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Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale

Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale - Barley Wine

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91
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Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
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on tap
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Broad Distribution
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6293.58/5.03.57/5.0Special15.53%59.9Snifter
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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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 TEJA (281), Stockholm, Sweden
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/105/514/20
Jul 28, 2009  
Draught at Akkurat at their reopening. Fluffy white head. Dark brick color drawing towards a dark rose wine. Full body with much sweetness, spices and lots of alcohole. The aroma is like a oak aged sherry with lots of everything you want in a old ale. Big but balanced bitterness. Perhaps not the optimal summer ale but very good.


 topherh (878), Kearney, Missouri, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 27, 2009  
Pours a hazy, murky amber with a small beige head. Aroma is sweet malt, oak, vanilla, alcohol. Flavor is very sweet caramel, vanilla, wood, and raisins.


 rocbyter (902), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 27, 2009  
Strong malt aroma. Almost has a whiskey smell to it. Hazy dark orange color with a small white head. Very sweet in the beginning and does not fade much in the finish. Strong wood flavor also. Alcohol bite is evident but not over powering. Thicker silky palate.


3Faveryrogue (80), Asslip, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/55/102/511/20
Jul 20, 2009  
May 06 Batch #2. Consumed Nov 08. 2&1/2 years old. Nice psst. Oak and fruit emanate nicely from bottle and pour. Great smell. Nice thin white head. Off the bat, this is overly sweet. Hot alcohol and big oakiness on way down. Not a whole lot of carbonation. Way too syrupy and spirity in the mouth. Sugary caramel is way out of whack with everything else in this "barley-wine". Sipper. I imagine this might taste great after 5 or 7 years. Unless 2&1/2 wrecked it? Probably not. Props for oaked beer.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 17, 2009  
Pours reddish and clear with short lived beige head. Smells old and malty with mellowed alcohol. Taste is very malty and with a smoothed out mellow alcohol flavor by this point. Probably a year and a half or 2 old, I’m guessing. Definite oak flavor coming through. Pretty sweet overal. Surprisingly smooth after aging even, for a 15%+ beer. Not something I want too much of as it is pretty cloying. Very soft carbonation too. Not as bad as expected.


MarinaMarket (31), Washington, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jul 17, 2009  
You guys have got to be kidding. This beer rocks. Incredible potent flavor, lingering and so sippable. I just want to savor it. Tasted last week off a keg and tonight from the bottle. Very nice and if you get the chance, take it!


 Radek Kliber (3912), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 2, 2009  
Bottle 355 ml - 2006 -14.5%
Appearance: deep murky amber-red look, mid off tanned top. 3+.
Nose: very strong oak vanilla aroma, hint of cask , amber malt with alcohol at finish.
Flavor/Palate : Mid bodied. Strong frontal drying character of alcohol. Hint of cherry wood, pit with almond topping. Bold? yeah. over the top for most drinkers. This is example of old school AVERY , bold , rough , uncompromised dry burn of hell.


 markwise (1132), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 2, 2009  
2005 bottle. Pours caramel brown with an off-white head. Nose is caramel, raisins, some barely noticeable oakiness, some oxidation, and lots of sugary sweetness. Flavor is raisins, caramel, some mild vanilla, and no bitterness whatsoever. Likeable beer, but after so long it is not as nice as I thought it would be.



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