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RATINGS: 1160   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.52   EST. CALORIES: 300   ABV: 10%
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The Reverend, was created in tribute to the life of Sales Mgr. Tom Boogaard's grandfather, an ordained Episcopal Reverend. Tom was inspired by the life of his grandfather and wanted to create a tribute beer that contained his sterling traits. True to both our "small brewery, BIG BEERS" philosophy and to the spirit and character of the departed Reverend, this beer is strong willed, assertive, and pure of heart, a heart of candy sugar. It contains as many authentic imported Belgian specialty malts as the brewers could cram into our mash tun, and lots of Belgian dark candy sugar stirred into the brew kettle. A divinely complex and beautifully layered beer with hints of dark cherries, currants, and molasses, complimented by an underlying spiciness. Sinfully smooth considering the high alcohol content. Cellarable for 4 years.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
NayTron (122) - Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA - OCT 29, 2011
Pours a cloudy copper with a small off white head. Aroma of sugar, caramel, orange peel, coriander, clove, some cherry funk. Taste is sugar, malt, clove, banana, maybe a little toffee and yeast. Great carbonation and mouthfeel. This beer is sweet and a little off balance with the spices. Finishes with a small bitter. Alcohol is very well hidden for 10%. Not bad but average for a quad.

3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
jredmond (2471) - Manhattan, New York, USA - OCT 25, 2011
Draft at rattle with Brendan, streets and baron. Pours a hazy red body with no head, light lacing Aroma is spicy malts and alcohol. Mouthfeel is thin with notes of booze and sweet malts.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
CampesinoTino (456) - Lake Stevens, Washington, USA - OCT 24, 2011
Bomber. Deep mahogany and cinnamon colored with off-white head. Aroma is all caramelized sugars and malt with the addition of dates, raisins and vanilla. The flavor is a blend of dark Belgian candy sugar and yeast characteristics with some toffee, black cherry, caramel and currant rounding it out. Also a bready, toasted malt backbone throughout each sip. Mouthfeel is silky smooth and full-bodied with a little bit of dark sugars and alcohol in the finish. Very sweet and rich but with enough alcohol to balance things out and keep it drinkable.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
SimonRoller (211) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - OCT 24, 2011
Bottle, pours dark amber with medium head. Aroma is spice, cherries, caramel, malt, alcohol, dried fruits. Taste is sweet. Medium body smooth carbon. Not that good quad, bit unbalanced and too much alcohol in flavour. Still ok thou

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
TheJestersBeer (523) - SWEDEN - OCT 22, 2011
650ml bottle. Pours a clear, medium copper, white head. Fruit, spicy aromas, yeast, malt, caramel, candied sugar,licorice, hops, dried fruits. Sweet, full bodied, medium bitterness, creamy CO2. Fruity and spicy taste, caramel, candied sugar, yeast, hops, apricots, dried figs, licorice. (2011-10-21)

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
DiarmaidBHK (1392) - Pennsylvania, USA - OCT 17, 2011
Draft at Avery Taproom. Pours amber with a thin almost khaki head. Slight hint of cherries on the nose. It’s hard for me to separate the flavors on this one. It seems a bit muddled. You can definitely taste this one’s 10%. Not my favorite of the style.

4.6
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
terrus (5) - Texas, USA - OCT 14, 2011 does not count
Removing the foil and cap you can immediately smell the cherry undertone mixing with the spices. Pouring it gives you a rich silky dark amber with a small tan head that dissipates quickly. When drinking the different sugars and spices come to the front with a slight barley flavor hidden below with little carbonation to alter the texture of silk.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
m4rest88 (276) - Beverly Hills, California, USA - OCT 11, 2011
Pours a dark amber hue with relatively no head. Aroma is of dark fruits alcohol and malt. Flavor is pretty much the same but with hints of barley at the end..... Medium mouthfeel with light carbonation.....


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