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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.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
hophead75 (2005) - Largo, Florida, USA - OCT 4, 2006
22 oz bottle. Pours a reddish amber(and this is a quad?) with a medium to large off white head. Aroma is toffee, caramel, belgian yeast. Taste is sweet caramel, toffee, yeast, with a full palate and an alcohol warming finish.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
Pawola22 (1993) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - OCT 12, 2008
On tap at the flying saucer in KC. Pours an amberish color with a mostly clear body. A tad cloudy. Creamy off white head that lingers forever and stays very lacy. Sexy looking beer. The aroma is very sweet and malt based. Dark fruit candy smell, some corriander spices, and a very heavy molasses nose. Hints of hops and alcohol. Full bodied with an insane amount of chewy malts. Starts incredibly sweet, nutty, toffee then moves to a fruitiness mixed with the spice backing and sweet Belgian yeast. Finishes oh so slightly bitter with a warming honey taste. Has a good amount of carbonation, but a very flat feel if that makes any sense. Overall, its a quality beer, but not quite my cup of tea. The balance is nice, but I’m just not a big fan of the flavor.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jeffc666 (1983) - Fairfax, Virginia, USA - SEP 16, 2003
Small and quickly diminishing white head. Clear sparkling orange color. Aroma is very sweet, apple, almost cidery. Flavor is also very sweet, apple, yeast. Pretty one-dimensional. Alcohol is not very prevelant. Full body but it does not really feel so towards the middle of the taste. Very sweet bubble gum-ish finish. Not bad but not great.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
GG (1980) - NorCal, California, USA - MAY 22, 2006
My 2nd time around with an Avery product. This time it’s their Quad. Fairly simply aroma, rather sweet IMO. In fact that hogs most of the senses. Appearance was dark golden, very clear. Mouthfeel was medium bodied. Flavors of brown sugar, dark fruit, malty and slightly hoppy. An enjoyable beer but not one I think to revisit. So far Avery really hasn’t shown me much, but I will keep trying.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
TheBeerOrg (1979) - Crestwood, Kentucky, USA - APR 12, 2006
Pours amber with a mostly receding light tan head. Aroma of apples, raisins, toffee, and caramel. Taste is sweet and phenolic with notes of apples, plums, toffee, and alcohol. Mouthfeel is medium to heavy bodied and slightly sticky with lush carbonation.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BVery (1976) - Burnsville, Minnesota, USA - SEP 12, 2009
BOTTLE: red/gold pour, white fluffy head. Aroma of yeast, booze, and maybe nut? Taste is similar, good but not exceptional.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Nisse666 (1973) - Göteborg, SWEDEN - JUL 22, 2011
Bottle shared with friends, cons 2011-07-22 Gbg AR: maderia, plum, red grapes, musk, tomato sause AP: honey amber colored body, amber cream colored beige frothy/stouthy head - 3 cm in height F: fruity, plums, maderia, white peppery, wee caramel sweetness, low carbonation, medium bitterness

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Slick (1971) - Thief River Falls, Minnesota, USA - JUN 23, 2003
Nice amber color,small to no head,very little holding power as well.Malty sweet aroma with a hint of spice and fruit.The taste was mildly sweet malty and definately fruity.Very sweet after taste with a fruit tone to it and the alcohol shows up nicely here with a slight warming while going down.This is not exactly my favorite but it still is a very decent brew.


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