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RATINGS: 1159   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.53   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 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
rlgk (5238) - Skövde, SWEDEN - OCT 2, 2005
(Stockholm Beer Festival 2005) Amber, thin white head. Wheatish aroma with bubbelgum, banana and some nutty notes. Fruity and quite strong flavor, some hops, some malts, some alcohol coming through. Banana notes.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
ThomasE (5176) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - JUN 6, 2006
Clear amber colour with a small off white head. Sweet, caramel malty aroma with notes of yeast and fruit. Malty and dark fruit sweet flavor with a hints of spices. Light alcohol sweet finish. Thin palate for this style of beer.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Radek Kliber (5171) - Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), POLAND - MAY 22, 2004
Lighter, slightly fruity and yeasty notes some alcohol in background. Bright, orange amber, white head. Pleasurable to sip, decent spectrum of flavours, sugars, malt based. Sweet but not over board.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ernest (5116) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - JUN 25, 2002
UPDATED: FEB 19, 2007 Head is initially small, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is medium amber. Aroma is lightly to moderately malty (caramel, cookie), with notes of orange, banana, clove, sugar, alcohol. Flavor is moderately to heavily sweet, lightly bitter, lightly acidic. Finish is moderately sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. Medium to full body, watery/syrupy texture, lively carbonation, lightly to moderately alcoholic. Quite sweet, otherwise pretty nice.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jbrus (4989) - Delft, NETHERLANDS - NOV 19, 2006
Bottled, UDRBG. Sweet fruity and light floral aroma. Amber color, off-white head, good lace. Sweet, floral, bitter, apple. Full, sticky, alcoholic. Very nice beer but lacks the complexity you’d expect with style and ABV.

3.4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
JPDIPSO (4957) - Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA - AUG 7, 2002
Deep copper color, with an off-white, smallish sprity head. Floral/fruity aroma includes orange zest. Very sweet throughout - unbalanced so. Could not get past the sweetness us to much so.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
BBB63 (4939) - La Porte, Indiana, USA - SEP 27, 2004
Bottle 2002: The ruby hue is topped with a fizzy but lasting head which produced good lace. The aroma is sweet and spicey ripe fruit with malty notes. Phenols and a dusty ester are also noticeable on the nose. The taste starts with a biting spice and sweet plum-like fruit which led to a woody and yeasty finish. The dark candy overtone is appearant throughout. The feel is silky and lush, but then a biting alcohol attack comes in for a hit and run. Not that overpowering but you know the beer isn’t weak. Good but a long way from the better Belgian Quads.

3.5
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
shrubber85 (4843) - Greenville, Indiana, USA - APR 2, 2006
UPDATED: JUN 16, 2009 Bottle. Nice cherry, apple and raisin aroma. Reddish brown color with small head. Very sweet raisin/cherry flavor with moderate hops that intensify after swallowing coupled with alcohol burn.


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