The Beast Grand Cru Ale
(has 4 batches)
Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular|
Score
7.56
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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 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle on Amtrak Train 27 - The Empire Builder ( from Binny’s South Loop) - 04/11/12. Batch 10 - 2012 @ 16% ABV. Clear chestnut brown with reddish hues, good sized off white head that retains well. Malt forward nose, dark toffee, caramelised dark sugars, raisens, prunes and booze. Taste follows from nose, Xmas pudding meets malt loaf in taste, fairly complex and whilst booze is more than evident it is well disguised for 16% ! Full bodied with very soft carbonation leading to a sweet boozy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2012
at 13:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Avery The Beast Grand Cru Ale (by Avery Brewing Company (Mahou San Miguel)):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
22/X/2012 - 12 Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - BB: n/a (2012-1170) Thanks to Jeremy for the bottle!
Clear ruby red beer, big creamy yellow to beige head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: raisins, ripe fruits, dried figs, grains, sweet caramel, overripe fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet sugary start, peppery, alcohol, raisins, some caramel. Aftertaste: caramel, sweet, dried fruits, alcohol, bit spicy, bitter hops, sugary, overripe bananas.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
22/X/2012 - 12 Fl. Oz. bottle @ home - BB: n/a (2012-1170) Thanks to Jeremy for the bottle!
Clear ruby red beer, big creamy yellow to beige head, stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: raisins, ripe fruits, dried figs, grains, sweet caramel, overripe fruits. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: sweet sugary start, peppery, alcohol, raisins, some caramel. Aftertaste: caramel, sweet, dried fruits, alcohol, bit spicy, bitter hops, sugary, overripe bananas.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2012
at 10:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
35,5 cl bottle vintage 2007 (16,42%) @ Olutravintola Konttori. Rated on 14.01.2011
Aroma is rather sweet on malt, also some ripe fruits. Flavour is very sweet with shitloads of malt, some ripe fruits and warming alcohol. Four years and this is still 10/10 on my scale of sweetness – I wonder how long would I need to age this?
Aroma is rather sweet on malt, also some ripe fruits. Flavour is very sweet with shitloads of malt, some ripe fruits and warming alcohol. Four years and this is still 10/10 on my scale of sweetness – I wonder how long would I need to age this?
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2012
at 10:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
2011 bottle. Pours a dark cloudy brown ale with a large frothy beige head leaving sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a sweet fruit and bready malt. Thin mouthfeel with a rich brown sugar and caramel with a slight alcohol burn finish. Not as overpowering as expected a good Belgian stronga ale from Avery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2011
at 00:18
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
12oz bottle from Pick’s poured into a Trappist glass. 2011 vintage. Pours a cloudy nut brown with almost no head. Aroma is mostly booze but also has some dried dark fruits, a little Belgian sugar and a little caramel. Taste is heavily sweet. Has a huge alcohol burn with a good bit of Belgian sugar, caramel and dark fruit. Some bourbon barrel wood and a little vanilla in there too. Almost reminds me of a less sweet port wine. Full bodied with a thick texture. Soft carbonation and a long finish. Overall, very good. A little bit more boozy than I like but at almost 17%, what else would you expect.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2011
at 22:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Shared bottle at local tasting, thanks to gunnar. Batch 6 2008, 16,31% ABV. Hazy dark brown colour, moderate beige head. Intense aroma and flavour of malts, molasses and alcohol. Simply too much of the good stuff - there’s no way I could have finished a bottle of this beer on my own.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2011
at 13:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ the brewery. Pours dark brown with a small white head. Aroma of fruit, sweet malt, fruity hops, sugar. Taste is malts , belgian yeast, orangepeel, fruit, pine and grapefruit hops. Full body, low carbonation. 270211
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2011
at 14:59