Samael's Oak-Aged Ale
Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.33
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Samael is the prince of demons, the angel of death, accuser and destroyer. Filled with enmity towards man, he planted the vine, the forbidden tree of paradise. Behold his venom and vengeance, both sweet and tempting, enticing you, his spellbound victim, within his wings.
Samael’s Ale is a super-caramelly, oak aged English-style strong ale. Perhaps the least hoppy (sacrilege here at Avery!!) beer we’ve brewed, to accentuate the malt. The oak is very apparent in this rich and high gravity ale, adding additional depth and complexity with a woody and cask-like nose and a pronounced vanilla flavor on the palate.
This potent ale is the second installment, along with The Beast, of our “Demons of Ale Series”.
Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, turbinado sugar, hops, yeast, and American oak chips.
2011 - 15.53%
2014 - 14.2%
2015 - 14.6%
Samael’s Ale is a super-caramelly, oak aged English-style strong ale. Perhaps the least hoppy (sacrilege here at Avery!!) beer we’ve brewed, to accentuate the malt. The oak is very apparent in this rich and high gravity ale, adding additional depth and complexity with a woody and cask-like nose and a pronounced vanilla flavor on the palate.
This potent ale is the second installment, along with The Beast, of our “Demons of Ale Series”.
Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, turbinado sugar, hops, yeast, and American oak chips.
2011 - 15.53%
2014 - 14.2%
2015 - 14.6%
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle - Sweet caramel and some booze. Clearish copper with almost no head. Sweet raisin and nice caramel. Heat on the throat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2017
at 22:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
A pour from the bottle on Black Christmas V. Pours a bit hazy gold3n with no head. Aroma is supersweet and fruity. Simular taste. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2017
at 21:30
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Dégustée le 2017-10-02. .
Tried
on 02 Oct 2017
at 14:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Tap at Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City. This was just over the top cloying on the flavor. Massive alcohol.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jun 2017
at 23:59
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2007 version in 2017. Deep reddish color. Big cherry, oak, slightly sour, vanilla, burnt raisins, brown sugar in the nose. Low alcohol brown sugar, some oxidization, burnt raisins, oak. Full body. Super intense. Really nice stuff.
Tried
on 24 Jun 2017
at 09:06
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from Bin 22. OMG! This really hit the spot right now. Tastes perfect. Medium to dark amber, small white fading head. Nice sweet malty aroma, very welcoming, caramel, toffee. Taste too favors sweet malts, some woody notes, caramel. Doesn’t present itself as boozy, but its apparent. Smooth, but ass-kicking. Good night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jun 2017
at 23:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours a clear mahogany from a bottle, quickly dissipating off-white head. Aroma of turbinado, big boozy oak, flavor adds some vanilla syrup. Very good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2017
at 22:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.355l bottle. Wonder where I might have bought this one. It been in the cellar for a couple of years anyhow. On the pour it's not far off blurry, loaded with small unfiltered particles floating about, a medium sized greyish filmy head and a warm copper colored body. It smells a lot this. Really candy and malt heavy. It just smells super concentrated, there's definitely a woody element in this also. Sweet sticky dried concentrated fruits, a nice warming alco dunst and tones of something almost spicy. A really hefty aroma for sure. Oh, it's no less in the taste! Really really sweet and sticky. I'll even call it cloying. Sugary, really warming. Malt drops and a rush of syrupy sweet red apple concentrat. It's thick and syrupy in the mouth and it's just below average on the prickling carbonation. It gets much more woody in the second and third sip. It kinda balances the sweetness with a oaky near pungent woody bitterness. The cloying shock settles after a while. Doubt I'll be able to finish the whole bottle though, but a small glass was quite nice. 12.11.2016
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2016
at 10:06
6/10
Tried
on 22 Oct 2016
at 06:38
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Slaters. Brown-ish pour. Aroma of lots of vanilla, oak, caramel, butter and ripe fruit. Full sweet taste of thick vanilla, oak, boozy caramel, pine herbs, malt and raisin. Tasty, would be even better with a lower abv.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2016
at 14:32