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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.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
MrManning (1942) - London, Ontario, CANADA - MAY 19, 2004
UPDATED: JAN 23, 2006 Thanks goes out to Radek for hooking this up! Appearance is a transparent amber with a thin off-white head. Taste is very sweet, like tangy candy, malty and slightly like alcohol. Aromas were of alcohol and very sweet.Re rate bumps it up a notch. Lots of alcoholic orange peel rind in nose and mouth. Very fruity and warming. Thanks for letting me try it again Mike!

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
tarjei (1941) - Bryne, NORWAY - JUN 5, 2008
0,66 l bottle, at Hopheads tasting at Roger´s place. Amber/brown color, off-white head. Aroma is sweet malt and fruit. Flavor is malty, fruit, spices, alcohol, hopsand hints of belgium yeast.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
ABUSEDGOAT (1937) - California, USA - MAY 18, 2005
UPDATED: AUG 24, 2005 Pours a dark golden color, normal amount of head. Aroma smells slightly like a Belgian ale, but the sense of alcohol is overwhelming. Despite the high alcohol % and the overwhelming aroma of it, this goes down pretty easy. Flavor is like most quads, except sweeter. Raisin/plum with malt and alcohol. Sugar hello. Needs more complexity and less candy sugar.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
StewardofGondor (1934) - Washington Heights - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA - JUL 5, 2005
Scarlet amber in color with a white rim around the head. Aroma of canned corn juice, toasted malts and toffee. Holy sweet - high banana and fruity esters. Some clover, honey and stinging alcohol. Thanks to tpkenned for bringing this bottle!

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
SuperDave (1934) - Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA - APR 15, 2008
Pours a clear copper color with a medium white head. Malty, yeasty aroma with some ripe fruits and sugar. Flavor is also fruity and sweet, with a hint of spice near the end. Average bodied. Good, but not great.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
stegosaurus (1882) - Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA - JAN 26, 2006
Pours orange-brown with a nice sized off-white head, aroma of belgian style spices, citrusy fruit, and caramel. flavor is carbonated, citrusy with hints of caramel, as well as alcohol, very smoot and a greatly mixed to gether.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jkwalking05 (1878) - Arlington, Texas, USA - JAN 31, 2009
Dark amber in color with a good sized off-white head. Aroma is of yeast, spices, caramel, and raisin. Taste is of molasses, rasins, cherries, and sweet malt.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
JoeM500 (1875) - Crown Point, Indiana, USA - JAN 16, 2003
Syrupy sweet and sugary! Oh my, it's like sugar coated salt water taffy. The alcohol is not evident at all, but it's way too sweet and one-dimensional.


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