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Avery Mephistopheles Stout

Avery Mephistopheles Stout - Imperial Stout

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8553.98/5.03.97/5.0Winter15.92%87.7Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Mephistopheles is the crafty shape shifter, the second fallen angel. Amazingly complex, coal black, velvety and liqueurish, this demon has a bouquet of vine-ripened grapes, anise and chocolate covered cherries with flavors of rum-soaked caramelized dark fruits and a double espresso finish. Mephistopheles is the final installment of "The Demons of Ale" series.

Batch 1 (Jan 2006): 15.1% ABV.
Batch 2 (Nov 2006): 16.03% ABV.
Batch 3 (Nov 2007): 16% ABV.
Batch 4 (Nov 2008): 15.92% ABV.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 dwyerpg (2519), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Jun 7, 2007  
16.0% version. A roasty slightly nutty oatmeal aroma. Just all over the place. Very bittersweet and thick thick thick. A nice finish of both thick and thin and strong and grainy. An intense crazy beer.


 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/104/517/20
Jun 6, 2007  
Pours thick with a full brown head that lingers. Aroma is of prunes, molasses, and cocoa. mouthfeel is thick. It tastes sweet and fruity with a cocoa finish. The alcohol level is very apparent throughout. It warms you right up and keeps you satisfied!


 SudsMcDuff (1691), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/519/20
Jun 6, 2007  
I remember cracking this that merry night, pouring it, then sipping that first sip and knowing that i had run into something great! Pours with a big beautiful brown lasting head....lacing is all that!-coco head sticks....Alcohol is very well masked for such a large abv....quite sweet!....not much balanced when it comes to sweet/bitters but for a massive beer like this, it doesn’t detract....is very intense + delicous....mouthfeel is amazing...sometimes you have to spoil yourself-..spoil yourself-..spoil yourself.......


 DuffMan (2721), the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Jun 5, 2007  
This poured black with a surprisingly lively brown bubbly head that faded quickly. Very sweet aroma, hints of chocolate and stewed fruit and ethanol. Not as roasty as I would have guessed, and no coffee notes for me. Very sweet oily palate. Molasses, chocolate/toffee, vegemite (haven’t used that term in a while!) and fig-jam fruit with a warm alcohol finish that remains smooth and very well integrated for its calibre. Not what I was expecting, but enjoyable nonetheless.


 johnadam2002 (529), Hainesport, New Jersey, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/104/510/20
Jun 4, 2007  
Poured black with a small brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, and caramel. Very strong alcohol start and finish with hints of malt and coffee trying to come through but couldn’t. Another Avery brew overpowered by alcohol. I suggest any other stout.


 chicagobears (336), Elk Grove Village, Illinois, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 1, 2007  
Pours a dense black. A highly bitter chocolate covered in butterscotch. Very sweet, yet retains a dry bitterness. This is like a Fannie-May boxed chocolate soaked in booze. Meet my expectations and beyond.


 MadIndian (987), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
May 23, 2007    Updated: Jan 14, 2008
Bottle from Capones thanks Stegosaurus. Sampled with Dennis Bell. This beer deserves it’s average rating of 4+. It is fantastic. Beautiful pour , excellent aroma, the taste is sweet followed by roast and then this weird internal burn. I love it.


OdinUSMC (7), Poquoson, Virginia, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Avery Mephistopheles Stout does not count
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/104/515/20
May 22, 2007  
First off, the bottle is horrible looking, the "demon" looks like Batman during his "batsuit with niples" years. Massive aroma lets you know that by drinking this you will be destroying any chances of not hitting a mailbox on the way home because it’s an ABV mack daddy. Oceanaic depths of tastes which don’t really come out until the alcohol has burned away 60% of your tastebuds. But once it does you’ll taste the dark rum and caramel macchiato esspecially. TIP: Buy a 6er drink it in an hour then try and explain to your girlfriend how you go to strip clubs with your friends to so you don’t look whipped. Cause your not...



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