Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale

Tap @ O’Brien’s. Deep amber pour. Strong whiskey aroma along with a bit of a roasted smokiness going on. Huge bourbon flavors. Somewhat sweet as well. An almost candy quality going on too. Powerful stuff.

Bottle and bottled on May 2006 Batch 2. Small ivory head that mostly diminished, poor lacing, visible carbonation, poured hazy and as it warmed up became transparent, and an orange brown hue. Nose was oak, vanilla, caramel, semi-sweet, malty, and alcohol. Ditto for the flavor. Very nice indeed! Mouthfeel was semi-tingly and a warm alcohol burning sensation. Medium body. Defiinitely a sipping beer. Worth a try!

Hazy amber beer with disappearing off-white head. Complex aroma showing both hops, oak and alcohol: Pineapple, and peach balanced by the oak and a good dose of sherry. Flavour is sweetwith some caramel and oak and clearly present alcohol. Aftertaste of brown sugar and wood.

[Bottle from Beermouth tasted with the hop-bros at Jess’ cosy inn.] What a bad surprise. The bottle should have been in the cellar for some more years. It was flat and boring, maybe a bottlefault.

Bottle from Beermouth. It need´s time and the sweetnes is to intens, Dark amber,ok head.

Clear amber with large, creamy offwhite head. Hops, caramel, cane sugar and spice. To sweet for my taste, but good anyway. Needs’s to store for a year or two.

Bottled. Dark amber copper coloured with a large head. malty with notes of alcohol, oak, dark fruits, syrup and a hint of caramel.

My third demons of ale series. Aroma of dark fruit, sweet malt, oak, and alcohol. Appearance is a clear brownish red with off-white head. Intensely sweet flavor of fruit, wood, apple, maple syrup, and some vanilla. Alcohol comes through but not that bad for the abv. Definitely a sipper.