Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale 3.58 640

Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale

	Percentile
	92
	overall

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
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Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
640	3.59/5.0	3.58/5.0	Special	15.53%	61.4	Snifter

Commercial Description:
Samael is the prince of demons, the angel of death, accuser and destroyer. Filled with enmity towards man, he planted the vine, the forbidden tree of paradise. Behold his venom and vengeance, both sweet and tempting, enticing you, his spellbound victim, within his wings.

Samael’s Ale is a super-caramelly, oak aged English-style strong ale. Perhaps the least hoppy (sacrilege here at Avery!!) beer we’ve brewed, to accentuate the malt. The oak is very apparent in this rich and high gravity ale, adding additional depth and complexity with a woody and cask-like nose and a pronounced vanilla flavor on the palate. This potent ale is the second installment, along with The Beast, of our “Demons of Ale Series”.

Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, turbinado sugar, hops, yeast, and American oak chips.

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beermouth (435), Langeskov, Denmark

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	15/20

Nov 20, 2006 Updated: Nov 27, 2006

Clear amber with large, creamy offwhite head. Hops, caramel, cane sugar and spice. To sweet for my taste, but good anyway. Needs’s to store for a year or two.

bager (2121), Copenhagen N, Denmark

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Nov 19, 2006

Bottled. Dark amber copper coloured with a large head. malty with notes of alcohol, oak, dark fruits, syrup and a hint of caramel.

JohnnyJ (1356), Carlsbad, California, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Nov 18, 2006

My third demons of ale series. Aroma of dark fruit, sweet malt, oak, and alcohol. Appearance is a clear brownish red with off-white head. Intensely sweet flavor of fruit, wood, apple, maple syrup, and some vanilla. Alcohol comes through but not that bad for the abv. Definitely a sipper.

jazz88 (2239), San Francisco, California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Nov 15, 2006

Bottle. A brown color with a diminished tan head. Strong whisky, wood, ginger, light fruit, green aple and burnt malt flavors. Rating from notes.

PilsnerPeter (2667), Flushing, New York, USA

3.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.1	8/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	12/20

Nov 14, 2006

Pours an orangey amber with an off white film for head. The aroma is huge and sweet. Fruity touch with peach. Oakey, vanillaish and nutmeg hints. The flavor is dissappointing. Overly sweet. The aroma’s complexity is the best part of this beer, makes it frusturating. Maple syrup, wood flavor, almost like bouron whiskey. Vanilla extract flavor is evident. If it was less sweet than more compexity would come through and make this a much better and more drinkable.

Skinnyviking (4191), Copenhagen, Denmark

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

Nov 14, 2006

Bottle. High off-white fluffy lasting head. Hazy orange body. Distinct and pleasant malt aroma. Do I smell the oak, maybe. You will not be in doubt about the barley ! Sweet and fruity caramal malt flavor without much bitterness. Long aftertaste. Alcohol hidden by the sweetness.

ThomasE (5178), Copenhagen, Denmark

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Nov 13, 2006

Light hazy amber colour with a small tan head. Malty, caramel and alcohol sweet aroma with dark fruit notes and vague hints of the oak. Malty, sweet flavor with a vague oak note. Heavy alcohol sweet finish.

WeeHeavySD (3042), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	6/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Nov 11, 2006

12oz bottle purchased at Holiday Wine Cellar in Escondido, CA. The May 2006 bottling, I know I could have aged it more but it tasted damn good as it is. Amber color with a large white head, not cloudy, thin. The smell is very barleywine, I wasn’t sure if this was a barleywine when I smelled it but the nose is very sweet and quite strong. Taste is sweet strong and potent, hail lord Samael. Has a very nice lingering aftertastse that moves down the tongue into the throat. Yum!

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