & roasty. The taste was alcohol soaked chocolate cake, with a nice mouthfeel. For 15.9% it is easier to drink than expected, even though the alcohol taste does get stronger as you finish it.

Bottle 355 ml 2008
Appearance: quiet dark almost black , dark creamy look , fragmental lace. 3+.
Nose: Frontal form shaped with dark malts , alcohol well visible , roasted barley oak and cherry
Flavor/Palate : rich , full bodied , smoky brown malts with alcohol mixed with dark roast of barley. Chocolate thick ending.

Looks pretty fantastic, I am a sucker for stouts with good head, and this one has a nice thick mocha beast with excellent lacing over a black liquid. Smells strongly of chocolate and roasted malt. A bit of toffee and cream, and a tiny tiny hop background. Good. Taste is very similar, this is a heavy beast. There is some smokey flavor over top of chocolate and cream with a slight bitterness in the end. Roasted malt is present, but plays a background to the chocolate. Mouth is where I have some issues..this is a thick, heavy beast, which is good..but its just too highly carbonated. It creates a harsh feeling going down that masks some of the rather robust and good taste. Overall, its a good stout, but one I wouldn’t likely seek out again. Maybe letting this flatten out would do some help, but why get more to let it flatten when there are more solid stouts right out of the bottle?

wow! what a beer. 12 oz bottle from the brewery! One of the most intense beers I have muscled down, tasty but the booze was very present. Decent brew but flavors were all over the place would buy again if i need a quick buzz lol