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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?  
matty1976 (5), Seattle, Washington, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Avery The Beast Grand Cru Ale does not count
0.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/51/101/51/20
Mar 4, 2007  
I agree with the poster from PA. This was one of the worst beers I have ever had. I love other Avery brews but this one is the worst I have had in a long long time. Kind of like drinking mouthwash and surgar...


 mcbackus (725), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 3, 2007  
bottle batch 3: aroma of dark fruits brown sugar and raisins very little alcohol smell. pours a brown sugar caramel colour with hardly any head. taste is of dark sugar and dark fruit not much acohol taste but some alcohol burn. finishes quite sweet. over all not to bad for being a beast


 Dedollewaitor (3625), Odense, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 25, 2007  
Bottle. Batch 4. Nut amber with good thick white head. This one has a thousand things to offer. The question is whether you can appreciate it or not. Strong spicy, alcohol + malty aroma. Taste gives the warmest feel I’ve ever tried from a beer. Sweet toffe, caramel, dark fruits (prunes & raisins) & sugar. A punchy amount of bitter hops is present as well. Overall an extreme alcohol & sweety feel. We were 2 guys sharing a little bottle and that was defenetly a wise choice! This 12 fl. oz. bottle costs around 12 US in Denmark!


 jimhilt (1664), Bow, New Hampshire, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/517/20
Feb 23, 2007  
Pours a four finger light brown head that fades slowly leaving a good lace. Cloudy amber color. Light carbonation and very heavy bodied. Sweet molasses nose. Sweet molasses flavor dominates, the high ABV is noticeable and warming. 12oz bottle a gift from Vintage Cellars Blacksburg, VA


 MPA (482), Nørrebro(formerly Aalborg), Denmark
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20
Feb 22, 2007  
Bottle, batch 4. I absolutely love this beer! Beautiful to look at, wonderful to smell and so nice going down in both flavour and palate. Full of raisins, figs and sweetness combined with just the right amount of alcohol. Has so many elements of a good port and reminds me of the best barley wines I’ve tried (which I’d say it is).


 sanmiguel (118), Illinois, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/520/20
Feb 21, 2007  
Sickly sweet beer! It had a syrupy honey aftertaste. Don’t get me wrong, this is one damn good beer! Thanks Mike K!


 decaturstevo (1971), decatur, Tennessee, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 19, 2007  
Let me start by saying I like this beer. A sweet aroma of hops. A flavor of alcohol and light malt. A full bodied full palated beer with a strong after tast eo alcohol that I really liked. I think my favorite of the style. I’m almost certain that this review was posted wrong on the Beast from the Wood list. I cut and pasted to here and deleted the Wood posting. Sorry about that stevo


 Prostman (1077), Pennsylvania, USA
0.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/51/101/51/20
Feb 15, 2007  
This was a horrible beer. I really did not like it and had to pour it down the drain.



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