Avery Mephistopheles Stout

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

November 2007. Bottle, aged approximately 1.5 years. Black body, with a small creamy brown head. Aroma is surprisingly fruity, with alcoholic undertones and malt. Sweet flavour has underlying fruit and light malt, very light acidity and bitterness in the finish. Dilute cherry notes. Full bodied, smooth palate. Less roasty than anticipated, and more fruity. Quite nice. 8/4/8/4+/17-18 - 4.2 <P>July 2006. Pours with a deep black body, and a moderate oily khaki head. Big alcoholic and fruity aroma of booze soaked raisins or grapes, milk notes of dark sugars. Perplexing first sip reveals a medium oily palate that almost *tastes* oily. Rich dark fruit with vague allusions to indulgent chocolate leads to fruit and slightly skewed roast that lingers long into the finish. The palate is intriguingly slick but not overtly thick. A contemplative sipper that takes a more refined approach to its plentiful helping of alcohol than some of its Avery kin. One of the most interesting beers I have sampled recently for sure. 9/4/8/4/17 - 4.2

Bought at the Blue Max. Well,it really is really dark. This is like a glass of oil with a thin layer of tan foam on top. I can’t believe how many different aromas are coming from this.Years ago I never would have been able to appreciate this.I think the most prevalent is the dark fruit port aroma,there are plenty more though. A little harsh on the throat and some what overbearing but loaded with wonderful treats for the tongue. After I let this warmup it,of course,changed and man was it complex.It is still a little harsh.

big thanks to zeswaft for sharing a bottle as my belated birthday present. really dark brown thick head. chocolatey appearance to be sure. largely chocolate taste as well. kinda funny flavours, very sweet, really alcoholic. not very coffeeish. vanilla, i think. surprising toffee finish lurks. palate reminds me of the speedway stout. the quality is evident, but i’m docking flavor for alcoholishness. makes me wanna try that lion stout again and see if it merits a higher rating than the 4.1 or whatever i gave it.

Had this in March. shared with flemdawg in florida. poured black, with a brown head. aroma, wow, dark fruits come out first than a big hit of chocolate and caramel, alcohol, some vanilla, coffee, malts. flavor another wow the caramel and malts come out than the alcohol, dark cherries, plums, almost port like. good beer

Pours a super dark jet black pour with neat little off white/light brown head. Nose is of wonderful coffee, some nice dark chocolate, alcohol and dark roast malt. Flavor is terrific, chocolate, cherry-ish. It is a bit hot, but that flavor actually comes across really well in this brew. A wonderful beer across the boards, would love to have a couple sitting around and see how it improves with time.

Thanks to DYCSoccer17 for sharing this. Poured black as midnight with a large dark brown head. Strong aroma of pine hops, alcohol, a bit of bitter chocolate. Flavor is aggressive and sweet with lots of chocolate, tobacco, cerry, vanilla, and alcohol. I wouldn’t call the alcohol "well-hidden", but it could be much harsher at 15.1%. Big, sweet, decently complex... pretty much what I expected from it.

Poured black with a thick brown head. The head stayed thick throughout the drink. Dark fruits, soy, chocolate, coffee, espresso and rum were in the aroma. Taste was very good but the soy was a bit too much for me. Great coffee, espresso and chocolate flavors come into the finish. A very well done brew.

Thanks Jason! The beer pours to a dark brown/black body with a light brown head. The aroma is very strong. Chocolate, star anise, molasses, light alcohol but mostly just "vapor", espresso. The flavor is dry roasted malts, deep sweet molasses, chocolate, espresso, rum, dark fruits. The palate is full bodied, rich, coating, delicious. This is really damn good. I’ll be buying a bunch of this.