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Avery The Reverend

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9723.53/5.03.52/5.010%42.2Trappist glass
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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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 JCB (1765), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Aug 27, 2008  
22oz from Whole Foods, Raleigh. Amber pour, nice frothy head, and an overall resemblance to Maharaja, at least visually. Sweet sticky malts dominate the aroma, with just a bit of spice in the nose. The taste is slightly boozy, which combines with the malts to make this a bit aggressive. Spicy hops make for a long, lingering finish. Funny, but it seems more like an American strong ale than a quad.


 Murphy (1759), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Jan 31, 2005  
Holy candi sugar. Big in the aroma, and the taste? Yea a lot of candi sugar and alcohol. Not to say it wasn’t nice, because it was. Alcohol does not offend. It works for me.


 sneagrams3 (1756), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 2, 2005  
22z bottle. Sugary sweetness in the nose. Along with a slight cherry hint and a yeasty, bready, roasted malt nose. Ruby-brownish hue with quickly dissipating head. Thick sugary flavor instantly in the mouth. Then a bitterness that turns into a burnt suger finish.Thick in the mouth with lots of caramel and syrup. Little hop note. Good effervescense and mouthfeel. Nice fruit notes and the residual sugar flavor and aroma complement eachother. Great brew from a great brewery.


 tarjei (1748), Bryne, Norway
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 5, 2008  
0,66 l bottle, at Hopheads tasting at Roger´s place. Amber/brown color, off-white head. Aroma is sweet malt and fruit. Flavor is malty, fruit, spices, alcohol, hopsand hints of belgium yeast.


 DavidP (1743), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jan 25, 2005  
Hazy dark amber body, short-lived white ehad. Bread dough, pumpkin pie spice in the sweet aroma. Sweet clovey flavor - sugared donuts, pepper spice with a healthy alcohol burn in the finish. The beer has some nice maltiness but they’re not that complicated, and the alcohol is distracting.


 21iceman40 (1731), vienna, West Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Jan 21, 2002    Updated: Feb 19, 2003
Created by god,feared by satan,loved by all, father luther tucker, ya it is. NOUGH SAID..FUCK ME,,how could i leave out the most important aspect of the ingenious brew.. This brew that i have, has the bottle cap sealed with wax. Hell's yess. This is the only brew to have that now. They, doin john adams proud............


 ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/105/518/20
May 27, 2007  
Bottle. The problem with the Avery "The" series (Czar, Reverend, Majaraja, Kaiser), is it’s hard to remember which ones you’ve had. Now that I’ve finally had the Reverend, I’ve had them all, so I don’t need to worry about it. Clearly underrated, there appears to be a bias against Avery for some reason. This is clearly one of the top 10-15 brewers in the country. Relatively faint aroma with some Belgian qualities. Slightly hazy copper body. Large yellowish, off-white head. Beautiful copper with lots of visible carbonation. Excellent lace. Very sweet and strong. Similar to New Glarus Unplugged Belgian Quad. This has a little more hop in the finish and is better than the NG. Excellent.


 Enjoyit (1712), Vadum, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 21, 2007  
Reddish brown of color with a beige head. An aroma of caramel, spice and toffee. A flavor of malt, sweets, spice and a dry finish.



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