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Avery The Beast Grand Cru Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7773.69/5.03.68/5.0Winter16.31%87Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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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 Oakes (8093), gone rambling, Vietnam
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jan 6, 2008  
Vanilla aroma accents. Big alcohol and lots of caramel, with some molasses. Big chewy body...but way too boozy. Fairly strong vanilla throughout. Dry, alcholic finish is about right - it’s a rough beer.


 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 8, 2006  
Dark amber color; small creamy head. Nice aroma, malt, very sweet, Barley Wine-like. Medium thickness, oily; malty taste, sweet in the beginning, balanced by a quite strong bitterness later. Too warming alcohol, light metallic aftertaste and not much complex. Good anyway. And powerful, of course.


 KimJohansen (7047), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Dec 15, 2007  
Dark amber with tiny off white head. Aroma has stroong alcohol notes, hops and toffee. Sweet flavor with the high alcohol level to present. There is raisins, plums and it finishes off bitter. A good candidate for the cellar...


 argo0 (6907), Washington DC, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Feb 8, 2004  
Cloudy copper body with minimal beige head. Aroma is medium sweet (candy sugar), spicy, date, alcohol. Taste is spicy, moderately sweet, Belgian yeast, alcohol burn. Full body. Not bad, but too much alcohol in this one to make it great.


 TBone (6788), Pori, Finland
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/510/20
Oct 3, 2005  
Bottled, alc. 14.9% = vintage 2005
Ruby, copper brown, small mocha head. Aroma of glue, brandy and whiskey. Bourbon whiskey, sweet sugary flavor. Very similar to Samael’s Oak Aged Ale. Too sugary and too much glue in the aroma.


 Maria (6265), Thisted, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/515/20
Jun 7, 2007  
Vintage 2006 and I enjoyed it June 2007. The color is incredibly beautiful, dark red amber and the head is golden and creamy. The aroma is vinous with notes of raisins, dark fruit and a light sourness (pleasant). The mouthfeel is oily. The flavour is vinous, sweet and very complex. I find notes of raisins, candy sugar, a spicy hoppy bite and citrus. It’s kind of like a mix between a flemish sour and port wine. It’s truly nice! 2313


 Emil (6074), Copenhagen, Denmark
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/53/104/510/20
Nov 20, 2005  
Bottle. Dark amber colour with a small tan head. Sweet sour, fruity aroma and a sour velvet fruoty, alcoholic taste. Medium to full body and a sweet sour finish. The alcohol is hidden very vell, just don´t like sour beers.


 faroeviking (6071), BjórtjóðveldiðBjórheimBjórsins, Faroe Islands
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 1, 2007  
Tasting at yespr’s place. Bottle. Batch 3 2005. Pours a clear deep amber-reddish colour. Sweet toasty alco maltness. The flavour has a nice toasty maltiness dark fruits and caramel all well balanced with the alcohol. Toasty sweet bitter finish. Great brew. Thanks Jesper.



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