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Avery The Beast Grand Cru Ale 3.68 783

Avery The Beast Grand Cru Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7833.69/5.03.68/5.0Winter16.31%87.1Trappist 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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 BeerBiker (1392), Kathmandu, Nepal
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/102/511/20
Nov 23, 2006  
BATCH 4, VITAGE 2006. [Bottle from Beermouth tasted with the hop-bros at Jess’ cosy inn.] Very sweet, too sweet and bad for us. We shold have brought it to the cellar for some years instead of tasting it now. Will def. be better!


 tytoanderso (1387), St. Louis Park, Minnesota, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Oct 23, 2007  
Bottle. 2007 batch 5. Mostly sweet aroma with lots of spice and alcohol. Dark fruit as well as some tropical (pineapple?) fruit notes. Pours deep copper with a creamy off-white head. Big boozy flavor. Quite sweet up front with the pineapple notes appearing again. Malty and hoppy in the middle with a aharp alcoholic bite on the finish. Full bodied. Rich and mouth coating. This one’s all over the map.


 DragonStout (1386), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/516/20
Dec 11, 2004  
This is definately named correctly.The dark amber beer poured with a small head that dissapeared quickly.Lots of flavors running thru this.Dark fruits like plums and raisins and tastes of bourbon.Alcohol had a great present in every drink.I enjoyed this beer.It was fun pulling all the flavors out.I would only drink one, after that forget about it.The Finish couldv’e been cleaner.Has some bitterness that was covered up with the alcohol warmth.


 brewblackhole (1386), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 25, 2008  
There should be a warning label on this brew that the little prissy pinkie extenders need not bother to even deal with this. This is one meaty brew,big full dark raisin,dates and alcohol aroma,monsterously sweet like sipping a port of Mogan David Wine. Ultimately complex, no flaws.


 Stine (1381), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/510/20
Feb 14, 2008  
Poured from a 12 oz. bottle. Rich mahogany appearance with a frothy tower of beige. Aroma is thick and heavily sweet with suggestions of steak sauce, vinegar and metal framing the body of seared brown sugar and alcohol; very dry. Similar taste is very plain and powerfully sweet, with melted caramel, toffee, and cheap whiskey, with hints of bubblegum and rum; only lightly vinous. Palate is slick and alcoholic, although the booze is not as bombastic as might be expected; heavy in body, presumptuous and demanding. Obvious, overdone, and not challenging in any respect except concerning the act of swallowing; not worth the effort.


 AgentSteve (1379), 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.


 Magjayran (1379), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Nov 6, 2005  
2005 version. Dark reddish brown color with a medium sized caramel head. Strong wine aroma with hints of plums and cherries with obvious alcohol content. Syrupy sweet plum and cherry flavor with some molasses and a strong alcohol presence. This might be too young to fully enjoy. Smooth mouthfeel. More fruit comes out as it warms. Decent stuff but a little too heavy for my taste.


 JCapriotti (1378), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/514/20
Jul 3, 2004  
Small fizzy off-white head, clear cherry kool-ade red body. Alcohol dominates the nose, along with some hoppy sweetness with hints of watermelon. Has a lot of alcohol in the taste as well, with some sweetness to help mask it a bit. Seems like a sweet cherry start that has some woody hops, and alcohol throughout. Due to ABV, may be better if it were cooler (had it at 65-70 degrees).



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