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Avery The Reverend

Avery The Reverend - Abt/Quadrupel

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 Percentile 
89
overall
Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9663.52/5.03.52/5.010%43.2Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
The Reverend, was created in tribute to the life of Sales Mgr. Tom Boogaard's grandfather, an ordained Episcopal Reverend. Tom was inspired by the life of his grandfather and wanted to create a tribute beer that contained his sterling traits. True to both our "small brewery, BIG BEERS" philosophy and to the spirit and character of the departed Reverend, this beer is strong willed, assertive, and pure of heart, a heart of candy sugar. It contains as many authentic imported Belgian specialty malts as the brewers could cram into our mash tun, and lots of Belgian dark candy sugar stirred into the brew kettle. A divinely complex and beautifully layered beer with hints of dark cherries, currants, and molasses, complimented by an underlying spiciness. Sinfully smooth considering the high alcohol content. Cellarable for 4 years.
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 soccer290 (135), Highland Park, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Mar 14, 2009  
22 oz bottle. Interested in this after having quad’s before. Pours a dark copper color with a half finger high white head that disappates quickly. Smells of molasses, lots of caramel malt, possibly some dried fruit flavored molasses and a hint of alcohol with perhaps a slight vanilla aftertaste. Very complex aroma. Tastes of sugary malt, some dried fruit (possibly raisins), with the small vanilla aftertaste. Goes down pretty smoothly, with a nice full-bodied feel and a hint of alcohol. Overall a very complex beer that is quite good.


 Pyrozoid (352), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Mar 12, 2009  
Bouteille de 600 ml. Dégusté avec french tickler et Agaguk. Bière de couleur caramel brumeux avec un moyen collet moyennement collant. Odeur de sucre, alcool, raisins, sel et un petit coté floral. Gout de sucre assez incroyable, miel, caramel, alcool et un peu les épices.


 french tickler (642), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/511/20
Mar 12, 2009    Updated: Mar 13, 2009
Dégusté avec Agaguk et Pyrozoid. Apparence orange nuageux avec une belle mousse blanc mat. Aromes de gateau au fruits, raisins secs, tarte au sucre, y’as qqchose qui m’aggace honnetement mais je ne peut mettre la main dessus. BEAUCOUP trop sucré... le genre de biere qui te tombe sur le coeur apres un boute... En dessous de cette montagne de sucre elle cache tout de meme un coté asser complexe. J’ai vraiment l’impression que cette biere aurais du etre un 12-13% mais que leur choix de levure laisse a désiré. Palait crémeux et vélouté. Caline... quoi dire au gout... J’ai vraiment l’impression qu’elle manque sois de maturation ou que leur choix d’ingrédients non pas favorisé leur levures... Je détecte tout de meme un peu de prunes, caramel et sucre brun.


 Agaguk (118), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 12, 2009  
600ml Bottle sahred with pyrozoid and French Tickler. Light brown orange appearance with a medium off white head. Aroma: grape fruit, vanilla cake, caramel and toffee. Flavor: light grape fruit taste, alcohol, sweet taste and white pepper. Palate: medium to full body, average carbonation, thick, oily silky with an alcohol chalky finish.


fastcarjoe (8), Morton Grove, Illinois, USA
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3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/515/20
Mar 6, 2009    Updated: Mar 9, 2009
A very nice quad but is not quite on the level of the St. Bernardus’ and Rochefort’s of the world. Aroma reminds me of raisins and caramel, heavy on the raisin. Appearance is cloudy, orange, with a very minimal head. Flavor is sweet, raisiny, malty, definitely has a huge alcohol "kick" and has a bitter aftertaste that doesn’t hit you till later. It’s a full bodied beer that is light on carbonation. Overall it is a good effort but didn’t knock my socks off like some of the top Trappist breweries. Hope you like raisins, a lot.


 TEJA (281), Stockholm, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/105/514/20
Mar 6, 2009  
Draught at Oliver Twist. Fluffy off white foam tha goes away fast. The aroma remindes me of caramellized orange peel. The caramell is also dominating the taste, but there is also almond paste. The body is big but the bitterness is low almost not present.


 Cavie (1317), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 4, 2009  
VERY sweet. Taste makes your taste buds tingle from the first drink. Not bad but is a little strong.


 ben4321 (952), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/103/516/20
Mar 3, 2009  
Location:Bottle, purchased at Gilly’s

Aroma: Fruity, spiciness, raisin
Appearance: Orange, cloudy, full head
Flavor: Really nice complexity comes through as you drink it.
Palate: Full body, little creamy
Overall Impression: Enjoyable beer with some interesting complexity. Quads are definately one of my favorite styles of beer. This one has some fruity flavors, strong hint of raisins, hides the alcohol really well, you can hardly taste the 10%. Overall pretty enjoyable.



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