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Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale

Avery Samaels Oak-Aged Ale

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A Barley Wine brewed by
Avery Brewing Company

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
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on tap
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5243.58/5.03.57/5.0Special15.53%51.2Snifter P  Stats

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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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 MrChopin (206), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/512/20

Jul 5, 2008  
Pours tepid gold-brown with no head. Aroma is quite sweet and malt-heavy with a large alcohol presence. The flavor follows, toffee malts and alcohol with a huge sugar component. The palate clings, sticky and lifeless. This reminds me of my experience with Thomas Hardy, which was not a great one. Seek out better barley wines that don’t cost as much or leave you as drunk.

 AndrewKScott (409), Lemont, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 8, 2008  
Pours reddish with a sweet, bourbon, oak, vanilla nose. Flavor is very sweet with lots of fruits, butterscotch, caramel, smokiness like a whiskey, and lots of alcohol in the finish. Light carbonation and a mouthfeel almost like a spirit.


 CaryTheDude (282), Ripon, Wisconsin, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/105/515/20
Oct 7, 2008  
Crushed with Jakebra. Sweet, sweet nose. The barrel definitely shows through. Sweet on the tongue as well, but the finish is unexpected and awesome and something and something. Lots of alcohol. Overall, I’m a little frightened,


 larsniclas (3031), Gothenburg, Sweden
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 4, 2008  
Sampled at EBF08. Deep amber with yeast particles. Sweet and malty aroma with clear oak-notes. Loads of sweet, tropical fruits in the flavour.


arrogantb (24), Denver, Colorado, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/102/515/20
Oct 3, 2008  
12 oz bottle that I purchased six months ago and paid an arm and a leg for (well, not really but $7 is a lot to me for one beer). The color is a really nice cloudy orange with a small 2 cm off-white head. The smell is of hi-octane alcohol and not much else; as Papa Burgundy would say “stings the nostrils”. The taste is very close to whiskey with a little sweetness. This is not quite as bad as Mephistopheles but it isn’t great. This really isn’t a beer to me but more an after-dinner liqueur like a cognac or bourbon. This is way too big for me and not recommended unless you like liquor-beers. The only reason I cracked this was because I spent four hours in traffic due to a blizzard and my belly needed warming. This beer is good for that. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 02-16-2007 01:24:58


 jkwalking05 (182), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/516/20
Sep 25, 2008  
Reddish copper in color with a medium sized off-white head that vanishes. Aroma is of raisins, strong alcohol, molasses, brown sugar and oak. Flavor is the same with caramel, toffee and a strong alcohol warmth.



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