The Reverend - Avery Brewing Company

Brenden

Ohio

3.93/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

About an even medium red leaning burnt red-light brown in the middle, this beer produces a small, tight head off the tap. Retention is pretty good and there are thin, broken near-rings of lacing along with some spotting.
To be honest, I'd never really known what style The Reverend actually is, and I'd never tried it before. There are a few dead giveaways to the style, though it's not as complex as others of its kind or as rich. What it has going for it is that, firstly, I could never know it's a full 10%, as the alcohol is masterfully masked while maintaining a presence and it's simply a solid, balanced, flavorful beer if not that deep. One knows it's a Belgian from the obvious banana and clove-like elements that come only from the Belgian yeast. Combine that with the dark color, the strength, and the dark fruits & candi sugar flavors and you know it's got to be a dubbel, tripel or quad. This one's a little different, though, with a bit of leafy and spicy hops to it and a faint woody sort of note as well.
The masters have this one beat in the feel; sometimes, in an effort to get that rich, full creaminess and strength without the heaviness, a beer goes toward being overly carbonated and crisp enough just to fill, almost like facsimilating a creaminess. This beer tends that way. It could also use more heft for a quad.

Serving type: on-tap

07-11-2012 14:43:14 | More by Brenden

UnoMasBelgian

California

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

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Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +3.9%

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ElizabethEleanor

Texas

5/5  rDev +29.9%

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BeastLU

Virginia

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

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MinorThreat

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

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Stinkypuss

Pennsylvania

4.05/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Avery : The Reverend
Aged bottle, approx 2 years age on it.

LOOK: Light brown color, cloudy with some sediment. Off white head forms and recedes to a ring around the goblet.

SMELL: Apple butter, toffee, rummy alcohol.

TASTE: Caramel, toffee, caramel apples, soft fruitiness. Bitterness is very mild. Brown sugar, mild toast and faint raisin. Just a touch of spicy alcohol heat, well guided for sure.

FEEL: Light bodied, well carbonated, alittle sticky.

OVERALL: Think this one peaked, but I like the way this came out. Mellow and easy drinking, this was a cellar treat. You can take your time when deciding to crack this one, still very tasty.

Serving type: bottle

05-15-2013 23:24:03 | More by Stinkypuss

Beeranator

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

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willhans8

California

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

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vcoggins

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

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jrohrbacher

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

04-30-2013 23:51:35 | More by jrohrbacher

TheBeerAlmanac

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +3.9%

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Lugenbeast

North Carolina

4/5  rDev +3.9%

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justinm4bama

Alabama

4/5  rDev +3.9%

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Devilman

Illinois

4/5  rDev +3.9%

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Jason1337

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

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wembly13

West Virginia

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

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prlykens

Colorado

4/5  rDev +3.9%

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gutbuster

Kentucky

4/5  rDev +3.9%

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Kelp

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev -9.1%

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drrone

Arizona

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%

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Pecafaced

Maryland

3.25/5  rDev -15.6%

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KajII

North Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75

[Suggested Glassware: Trappist Glass]

The pour was a clear medium reddish brown with a small (less than 1 finger) khaki colored head, which reduced to a large puddle and collar and possessed awesome sheets of lacing that totally engulfed the entire glass.

The aroma was of toasted Belgian malts, light floral hops and a musty Belgian yeast with notes of candi sugar, molasses, coriander and dark fruit (black cherry, currant and raisons).

The taste was moderately sweet and extremely malty with hints of molasses and candi sugar early on, progressing with a mild yeast presence, a somewhat bold fruitiness and a light spicy ending. The flavor stayed with you for a decently long while following the swallow, with a fruity spiciness left to linger on for a while longer.

Mouthfeel was somewhere in between light and medium in body with a thin creamy texture and a nice lively carbonation.

Overall this was a really good tasting beer, which had a good bold fruitiness along with a nice malty sweetness and a touch of spice, making it very enjoyable and easy to drink. Definitely a fine well rounded brew...

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Serving type: bottle

04-11-2013 19:16:01 | More by KajII

TheBrewo

Michigan

4.05/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

We pour a brew of the deepest burnt sienna coloring. It holds a one and a half finger tall head of creamy, chunky beige bubbles, showing excellent retention. This leaves fat patches and rings of lacing down the glass. There is a thick chill haze to the clarity, and waves of microsediment bob about. Carbonation appears to be light. The nose is hugely bready, with charred cornbread, faint molasses, sweet caramels, warmed toffee, and lactic milk chocolates. Mixing in with warmth is fusel booze, metallic yeastiness, spicy clove, almond nuttiness, raw vanilla bean, and massive banana esters. Our first impression is that the flavoring is just as sweet as expected, but also showed nice diacetyls that were absent through the aroma. As we sip, liquefied banana, bready esters, sopping wet wheatiness, raw booziness, cooked caramel, and sweaty saltiness start things off. Bittered yeast, mineral, and black pepper push to the peak, with added sweetness of brown sugar, creamy walnut, and pear skin. The finish comes with further sting of booze, those huge smoothing banana esters, faint echoes of cinnamon, vanilla ice cream, wheat, and burly phenolic clove. The aftertaste breathes of metallics, wheat, white flour, lemon juice, rock salt, clean caramel, banana esters, and mossy earthiness. The body is full and chewy, and the carbonation is medium, but with good prickle. Each sip has supreme slurp, cream, and froth, with nice finishing smack and pop. The mouth is thickly coated and cooled, with eventual, slow dryness creeping down the palate towards the gullet. The abv is big, but well hidden, and the beer drinks easily.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this brew was the massive inclusion of sweet, bready, banana esters. These dominated the aroma, likely to hide the booze, but did mix well with the otherwise hearty malt base, phenols, vanillas, and spice. The flavor followed in the same vein, but let through a bit more of that aromatic bitterness than sweetness. While this guy certainly preaches on the sweet side, he remains reasonable and always palpable for such a robust style.

Serving type: bottle

04-09-2013 01:58:42 | More by TheBrewo

beercanman

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +16.9%

04-02-2013 09:40:57 | More by beercanman