 Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Jun 18, 2006 Rich ruby-tinged brown with a cap of coarse loudly fizzy bubbles. Big, full aroma that rises to greet my nose as soon as I crack the bottle. Earthy, primative bread aroma, smoke, hay. Rye, milk chocolate flavors, toasted marshmellows, some mollassas sour notes. Amazingly well-hidden alcohol. I would have never guessed almost 10% abv for this fairly light bodied and refreshing beer. My only complaint is that the phenolic character seems a bit loose and disorganized. Fermented a just a touch warm? Overall, a surprising and interesting beer from Avery. I love the hop-heavy stuff from these guys, but it’s fun to see them play with less hop-forward styles too.
JohnnyJ (1339), Carlsbad, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 6, 2006 Updated: Feb 16, 2007Pours a dark brown, with a medium sized fizzy head. Kind of a grainy chocolate aroma. Flavors of bananas, some chocolate, wheat bread, a little caramel, and an alcohol finish. Little hops to balance the brew. A decent beer.
fly (1332), austin, Tejas, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 20, 2006 Thirteen over twelve and delve deeper into goatdom whilst knowing eleven may dwell in the Maharaja to this day. Would I put this side by side with Aventinus? Well I didn’t so I’m not going to try now. Maybe later, but as for now my thoughts are in a pleasant place and I enjoyed this, so that’s good and so is Avery.
biz82 (1328), austin, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Jun 14, 2006 Rich caramel malt and banana aroma with a bit of alcohol and some spiciness, maybe a hint of nutmeg. Dark mahagany in color with a thin head. Huge body. Tart and vinous and very strongly flavored with roasted notes, banana, toffee, some cocoa. Definately not subtle. Could do with some aging.
apoptosis (1316), Long Island, New York, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 2/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 25, 2006 Very dark, reddish brown with a slight tan head. Strong wheaty, but band-aid-like aroma. Theres something unusual in the aroma, but the flavor/taste is decent. There’s cocoa and buttery malts. It is not very rich, yet the alcohol burn/astringency is very evident. Overall, it is interesitng, but I probably wouldn’t buy another bottle.
Darkover (1314), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 16/20 |
Sep 29, 2006 Dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, wheat, raisons, dark fruits and alcohol. Flavors of dark fruits, wheat, rye, and maple syrup.
zathrus13 (1305), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jun 18, 2006 Brown, with a tan head. Aromas are malt, brown sugar, sark fruit, and spice. Flavors are malt, fruit, brown sugar, banana alcohol, and spice.
TChrome (1299), Bedford, Texas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 17, 2006 This is a very attractive appearing beer pouring dark mahogeny with some really nice ruby ride colors apparant when held to the light. The head is nice and thick and flufy, totally retained and dark beige in color. The aroma picks up where the appearance leaves off with a really nice opening roasted malt note, some nuttiness, wheat aroma, as well as some dark fruit notes and just a dash of spice. The flavor is nice as well, but I am going to take one point off for alcoholic heat. The flavor compliment the aromas, with some dark fruit flavors, a bit of wheatiness, some candy sugar like sweetness as well. This beer had some great potential buy needed just a bit more subtlety to be great.
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