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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
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Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
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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 Ty5592 (1015), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/513/20
Apr 26, 2006  
beautiful ruby red color. Smell of plums rasins and other fruits. No head. Very sweet with definite alcohol finish. Good beer. Not for the faint of heart!!


 Ungstrup (14724), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/59/105/517/20
Apr 24, 2006  
An amber beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is sweet with very strong notes of caramel, but also lesser notes of alcohol and cardemmome. The flavor is very sweet with a good hop presence as well as strong notes of both cardemmome and cinnamon, leading to a dry spiced and alcohol end. The mouthfeel is thick like drinking syrup. Thanks to Papsø for sharing this gem - sure hope it arrives in Denmark soon.


 joergen (8429), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 23, 2006  
Bottle, Thanks to Papsø for sharing. Clear orange coloured with an off white head. Very sweet aroma of malts, caramel and dried fruits. Very sweet flavour of dried fruits, wood and caramel.


 weeare138 (933), Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/513/20
Apr 22, 2006  
Appears a red toned amber with a creamy off white head that fades into a soapy thin collar. Little drops of lacing are left around the glass. Smell is of toasted oak, caramel, prunes, raisins, vanilla, champagne, and perhaps a touch of mild amaretto. Taste is of cherries, raspberries, oaky, vinous, sweet candy, doughy funnel cake that’s been sprinkled with confectioners sugar. Mouthfeel evokes one of the other Demons of Ale brew, Mephistopholes, due to the Turbinado sweetness and sweet finish with alcohol and berries lasting. This one is a sipper only with the ABV evident. Better with age? Maybe. This Demons of Ale Series was a great idea though. I’d love to see more stuff like this from Avery.


 Jeppe (2638), Ølbutikken, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/105/517/20
Apr 22, 2006  
Pours clear deep orange colored and a fine off-white head. Sweet and very full candied aroma. Toffee, bread, cookie, fruit (pineapple) and milk chocolate - very intense and inviting. Sweet in the flavor as well with a warming alcohol note. Dominating cake, spices and toffee with a note of candied fruit. Soft and full mouthfeel with a good complexity. Very different, very interesting and very nice.


 TomDecapolis (3127), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/103/514/20
Apr 9, 2006  
Pours a slightly hazy deep golden red with an average off white lacing head. Aroma is sweet, vanilla, oak, caramel, bourbon, various fruits, some melon, alcohol was kind of hidden in there under all of the sweetness. Flavor was also very sweet, lots of vanilla but very syrupy. There was a lot going on here but for my personal preference this was a bit too sweet. Aroma more appealing than the flavor.


 oldrtybastrd (1801), Morlautern, Germany/Great Falls, Montana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 7, 2006  
Pours a hazy reddish amber color. Aromas of bourbon, vanilla, yeast, some fruit and spice. Taste is yeasty and medicinal, can really taste the alcohol in this one.


 Padron4KM (400), Chandler, Arizona, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 29, 2006  
12 oz bottle. bottled in 2005.
Hazy amber, very thin head. Alcohol coats the glass.
Aroma is sweet with notes of melon, apple, honey, apricot. Wood is there but very faint.
Flavor was sweet. Port, vanilla, sugar, gooey caramel, honey. Just enough oaky tannins to keep it from becoming cloying.
Liquid desert. I think I killed my sweet-tooth for the month.



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