Avery The Reverend

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Boulder, Colorado USA

Courtesy of Naka. Pours amber/red/orange with thin white head. Nose of brown sugar, caramel, raisin, cherry and fig. Taste is carame and brown sugar with raisin and dates, full mouth feel with nice alcohol flavor and bite. No hops of any sort. I like it. Good beer.

Pours clear red-orange with a 1 finger foamy white head that leaves thin rings of lacing. Aroma has a nice lemon, yeast and dried fruit front leading to asparagus, licorice, caramel, and some pitted fruit. Flavor is a little weak for the style but complex and not offputting. Initially orange zest, then yeasty bread rolls covered inpeach preserves and honey. After that a wave of sweet cherries, peppery yeast, molasses, some citrus hops, and a rich chewy burnt sugar heavy carmel. Finish is pretty clean- pepery, then slightly bitter and acidic hops, and pineapple.

Orange/copper color vith a white head. Taste candi sugar, fruits and hops. the alcohol is well hidden.

An yeasty nose like a fresh loaf of bread, almost too much. Pours a deep amber with a loose cream colored head. Deep flavor of caramel and yeast and some subtle fruits. A little too rich and I think the alcohol comes on too strong. Next time I will chill it more I served it about 60F.

11/21/08 notes: bomber, tried fairly deep into a big beer tasting. Gorgeous bottle. Aroma is fruity, with orange, sugar, maybe some peach. Flavor right from the start primarily sweet, with some nice touches of fruit and spice. Finishes with a hint of bittering alcohol, which it manages to effectively minimize.

Aroma is strong, very malty, with a rich fruity overtone and hints of caramel and toffee. Color is a beautiful clear reddish copper, and head is fairly thick and fine-bubbled. Flavor is sublime - malty, fruity, nutty, strong hop hints, touches of caramel and sweetness, even a teeny bit of smoke. Texture is smooth, and aftertaste includes a hint of brandy and a soupcon of sweetness. Definitely a beer to be revered. ;)

Appearance: Pours a crystal clear, orangey-amber body with a well-formed, light beige head. Smell: Toasted nuts and bread followed by a distinct yeastiness and notes of sugar and alcohol coated fruits. Taste: Sweet, bready maltiness with a caramel and honey sweetness jacked up by plenty of candi sugar. A tad yeasty. Peach schnapps soaked fruit flavors of fig and dried cherries. The tiniest pinch of nutmeg. Spicy hops with a medium, resilient bitterness that joins the various other flavors bouncing around the palate. Very faint wood component. Finishes sweet, fruity, and quite warming. Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium carbonation. Slight stickiness to the mouthfeel. Drinkability: A fine, respectable attempt at the style, but comes up a bit short when stacked against the superior Belgian examples. Still though, it is an enjoyable sipper from the good folks over at Avery.

Orange pour, hefty white head. Uh oh, very floral aromas, some hops, characteristics of white ales. Overly lively in the mouth and a bit thin. Too much light red fruits, citrus, hop bitterness. To me this was just not a quad. No molasses, malt of any sort, raisin, doughiness. Similar to most Belgian double and tripels that I do not care for.