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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
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 finol (475), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Bottle. Dark redish to brown colour. Smells like a barley wine. Butter and a bit sour tasting. Full bodied and heavy without any special taste beeing lifted.


 mgermani (862), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/59/104/519/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Pours a lovely rich ruby with a thin layer of foam and minimal lacing. Aroma is SUBLIME! Oh my good glory: at first overwhelmingly sweet, but on closer inspection pickled ginger comes through strong and clear... The taste delivers on every promise of the aroma: strong and sweet with so many layers of spice one doesn’t even know where to begin... speculoo (brown sugar, cinnamon) raisin, lots of raisin in the finish, which lingers a loooong, loooong time. A surprisingly crisp body for such a dense-flavoured beer, decent carb. My god I love this beer and I fear it shall end me.


 robertjm (399), El Cerrito, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/59/104/517/20
Feb 21, 2009  
(Batch 6 - 2008). Fairly good carbonation for such a heavy alcoholic laden beer.Pours very tall head with lots of big bubbles. Blood orange red color in body. Aroma of yeast, albeit it very light. Wonderful flavor packed with LOTS of sugars. If you eat dates you can pick out the date flavor especially. Warming in the throat after swallowing the first few sips and the warmth continues to linger on the palate for quite some time. . Body is not overly heavy. I can easily see someone getting carried away drinking this stuff. If you like Belgians you need to try this. Addendum to this post. As little as 15 minutes after drinking this I’m actually feeling a little numbness. This was after ONE bottle and I’m a pretty heavy person. Avery is the only brewery that has done that to me. Not even the legendary EKU 28!! Drink, but drink with intnet of not driving for some time. :-)


 fidel (885), Livermore, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 19, 2009  
Batch 6 Pours clear dark amber, thick, alcohol, dark fruits, molasses, little caramel, little roasty, little hop.


 hirigalzkar (550), Stockholm, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Feb 15, 2009  
Bottle. Nice redbrown color. Sweetness, butter, raisin, small smokeiness, hop bitterness. This beer has too much of everything. The end result is a beer with no real depth.


 Rustyham (545), miami, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/516/20
Feb 14, 2009  
Strong syrupy goodness, fig, dates, plums. This mother f*cker is thick This guy is vicious, like the belgian version of WWS. I will buy this again, no question.


 MaltDawg (778), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Feb 13, 2009  
2004 bottle at 3rd Annual Richmond Industry Gathering. Aroma has light fruit peach and pear notes caramel and dark sugar. Mostly clear golden with fine white head. Very sweet. Finish is sticky sweet, fruity, with pronounced alcohol warming.


 dwaggs2 (531), Lee’s Summit, Missouri, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/515/20
Feb 11, 2009  
Batch #6 Bottle. Very good. Pours a dark amber color. Aroma is alcohol, raisin, and caramel. Taste is sweet, and tart. Can feel the alcohol burn. Very good beer though



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