Avery Moloch

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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UPDATED: MAR 27, 2010
Date: February 27, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Brewvival
Appearance: muddy burnt orange, wispy beige head, bits of lace
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, touch of fruity tartness
Flavor: sweet fruity flavor, well balanced tartness, nice touch of funk, light bitterness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

(Draught) Pours a murky amber body with a medium creamy beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, bourbon, coconut, caramel, maple syrup, and toffee. Flavor of bourbon, caramel, brown sugar, roasted malt, vanilla, and toffee. Excellent!

RBWG@RLRL-bottle-pours an off white head and hazy amber color. Aroma is bourbon, sweet medium malt-caramel. Taste is bourbon, wood, sweet medium malt-caramel, earthy hops bite. Sipping.

wow. two beers blended and bourbon-infused, and I am not a fan of either, how bad could it be, really? mostly clear medium gold/orange body with little to no head and very low carbonation. the nose is intoxicatingly hot with ethanol. it’s not helped at all by the highly oxidized caramel malt and belgian candy sugar notes (wet cardboard and solvent) - I mean we’re talking about samael’s oak aged ale (which I’ve never encountered *without* oxidation) put into a bourbon barrel which just furthers oxidation even more. the ethanol in both the aroma and flavor seems to come primarily from the samael’s and not from the buffalo trace barrels - the bourbon flavor itself seems to be washed out by the high sugar content of both component beers, although I’m certain the bourbon sweetness amplifies this already-cloying blend. it honestly reminds me of some rather awful oak chip and barrel-aged IPAs, which tend to smell and taste of perfume, basement mold and wet cardboard. you’ve got some form of sweet candy sugar/simple syrup from the reverend along with the exceedingly unpleasant oxidized caramel quality from samael’s, both of these undesirable (to me) qualities clashing with a third: the oak/vanilla/mold character of the barrel. texture is overly thick and resinous; sticky, chewy, cloying with intense sweetness - *that*, I’m going to guess, is where the buffalo trace makes it’s mark: adding to the already high sweetness of reverend and samael’s - I mean basically we’re talking about two of the sweetest, messiest beers made by avery (my humble opinion, of course) and they’re allowed into a sweet bourbon barrel for extra measure? kill me now.

Draught at Avery. Pours hazy tawny with an average, creamy off-white head, mostly lasting with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, caramel, toffee), heavy hop (flowers, perfume), heavy yeast (dough, earth) with notes of port, wood, maple syrup and vanilla. Full bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, and an astringent finish. Long duration, heavy sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness.

On tap at Avery poured a clear amber with a lasting ivory head. Aromas of whiskey, oak, vanilla and light fruittiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of whiskey, oak, vanilla, light fruittiness and light spice with a smooth lingering whiskey finish.

Brown pour. Aroma is a bourbon bomb! Loads of wood and vanilla and malt. Flavor is sweet and boozy. Vanilla, toffee and bourbon. Strong and delicious.

Draft sample at the brewery - viscous, hazy orange pour - zero head - intensely sweet honey and candi sugar up front, along with strong vanilla, oak, boozy character - this is followed by strong spicy qualities, as well as some apple, pear - the whiskey comes through a lot in the finish - seriously sticky, boozy, and sweet - tastes like a little too much samael’s went into this - still not a terrible big beer experiment from this brewery.

copper pour with white head and lace. Super sweet malt aroma. Sweet malt with a nice bitter and dried fruit flavor and some abv. Full bodied and smooth.

Avery Brewing - Beer Bloggers Conference 2010 – Boulder, CO
Dark amber in color, clear with a thin head. Lots of barrel aging flavors, Bourbon, oak and big malt flavors. This was a tasty beer. This had a sneaking presence for the alcohol.