Avery The Reverend

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

22 oz, bottle. Pours a small head, with good laciing, nice reddish copper color....nose has a sweet apple smell, rather mild....tastes of sweetness, alcohol, with minimal hop bitterness at the end, fruit flavors were not as pronounced as expected....mouth feel adequate. I think it is somewhat unbalanced, with too much simple carbs in the brew.

Nice beer, this reminded me of a barley wine but with more carbonation and a belgian yeast twist. It looks like one. Hints of caramel and molasses come through in the taste.

Pours a golden yellow; with wihite lacy head. The nose is yeasty, fruity, and posibly light notes of bubble gum. It comes across the palate with a rather light taste of fruit and some yeast. With a very faint after taste.

Crushed with Jakebra. Not much on the nose, but a good fruity flavor that hangs around and changes as it warms. Can’t stand up to the Chimays awesomeness, but it’s aight

The alcohol taste from the candi sugar is unbelievably forward. Very disappointing. The yeast is flavorful, as is the malt when you can detect them over the cloying sweetness and raw (kool-aid wine taste) alcohol flavors. The harshness mellows as it warms, but that’s like saying the pain fades after you are punched in the face. The label says this brew is feared by Satan, maybe it will cancel out some of the Russian River Damnation I’ve drank. Complexity is lost behind the wave of raw alcohol. They need to be more careful in fermenting simple sugars. Fails in my book.

Pours a beautiful gold/amber with a small white head. Great beer overall, nice mix of malt and hop flavors, as the commercial description says, it’s surprisingly smooth considering it’s alcohol content.

This beer looks like the blood of christ, tainted with a lttle burnt sienna and brilliant golden-orange- shining, gleaming... and intimidating. The head is very small and quickly receds into a light film atop the beer. This is a very distinct color indeed, looking more like a big glass of Grand Marnier. The aroma is very straightforward and "alive"- full of yeast complexities, apparent candi sugar, burnt malt, and dried, rich fruits. Morello cherries, dates, plums and grape jam complement an earthy, pungent, dry grappa-like smell. This is followed by a very herbal character, with damiana, red licorice and cinammon. Very aptly named, this beer has a rather "sacred" feel. The taste is rather strong at first sip, with an immediate hint of alcohol, but this quickly fades into notes of sour curacao oranges, strong sour cherry, and a woody, earthy herbalness that washes the palate and leaves a slightly drying, bitter, and rather medicinal gentian root finish, with spicy ginger and even a wormwood bitterness. Overall, this is a very interesting, powerful beer that hints at being too medicinal, but makes up for it with it’s spicy, fruity finish. All hail the Reverend.

Tasted 3 versions 2008, 2005 and 2002. Wow what a beer. Spiceses and a full mounth and good aftertaste. I hope i can try some other beers from this very nice brewery.