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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smartlung (154), Valrico, Florida, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Oct 16, 2007

light amber head, malty, pretty sweet, almonds and spicy. Pretty tasty - pretty good as usual from Avery

mmmbeer (743), Austin, Texas, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Oct 14, 2007

After much deliberation, and doing a beer v. money distribution graph in my head, I decided to give this a try, despite my well-known despisement for variations for this type of beer. Poured dark amber, semi-transparent, carbonation very noticeable, formed a nice lacing head. Aroma of alcohol, fruit notes, and some hops; not bad. Hits the mouth with medium malt body and heavy alcohol note, almost slightly unbearable, but noticed some fruit note on the finish. The reverend tried to convert me, but if the priced dropped, I would be a believer all the time. A good beer regardless.

DrAvery (10), Aloha, Oregon, USA

0.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
0.5	1/10	1/5	1/10	1/5	1/20

Oct 12, 2007

This is the worst tasting substance (much less beer) that I have ever tasted. I passed this around a roomful of beer lovers, and not one could bear the flavor. Nice label, awful beer

uoffgator (35), Miami, Florida, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	5/10	2/5	7/10	2/5	14/20

Oct 11, 2007

The Commercial Description is to the tooth accurate. Little light for a Quad, color wasn’t all there (ive seen Ambers darker than this) but the head was acceptable for a Quad. Aroma was disappointing and defenatley lacks that "Belgian" spirit.

drfabulous (1222), Columbia, Missouri, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Oct 6, 2007

A light ale. Subtle Belgian taste. Like other Avery brews, a nice beer. It’s not Belgian, so I shouldn’t compare. It does, however, capture some of that taste.

KAF (441), Coralville, Iowa, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Oct 6, 2007 Updated: Feb 5, 2008

Amber in color. Toffee, caramel and light fruit aroma. Sweet and smooth. Sugar filled with not much hint of alcohol. Just had this on tap again and it was not as good as I remember.

fro2218 (466), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Sep 26, 2007

Nice malty base. The alcohol is quite evident. Dark orange with a tan head. Not really and hop character.

ElGaucho56 (390), USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Sep 23, 2007

sort of like a belgian barleywine. Massive malt aroma of toffee, bubblegum, alcohol, smooth and very rich on the palate, strong presence of candi sugar, tiny hop bitterness to complement the massive candi rush. Not a bad example of the style, not particularly strong however.

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