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Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale

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91
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common

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6303.58/5.03.57/5.0Special15.53%59.5Snifter
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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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 markwise (1175), 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.


 flutetokill (515), Fresno, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 1, 2009  
Nice caramel color with an off white head. Interesting aroma of fermented peaches. Very sweet, caramel, peach and plum flavors with a little oak and alcohol burn. More oak in the aftertaste. Medium carbonation. Not one I’d have every night, but interesting.


 DougShoemaker (2856), Toronto, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 30, 2009  
Aroma is smoke, rich candied malt. Hazy orange, pours a tiny white head, leaves a slight film on the side of the glass. Taste still has a slight smokiness, with fine malt, treacle and butterscotch. Full bodied, well blanced, tongue is "treating itself like an amusement park." Had this for about three years, Great stuff!


 beerbill (1939), Laurel, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Jun 29, 2009  
Bottled May, 2006, batch 2, 12 oz. bottle. Pours a cloudy dark rust with a moderate tan head that lasted through the first quarter of the glass and left light lace. Pleasant aroma of oak, caramel, vanilla and some alcohol. The flavor is on the sweet side, which is fine for me, with oak, caramel, vanilla, oranges, and molasses all present. There is some mild heat from the alcohol towards the finish, but it does not interfere with the flavor. This one is definitely a sipper!


 MereLikesBeer (154), Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
1.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/102/54/20
Jun 27, 2009  
I shared a few sips of this with BeerBaron617. It’s another one of these beers that I had really high hopes for, but didn’t come through for me. Clearly with a high percent rating, I felt that it would be a tasty beverage - coupled with the fact that Avery makes a pretty good brew....but this wasn’t the case for me here. It was very hazy orange/amber in body with a dark yellow/tan head. It was incredibly dark in aroma - overpowering malts and vanilla. I tasted it and it was out of control sweet and malt. It was just too much for me. I had maybe an ounce of it and threw the rest of my glass away.


 henrikb (1303), Aarhus, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Jun 26, 2009  
Clear amber body, yellowish head; Medium sized nose with lots of dense malt sweet aroma and fresh oak aroma that is not really fitting; Huge carbonation on very sweet body, it doesnt really have any depth but is still alright; Malt sugary simple sweet finish, both oak and malt syrupy aromas. Not bad at all just reallllly boring.


 ljay6880 (135), , Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jun 13, 2009  
Wow ... this is such a strange brew!! 12 OZ bottle from 2008 (batch 4). Poured a murky copper with a thick layer of orange tinted head. The aroma is one of the most diverse I’ve ever smelled. I smell fruits, carrots, barley, alcohol, oranges, and wood. The taste is very much the same, but with a sweet caramel side to it as well. This is not a beer I could drink all the time, but strange and terrific none the less!


 carruthm (1122), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/515/20
Jun 12, 2009  
Aroma of intense fruit spices with abundant alcoholic nose. Body has some massively active carbonation with a half finger off white head. Body is clear ruby orange wood color. Taste is sweet with a big pucker from the alcohol, but not really any burn, which is nice.



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