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Avery The Beast Grand Cru Ale 3.68 782

Avery The Beast Grand Cru Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7823.69/5.03.68/5.0Winter16.31%87.2Trappist 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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 Braudog (3773), Dayton, Ohio, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/517/20
Apr 26, 2006  
On tap at the source, 4/15/06, with help from none other than Larry Avery: He told us it was 18% ABV. Holy crap! Strong sugary beer that’s wickedly easy to drink (dangerously so). Almost a wine-like mouthfeel. Outstanding strong ale.


 Theis (3771), Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
Jun 5, 2006  
Bottle at home - Batch 3 2005 14,9%. Red-orange, no head. A bit too much. A lot of flavour. Sweet - raisins, dates, caramel. Malty. Hoppy - both aroma and bitter. But too much obvious alcholol on top of the sweetness.


 sayravai (3767), Helsinki, Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 2, 2005    Updated: May 15, 2008
(Bottled in 2007, rated 2008) Clear red-amber with a small head. Somewhat stuffy aroma with lots of grainy-berryish malt. Very grainy-malty flavor with moderate bitterness and quite an alcohol burn. Pretty full-bodied, low-carbonated palate with clearly evident alcohol burn. Ok, but quite alcoholic. (Bottled@Stockholm Beer Festival 2005, was 7-4-7-4-14=3.6) Red-amber color with a very small head. Liquourish-alcoholic, fruity and slightly oaky aroma with berry hints. Very sweet, liquourish flavor with lots of malt, sugar, cherries and oaky hints. Medium to full-bodied, sugary-sweet and warming-alcoholic palate with no carbonation. Better than Samaels, but still needs maturing.


 Dedollewaitor (3759), 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!


 joss (3685), Garching b. München, Germany
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 25, 2006  
2005 Bottle. Rich nose: Very vineous, portlike, wooden, honey, herbal edges Mahagony colour, low head. Quite sweet, wooden, light citric hop residuals and oils. Wood, a hint smoke, Oily mouthfeel, dry in back of throat. Perfumed resin aftertaste. Wood. fascinating treat.


 saxo (3641), Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 2, 2007  
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is ruby amber. Aroma is rich with fruits and slcohol. Taste is extremely powerful with lots of fruits, molasses and alcohol.


 egajdzis (3636), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Feb 17, 2004    Updated: Sep 20, 2005
Batch 1... Poured a rich ruby color with a small tight bubbly off white head that left nice lacing. Medicinal aroma of passion fruit, yeast, and hops. Some alcohol was also noticed in the aroma. Wow, very full mouthfeel, encompassed tastes of chocolate and roasted malt, hops, candy sugar, caramel and of course alcohol.


 badgerben (3605), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Dec 31, 2004  
Dark red color with no head. Slightly cherry aroma. It is definitely unadulterated raw barley in the taste. Some little amounts of hops and yeast, but nothing else stands out other than malt and alcohol.



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