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Avery The Beast Grand Cru Ale

Avery The Beast Grand Cru Ale - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7723.69/5.03.68/5.0Winter16.31%86.8Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
The Beast is a seducer - accomodating, complicated, powerful, dark and created to last the ages. Beyond this, it’s futile to attempt to describe Him. He will unveil Himself differently to each of His followers. The mark is in His constitution. Brewed with two-row malted barley, honey malt, and imported Belgian specialty grains (aromatic, pale wheat, roasted wheat, and Special B), hops (Magnum, Galena, Saaz, Hallertau, Tettnang, and Hersbrucker), brewing sugars (raisins, dates, blackstrap molasses, alfalfa honey, turbinado, and dark Belgian candy sugar), water, Belgian yeast and another hellion of a yeast strain.OG: 1.138
Batch 1 (2004): 15.7% ABV
Batch 2 (2004): 18.1% ABV
Batch 3 (2005): 14.9% ABV
Batch 4 (2006): 14.6% ABV
Batch 5 (2007): 16.42% ABV
Batch 6 (2008): 16.31% ABV
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 AmEricanbrew (1747), Louisiana, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20
Dec 13, 2007  
14.9% Clear copper with a tan head. Strong smell of sweet ripe plums, dates and figs. Heavy body with sugary sweet flavors same as the smell. Finishes with a strong alcohol punch. Too much sugar and alcohol here. 03/07/2006


frankenstein (64), Livermore, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 11, 2007  
Wow! The aroma is of strong malt and very fruity, almost leathery. Nice appearance. Flavor is like a brandy, very complex. What an amazing beer.


 AgentSteve (1334), SF Bay Area, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Dec 11, 2007    Updated: Sep 2, 2008
Pours a beautiful amber- mahogany tone with almost no head. Nose is sweet with syrupy sugar and fruity. Flavor is like a punch in the face Sweet from malt and sugar, and the kick of a 50% shot. Very complex with different malts and a bit of an earthy touch. Really incredible beer that burns for a while. This one really lives up to its name.


 smartlung (154), Valrico, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Dec 11, 2007  
Batch 3 - 2005 - dark with amber head - man you feel that kick! A little pepper noted and pretty sweet! Nice beer!


 Petrucci914 (574), Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/103/56/20
Dec 10, 2007    Updated: Dec 23, 2007
Pours a dark amber color with a thin diminishing white head. Aroma is dark tart fruit, raisins, and bourbon. Taste is carbonated and syrupy sweet with a strong sense of alcohol. I find the taste all over the place and unbalanced, and too syrup-like. Too strong for my tastes. I think I just dislike much of this style. Couldn’t even finish it. Blech.


 pubbe (493), Højbjerg, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/513/20
Dec 10, 2007  
Bottle. Clear reddish brown colour with mostly diminishing light brown head. Aroma offers molasses, raisins, cane sugar and alcohol. Powerfull flavor of sweet malt and glycerin. Runs oily on the palate. Is this really beer, or is it simply a blend of Pedro Ximenes sherry and brandy...?! Good stuff though.


 papajohn (1054), San Diego (Mira Mesa), California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/516/20
Dec 3, 2007  
12 oz bottle from Holiday Wine Cellar: Cherry amber color with a small light tan head. Aroma is fruity with cherries and a wiff of brandy. Flavor starts rich and sweet with dark fruit, black cherry and raisin followed by some plum a spicy bitterness, alcohol and a rather sweet finish. Full bodied, rich and smooth with soft carbonation.


 ilovedarkbeer (1326), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/516/20
Nov 29, 2007  
Batch 3 2005. Somewhere around 2 or 3 years old. Pours a nice mahogoney brown color. Small peach colored soapy head that is gone quickly.Smells of bread and sourness. Tastes like pure belgian candy sugar. I get notes of honey, fruit, wheat, and molasses. A bit too sugary for my liking but a great after dinner beer.



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