The Beast Grand Cru Ale
Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.55
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The Beast is a seducer - accomodating, complicated, powerful, dark and created to last the ages. Beyond this, it’s futile to attempt to describe Him. He will unveil Himself differently to each of His followers. The mark is in His constitution. Brewed with two-row malted barley, honey malt, and imported Belgian specialty grains (aromatic, pale wheat, roasted wheat, and Special B), hops (Magnum, Galena, Saaz, Hallertau, Tettnang, and Hersbrucker), brewing sugars (raisins, dates, blackstrap molasses, alfalfa honey, turbinado, and dark Belgian candy sugar), water, Belgian yeast and another hellion of a yeast strain.OG: 1.138
Batch 1 (2004): 15.7% ABV
Batch 2 (2004): 18.1% ABV
Batch 3 (2005): 14.9% ABV
Batch 4 (2006): 14.6% ABV
Batch 5 (2007): 16.42% ABV
Batch 6 (2008): 16.31% ABV
Batch 7 (2009): 15.07% ABV
Batch 8 (2010): 16.21% ABV
Batch 9 (2011): 16.83% ABV
Batch 10 (2012): 16.0% ABV
Batch 11 (2013): 18.0% ABV
Batch 12 (2014): 16.1% ABV
Batch 1 (2004): 15.7% ABV
Batch 2 (2004): 18.1% ABV
Batch 3 (2005): 14.9% ABV
Batch 4 (2006): 14.6% ABV
Batch 5 (2007): 16.42% ABV
Batch 6 (2008): 16.31% ABV
Batch 7 (2009): 15.07% ABV
Batch 8 (2010): 16.21% ABV
Batch 9 (2011): 16.83% ABV
Batch 10 (2012): 16.0% ABV
Batch 11 (2013): 18.0% ABV
Batch 12 (2014): 16.1% ABV
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Have had many vintages of this and it is always so booze. Pours out dark amber a small tan head. Nose is booze big rich pit fruit malts lots of sweetness. Taste is more of the heat heavy malts and tons of ripe pit fruit sweetness.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2016
at 21:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sample of a 2004 vintage bottle at the Avery 23rd Anniversary Party. Cloudy reddish brown pour, with a small, light tan head. Nose of caramel, peanut, butterscotch, peat, a bit musty, and cloves. Very sweet, with light bitterness. Very heavy body, syrupy, grainy, and thick. This is a seriously intense and delicious beer. Strong and very deep, but smooth and focused.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2016
at 19:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle at Oliver Twist. Deep amber pour with small, white head. Big aroma of dried fruit, caramel, figs, dates, raisins oak and brown sugar. Quite sweet, but a little bit dusty, taste with caramel, raisin, figs, dates, oak, vanilla. Very light bready notes. Short, sweetish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2016
at 16:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours a hazy reddish-brown from a bottle, thin head with small bubbles, some lacing. Aroma of raisins, boozy; flavor of turbinado, raisins, spicy hops. Alcohol burn is front and center. Good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2015
at 20:27
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2014 vintage, draft 6 oz pour at Special brews. This falls under my "how have I never rated this" category. I’ve been enjoying this for a couple years now. Listed at 16.1% Pours a burnt orange brown color worry an oily fizz head. Big sweet caramel aroma. Smooth rich flavor. Overall fantastic.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Oct 2015
at 17:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
4 oz bottle pour (2010 Batch 8) at ChurchKey during the 22 years of Avery event. Clear dark amber with beige head. Aromas of dark fruit, oak, booze, caramel. Tastes of caramel, butterscotch, oak, booze. Medium-light body with a dry finish. Possibly slightly oxidized. Still a lot of booze after 5 years. Definitely a slow sipper unless you want to get stupid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2015
at 20:56
10/10
Tried
on 13 Jul 2015
at 14:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Sedona Charlottesville, 4/24/15. Hazy orange, thin creamy off-white head, good retention. Aroma of doughy malt, honey, booze, spice. The taste is doughly malt, honey, raisin, toasted malt, booze. Medium bodied, low carbonation, hot.
Tried
on 14 Jun 2015
at 22:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
2004 bottle shared tonight by Todd, thanks for the opportunity! Very sweet and still has a bit of alcohol to it. Very fruity. Probably past but nice to try.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2015
at 23:07
10/10
Tried
on 09 Feb 2015
at 13:10