Brabant
Avery Brewing Company

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From:
Avery Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Brett Beer
ABV:
8.65%
Score:
86
Avg:
3.84 | pDev: 13.02%
Reviews:
299
Ratings:
392
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 09, 2021
Added:
Jan 09, 2009
Wants:
  36
Gots:
  42
Brabant is a 8.65% abv dark unfiltered beer, fermented entirely with Brettanomyces and aged in Zinfandel barrels for nine months.
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Reviewed by Parmesan from Colorado

4.05/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L:. Pours a dark brown black purple with a small tan head that dissipates rather quickly, with a finger or two of lacing.

S:. Toasted caramel and brown sugar, notes of raspberry and strong red wine grapes.

T:. Strong toasted caramel, brown sugar, notes of berry, strong red wine, some tart/sweetness, a strong booze.

F:. Smooth low carbonation, bigger body.

O:. For this beer being 12 years old, it has held up very well.
Sep 09, 2021
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Rated by Sludgeman from District of Columbia

3.84/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Bottled on Feb 10, 2009. At a beer tasting conducted by my good friend Mark.
Jul 22, 2018
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Reviewed by BeerDawgs from Georgia

4.37/5  rDev +13.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.5
A 12oz bottle from the Brickstore Pub cellar, Decatur GA. Bottled on date of 2.10.2018. 694 cases. Barrel aged series #1!

L - Dark brown with half a finger of head, tiny bit of lacing. Impressive for 9 years old

A - Zinfandel, wild yeast strains, slight sourness

T - very wild. A touch of tart, and a does of Zinfandel Barrel. Brett yeast strains

F - Light body and carbonation. This beer is 9 years old so to be expected

O - well done and enjoyable. A peak into what is to come from Avery down the line. They are now 49 varieties into the Barrel Series. Glad to have found this gem!
Jul 05, 2018
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Reviewed by Immortale25 from North Carolina

3.85/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Dusting off my reviewing pen to log this near 9-year-old beer

Poured into a Biere de Femme mini snifter. Label says Bottled Feb 10 2009.

A- Pours a mostly opaque dark brown color with nearly no head, just a small patch of surface foam. Resilient lacing leaves small clots behind.

S- Sharp acidity and dark roasted malt. Has a bit of vinous, wine-like quality to it. A little musty. Not much oxidation which is surprising.

T- There's a big dose of Brett that I didn't catch in the aroma. More tart than sour. Some barrel character in there but it's pretty distant, probably due to the age of the beer. Also some roasted malt but, overall, there's just not a whole lot to it. A little of that red grape/wine essence starts to come through as it warms.

M- The little zing of tartness I got on the first sip was fleeting. As the drink progressed it just felt limp. Medium-low carbonation and a medium body.

O- Always interesting to try a beer whose age is nearing a decade. While I don't know what it was like when fresh, I can say my bottle is plenty drinkable at this point. However, there's not much depth of flavor. Just some Brett, malt and light tartness. Not an exciting experience but a good one nonetheless.
Jan 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.04 by DVMin98 from North Carolina

Apr 18, 2017
 
Rated: 4.58 by schmitter from Pennsylvania

Jun 05, 2016
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Reviewed by rawfish from California

3.91/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours like a Belgian Dark Strong or a Quad, fluffy beige head but opaque cola body and very little lacing or head retention to speak of.

This is getting interesting from the start, prunes, black currant, oak, white wine, cork and a mustiness that reminds me of guest blankets or a seldom used linen closet.

To my shock this has lost all acidity, the oxidation is evident leaving a newspaper-y finish with hints of vinegar and soy. I could leave it at that and say it is terrible but there is alot more going on here. I feel like the sourness being peeled back allows the drinker to delve the nuances of barrel aged sours can be without the acidic distraction. There's licorice, and a fruitiness that is reminiscent of cherry cola, oak is evident, gentle wine tannins and Brett presence that has embraced the musty attic and leather funkiness.

The body is a little syrupy and sticky and the complex nature of this beer makes it way harder to put down than the typical sour where the acidity is refreshing and on blast.

This one is on the way down but I am really glad to have had the opportunity. The first in the Avery Barrel Aged series is a doozy but it also displays their brewing prowess and how much they have dialed it in with some of the releases now. I cannot in good conscious rate this as a top tier beer other than for the novelty of what it is. That being said if you have the opportunity to come across a beer like this (or any beer for that matter), try it, fuss over it, appreciate it for what it is because this is liquid art.
Feb 25, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

2.41/5  rDev -37.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Brown beer, barely a head forms, extremely minimal. Didn't smell tart or sour, really reeked of alcohol.

Taste had acetic notes, vinegar, musty brown oud bruin kinda burton thing going on here, I immediately don't like it. A little wood and vinegar just won't go away. This was a bad beer, would not recommend.
Jan 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.52 by iRun2Beer from Minnesota

Sep 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.63 by PacNWDad from Washington

May 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by jrob21 from North Carolina

May 13, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by LoveStout from New York

Mar 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.69 by acurtis from New Jersey

Mar 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.9 by Monkeyknife from Missouri

Mar 17, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by nathanmiller from New York

Jan 15, 2015
 
Rated: 3.15 by sendsilk from Florida

Dec 18, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by hopsonboard from California

Dec 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.9 by ari32 from Georgia

Nov 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.85 by wethorseblanket from California

Oct 31, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by dkw0063 from Texas

Oct 21, 2014
Brabant from Avery Brewing Company
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 392 ratings