Avery Mephistopheles Stout

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Boulder, Colorado USA

12 oz. bottle- poured black as midnight, formation of thick one finger dark tan head, very nice. Thick aroma of malt, coffee, and mild chocolate. Hits the mouth with a massive body that doesn’t stop, mild alcohol, and seasoned malt. HOME RUN.

Batch 2 16,03% Sort og tyk øl, som laver gardiner på glasset. Duften er kraftig lakrids og alcohol. Let viniøs. Smagen er tyk og fyldig og meget lakrids. Kaffe smag og godt humlet. Alcohol tydelig, og meget sød, tung og varm eftersmag. Som en Gl. dansk/Jægermeister. P.g.a. styrken minder den mere om små grå end øl, og kan kun drikkes i små portioner 10 cl ad gangen. En anelse for flad. Super øl til lagring, og kan bruges som desertvin til vanilieis.

Pours a jet black with a thick, dense tan head with loads of lacing. Fantastic aroma - mincemeat, oatmeal cookie, soy, and butter/pastry. Tastes of thick, milky dark malt with notes of soy, black bean, cookie, dates, mincemeat pie, and figs. Strong alcohol notes, as well. Creamy body with a delightful warm finish, perhaps a tad under-carbonated. This is one hell of a beer - many thanks to Hog Town Harry for this one!

From bottle .. Batch 2 : Pours a black as night color wth a finger and a half creamy brown head with good lacing. Nose of roasted nut chocolate, coffee, and some alcohol. A very thick mouthful with a alcohol burn down the throat. Flavor is chocolate, coffee, roasted nuts, and alcohol down the back strech..kinda rum like. Not bad, but a little to much alcohol on the end for my enjoyment.

Batch 2 Nov 2006. Extremely complex beer. Gratifying. Thick/oily tongue (and glass) coating goodness. I smell cherry and maybe plumes. Hint of coffee. The burn is there, but with this beer, it seems like part of the charm.

Deep dark black, Whispy brown head. Nutty-chocolate aroma, hints of cherries. Bitter chocolate/prune flavour and a bitter sweet finish. This has a lovely thick mouthfeel, I had an instant face flush much like when I drink a strong port or wine. Also has hints of Arabic coffee. A very enjoyable drink.

Bottle, Batch 2. Pours an oily/syrupy black color with tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, fruit, and caramel. Taste is also an explosive blend of dark fruit, caramel, chocolate, and coffee. This is definitely a beer to savor with 16% abv. Finish is long and goes from sweet to bitter. Very complex beer.

Bottle batch 2 Nov 2006. Pours out black and ominous with a thin off white head. Just an explosion of alcohol, caramel, chocolate, and vanilla. Taste is a massive mouthful! Big chocolate malt, velvet smoothness that comes off like an after dinner drink on steroids. I definitely get the hints of cherry and rum in the flavor, also. Take this one slowly, its STRONG! Aftertaste is thick and lingering. An over the top beer from a brewery that specializes in this type of brewing. Boring beer drinkers will be freaked out by this, but this is a special beer that blows your taste buds to pieces and makes you want to keep searching for new and interesting beers.