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Avery Mephistopheles Stout

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
8553.98/5.03.97/5.0Winter15.92%87.7Snifter
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.
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 KnutAlbert (3115), Oslo, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 6, 2009  
Bottled. Strong coffee and liquorice aroma. Warming alcohol feeling, dry roasted grain, but the alcohol overpowers it all.


 flutetokill (515), Fresno, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Jul 1, 2009  
Opaque brownish black color with a medium brown head. Very nice sweet, rich dark fruit, chocolate and a bit of alcohol aroma and flavors. Nice soft carbonation.


 italarican (163), Astoria, New York, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/512/20
Jul 1, 2009  
Batch 2. As dark as dark brown can be without being pure black with a light tan head. Aroma of chocolate liquer and dark fruit. Woah now, booze booze booze flavor. It’s not my thing and hard to get over frankly. There’s a lot going on here, but 16% that’s not very hidden is a bit too strong for my beer drinking tastes.


 cprochak (393), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/59/104/518/20
Jun 25, 2009  
Nov 2006, Batch 2 release. Bottle from Bottleworks. Tasted blind as 1 of 15. Pours a jet black with great mocha head and beautiful lacing. Incredible chocolate aroma with oak and molasses. Great sweet caramel and bourbon flavor with mild bitterness for balance. Very thick and full-bodied with good carbonation. Great complex bitter and sweet finish. Fantastically complex beer.


 Pinball (2718), Allerød, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/104/518/20
Jun 24, 2009  
33cl bottle. Batch 3 2007. samped june 2009. pitch dark,large thick smooth brown head. thick lacing and a nice colour play as the beer glides down the glass into the brown head. lovely. sweet brown sugar and licroice based aroma, also toffee, chocolate, hops (shows itself as a slight sour or acid note), you can smell i’ts strong, but i would not guess more than 10-11 pct. flavor is fantastic. very strong and potent, and consisting of numerous flavors. licorice, roasted grains, coffee, malts, honey, brown sugar, vanilla.


ononews9 (25), Hanover, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 18, 2009  
strong flavor dark beer. intense taste of coffee, nuts, and carmel. very high alcohol content. very sweet taste.


 Madsnp (616), Odense C, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/516/20
Jun 15, 2009  
Bottle from batch #4. Pitch black with a beautiful cappuccino coloured head. Aroma of roasted nuts, dried fruit, caramel, licorice and smoke. Flavour of burned malt, licorice, espresso, warming alcohol, dark cherries and bourbon. Heavy stuff. I think i will store some for the future.


 Rune (2787), Tromsø, Norway
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/517/20
Jun 13, 2009  
Bottle, batch 3, Nov. 2007, 16% abv, bought at Ølbutikken in Copenhagen and cellared properly for nine months. Comes with a red foil around the neck and pours an almost devil-black, oil-like content under a latte coloured, bubbly foam that left a few spotty lacings on the glass. Promising aroma of roasted malts backed up with raisin and dark chocolate. The flavour is at first marked by the emergence of bittersweet liquorice. The mid-part brings notes of black currant, oaky vanilla and rum-like hints. Halfway bitter, dark fruits to the ending, along with the lingering heat of subdued alcohol. Full bodied and well balanced. Maybe a little too sweet, otherwise superb (at home in Tromsø, 12.06.2009).



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