Avery The Reverend

Sampled at an American Beer Tasting Event but unfortunately I forgot my notes. Clearly Belgian inspired but too sweet for a true top rating.

Mahogoney hues. Floral nose. Sugary sweet. Nice belgian style beer. Plenty of character. Takes more than one sip to get your head around this. A little more carbonization would be nice.

Pours a hazy medium orange with very little head. Aroma is heavy on the malt side, cookies and lightly floral, bubblegum and cherry esters. Flavor is moderatly sweet and lightly biter, sweet but more balanced in the finish. Medium bodied creamy and softly carbonated.

Not a lot of aroma. Very very smooth, almost to the point of being more creamy than spicy. Pretty malty throughout, but quite nice. Beer 13.

Bottle. Pours red/brown. Aroma of toffee. Complex flavor with a lot malt of sweetness, almost dessert wine, balanced with high bitterness. Surprisingly thin body.

Beer pours translucent amber topped by an off-white, frothy head that hangs around and laces the glass quite nicely. The nose is dominated a pineapple – not really what I expected from this beer. The palate is thicker than the pour indicated. Carbonation is pretty lively. The flavor was somewhat disappointing in the beginning – mildly yeasty with a bit of spiciness. Hard to discern much else initially, but it got better as it warmed.

Beautiful dark red with medium tan head. Aroma is sweet with sherry-like notes. Taste is bittersweet, with a hint cherries. Slightly medicinal twang to the aftertaste, but not bad at all.

22 oz. bottle on 10/20/06. Pours a dark amber with a large durable yellowish white head and excellent lace. A fruity, sweet aroma brings to mind cherries, prunes raisins, and honey. Smooth and lightly carbonated, medium/full body and a light stickiness on the palate. Sugary sweet flavor without much to dry it out, although there is some spicy hop notes to be found. Finishes sweet, but not cloying. This is pretty good, with a little more balance it would be great.