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Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale

Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale - Barley Wine

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 Percentile 
91
overall
Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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6293.58/5.03.57/5.0Special15.53%59.9Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Samael is the prince of demons, the angel of death, accuser and destroyer. Filled with enmity towards man, he planted the vine, the forbidden tree of paradise. Behold his venom and vengeance, both sweet and tempting, enticing you, his spellbound victim, within his wings.

Samael’s Ale is a super-caramelly, oak aged English-style strong ale. Perhaps the least hoppy (sacrilege here at Avery!!) beer we’ve brewed, to accentuate the malt. The oak is very apparent in this rich and high gravity ale, adding additional depth and complexity with a woody and cask-like nose and a pronounced vanilla flavor on the palate. This potent ale is the second installment, along with The Beast, of our “Demons of Ale Series”.

Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, turbinado sugar, hops, yeast, and American oak chips.
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 daknole (2802), Plantation, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Nov 27, 2008  
Tasting at Brewtopia. This beer is underrated here in my opinion. This was delicious. Cloudy orange pour. Aromas are full of wood, stone fruits, caramel, toffee and vanilla. The flavor is just amazing. Rich and smooth with sweet flavors of vanilla, oak, toffee, candy sugar...damn I went back and had 4ths and 5ths of this at the festival.


 hayduke (1618), Eureka, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 19, 2008  
I am not sure I have ever had anything quite like this before, Drinks more like hard liquor than beer. Very dark orange color with a small tan head. Very pungent nose of ripe fruit and oak. Smooth mouthfeel and the alcohol is well hidden for something the powerful. Flavor of caramel malts, citrus hops, and ripe fruit. Probably not for everyone but I enjoyed it.


 blutt59 (2042), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/512/20
Nov 18, 2008  
bottle, coper colored pour with fruity sweet aroma, flavors are syrupy, sugar with port wine oaky notes


 petermadsen (391), Vesterbronxxx, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Nov 1, 2008  
A deep orange barleywine with next to no head. Aorma is vineous with loads of caramel, alcohol and some slight vanlia-like aromas. The flavour is mellow and sweet with loads of caramel and malt. The oak is barely noticable apart from the vanila. The body is surprisingly light for a beer this size. I really couldn’t see why this beer had to be pumped this hard. It hasn’t made it more complex, extreme or anything - just high alcohol...


 demitriustown (689), Shelby Township, Michigan, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 29, 2008  
12 oz bottle: Bottled in May 2006: Batch 2. Via trade with lb4lb. Thanks! Aroma is pungent, extremely floral, dark fruit like plum dominate. Deep dark rich aroma, caramel, light hop poking through, butter malt, and an awesome all around scent. Appearance is an extremely cloudy amber looks almost like very cloudy apple cider with a medium sized head that diminishes into a soapy film. Taste is oak, vanilla, big on caramel malt, some citrus poking though, and almost a whiskey like taste to it. Overall, this stuff from 2006 is aged to perfection, IMHO. A really good Barley Wine that you should sit down for at least two years to get the full enjoyment. Cheers!


 Bragesnak (2223), Aarhus, Denmark
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/59/20
Oct 21, 2008  
From LIC, Aarhus, DK. Bottled, 211008. Ruby red with white head. Aroma of wood, malt and alcohol. Flavor is caramel, oak and alcohol


 danielcurtis81 (879), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/517/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Getting my notebook online. Bottle, batch 3. Pours a sparkling orange-red. Very oaky on the nose. Taste is very sweet, caramel and vanilla flavors. Very pungent alcohol on the finish. Solid beer.


 tomthompson89 (1456), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/59/20
Oct 13, 2008  
Had this one and couldn’t finish it, the oak was just overpowering to me, my buddy had the rest of mine and loved it though, kinda an orange color with decent white foam, nose is BIG oak, some malt and some alcohol, sweet flavor and TONS of oak and alcohol, some malt but just unbalanced i found



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