Avery The Reverend

	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
969	3.53/5.0	3.52/5.0	10%	42	Trappist glass

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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potbeercollege (311), Boulder, Colorado, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	8/10	4/5	5/10	3/5	12/20

Sep 23, 2009

Bomber. Pours the color of cheap Lipton Ice tea, but not in a bad way. White orange medium head. Aroma is sweet hop and fruit with very powerful spice and heavy layers of malt aroma. Flavor is too sweet! Malts are interesting but unbalanced sweetness leads to a sticky palate with a somewhat long, bitter-sweet finish that leaves only the bitterness on the tongue. Yeast, alcohol, and spice are also notable parts of the flavor.

WesKBob (321), Bethany, Oklahoma, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 22, 2009

Pours a clear reddish gold with very little head. Aroma is raisins, figs, caramel and a hint of Belgian yeast. Flavor is oats with candied fruits and candy sugar. Moderate mouthfeel, and good masking of the ABV. A little sweet for the style, but that seems to be the norm for this brewery. A nice beer.

daknole (2882), Plantation, Florida, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Sep 19, 2009

Bottle. Oranish pour. Light head. Very fruity aroma with some syrup and yeast. Lots of honey and bread. Flavor is wheaty, yeasty, fruity, alcohol and lightly spicy. Good.

Fratto (691), Arlington, Texas, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	6/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Sep 15, 2009

Just a little too sweet for me, but was still pretty good. My first "quadrupel"

boFNjackson (1262), Portland, Oregon, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Sep 14, 2009

Bottle... Poured an orange with a thick white head. Aroma of a mild booziness, yeast, brown sugar, malt and spices. Mild carbonation and an overall smooth palate. A creamy, caramel, vanilla and a mild chocolate character with flavors of candy sweets, rum-like nut character, dark malts and dark fruits. Not as deep and dark as other quads, but very drinkable and a nice quality to it.

BenDover (125), Texas, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	9/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

Sep 12, 2009

Pours a cloudy pinkish orange -- persimmon, for those of you familiar with the fruit. Disappointingly small amount of foam. Aroma is wonderful -- yeasty and bready, maybe a bit of nutmeg. Taste is rather biting with a strong burn of alcohol, pretty sweet too. Not bad, but there are far better quads out there.

BVery (461), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Sep 12, 2009

BOTTLE: red/gold pour, white fluffy head. Aroma of yeast, booze, and maybe nut? Taste is similar, good but not exceptional.

derkaiser (24), Ohio, USA

2.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.5	8/10	5/5	4/10	2/5	6/20

Sep 3, 2009

I understand that this beer has pure cane sugar in it, but it honestly tastes like someone took an above average, higher end priced, beer and poured in a few sugar packers. Its too sweet in a hard to drink way. - One possible upside, the alcohol taste is concealed pretty well.

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