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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Meatmallet (120), Salem, Illinois, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	8/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	12/20

Apr 22, 2009

Pours a dirty amber color with a very thin off white head.Smells very fruity with the most dominant being apricot. Lots of yeast and spices also detectable. Taste was very sweet at first then tart and acidic. Apricot and oranges with other candied fruit. Slight alcohol warming. This was thick and creamy in the mouth with a very full body and a dry finish.

maeib (4702), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Apr 22, 2009

Bottled. A reddy brown coloured beer with a minimal off white head. A typically Belgian yeasty candy sugar aroma which appears to provide alcoholic warmth to the nostrils. Boozy and fruity in the mouth. A little alcohol sting. Lots of sugary fruitiness. A decent effort, just wish it were more mellow.

doubleo (1104), San Diego, California, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Apr 12, 2009

Bottle from my cousin-in-law for X-Mas. Hollar! Pours cloudy amber with a thin white head. Smells very caramelly and sugary sweet. Tastes spicy and slightly hoppy with biting alcohol and lingering big caramel, sugary sweetness. Medium body, good carbonation.

lumpsowers (235), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Apr 12, 2009

Copper pour, low head, no lace. Sweet bready aroma. Lightly carbed, heavy caramel malts, very sweet. Some coffee or chocolate notes, with a slightly dry finish. Very thick mouthfeel. Though I like sweet beers, this is a little much. Slightly disappointing.

Cory (16), , California, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Apr 12, 2009

Delicious! Great fruity aroma but the taste is suprisingly less so. Great beer to have with a meal because it is not overpowering.

bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA

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

Apr 11, 2009

Pours light amber with white head that dissipates. Aroma is malty and medicinal. Taste is same as aroma, pepper/spice, anise, burnt sugar, dark fruit, alcohol is warming. It’s a good quad but there are much better.

oteyj (724), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Apr 9, 2009

Brownish ruby amber with modest white head. Aroma is loaded with dark fruit- raisin, plum, fig, caramel, molasses and lots of spicy yeast. Flavor mimics the aroma in many senses: tons of residual sugar sweetness with a backbone of malt and slightest hop balance. Quite underrated. Palate is silky smooth and slightly alcoholic. Excellent.

craftycarl21 (521), South Hero, Vermont, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Apr 9, 2009

pours a red/orange with a 1 finger frothy head. Aroma is heavy with dark fruit- prunes, fig, raisin, plum. Flavor is very sweet; the dark fruits lighten up a bit and become sweeter, and the alcohol manifests itself in what struck me as a cognac flavor. Palate is pretty average for the style. I like it because it’s a quad, but not impressive compared to some others.

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