3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a thick dark brown with a thick creamy beige head. The aroma is sweet, fruity (citrus), caramel, molasses, dark sugars. The flavor has a charred character, alcohol, sweet, caramel, dark cocoa, earthy, butterscotch finish, the flavors are hard to describe. The palate is nice, full and smooth.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Shared at Butters Big Blowout, which Barrios picked for his 400th rating. Very dark brown pour with red highlights and solid dark tan head with good lacing. Nose is rummy, bourbon, i’d almost think this is oak aged, hints of ginger. Complex melding of molassis, milk chocolate, oak, vanilla. Medium full body with a creamy texture. Terrific job of hiding the alcohol.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
This was really excellent. Many of the big avery beers i’ve had recently were just not ready yet, to much excess alcohol and harsh flavors. This struck great note, rich flavors of dark fruit, caramel, molasses, and chocolate, with a strong hop finish. Complex and delicious with every sip.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(bottle - 22 oz) Murky brown pour with a thick tan head. About an inch of foam. Aroma is light with hints of dark malts, alcohol, and molasses. Flavor is bitter and malty at the beginning with a creamy and sweet middle and a very warming and bitter finish. Aftertaste is a mixture of malts, dark fruits, and molasses.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours very dark brown with a very dense tan head. The aroma is weird and unique - tropical fruits, hops, locker room, spice, coconut and dark malt. Medium / full body with quite a bit of sharp carbonation. The flavor starts with a fruity sweetness and tropical hops (simcoe?), light roasted malt and some Belgium earthiness. The finish has spice hops, pineapple, coconut, light citrus and lots of malt. A unique and interesting beer. I hope to find this again and possibly rerate with a new perspectives.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22oz bottle - Odd, I had this one months ago and don’t have my review entered. Anyway, it poured dark brown and mostly clear. It had a caramel malt aroma with some citrus hop notes. The flavor was sweet malt with chocolate and those nicely balanced citrus accented hops. I’ve noted that this big beer was very enjoyable without completely blowing me away. Another job well done from Avery...
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled at DØE Beerfestival 2009, Valby. Pours adark brown beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is hoppy, and the flavor is hops (citrus), and sweetness. The palate leaves sweetness. Overall a good but strong beer.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle, Statelineliquors.com. Poured a filtered brown color with some mahoganey hues, tan head. Floral, spicey aroma. Flavor was caramel, chocolate, spices, zingy coriander and light ginger, fruits, rose petals and lavendar. The flavors all worked together quite well in this one, a delight coming from a brewer I don’t trust worth a darn. Took this as a belgian style dark ale. Thanks, Robert!
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