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I bought an assortment of craft beers to enjoy while my next batch is conditioning for another week. I bought a beer made in California called "The Beast" ~15% abv.

Man, that stuff was awful. But the half a glass I drank before I poured it out did it's job. Anyone else here had it before?
 
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I thought it was terrible as well. It's the Avery, right? It's a Grand Cru, and what I noticed most was the alcohol bite. I like a lot of Avery beers, but I would never buy that one again. :drunk:
 
We have a gas station out here in Tx near Grapevine call Hall's, they have an awsome beer selection and wine selection. I bought a bottle of The Beast, not the best beer i have tasted but not the worst either. I will not buy it again though. Avery does otherwise make some damn good beers.
 
The Beast is the one in that line that I haven't had. I like the Sameal and the Mephistopheles is the best evar. but yeah, they are HUGE beers. If you don't like a chewy brew with tons of alcohol, then, yeah, stay away.
 
If it was Avery, then it was made in Colorado.

Give credit where credit is due, now. If it was sub-par, then the suede-denim secret police would escort it to the Zonie border in the dark of night.:rockin:
 
Is it a beer that they intend to be cellered for a long while before drinking?

Oh it's an annual anniversary ale....more likely it would mellow with cellaring.

Commercial Description:
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

It should say what vintage it is....or the batch number...Beer advocate has all the reviews jumbled it together, so it's hard to figure out which vintages were better than the others and at what age they were reviewed.
 
If it was Avery, then it was made in Colorado.

Give credit where credit is due, now. If it was sub-par, then the suede-denim secret police would escort it to the Zonie border in the dark of night.:rockin:


Yep, from Colorado. Sorry. I don't know if I would say it was sub-par. Consider that I am a recent convert to good beer so it is quite possible that I simply haven't developed a taste for such a heavy brew. However, it was like drinking molasses and I can't imagine ever acquirin g a taste for it. But if a person is into that kind of beer I'm sure it would be worth every penny.
 
Is it a beer that they intend to be cellered for a long while before drinking?

Oh it's an annual anniversary ale....more likely it would mellow with cellaring.



It should say what vintage it is....or the batch number...Beer advocate has all the reviews jumbled it together, so it's hard to figure out which vintages were better than the others and at what age they were reviewed.

Oh, dude, fo sho. I had a bottle of my mephistopheles clone a few nights ago. It's been in bottle since, oh, this time last year...and it needs 5 more years I'd say. Maybe more. Good thing I used those oxy-arresting caps.
 
I recently had a bottle from batch 6. Definitely too younge and need some serious aging. Cloying and hot. I finished the glass fo' sure (I have a hard time dumping anything) but I wouldn't choose this young a bottle of this offering again.
 
I had an oak aged Beast at the Falling Rock during GABF week. Unbelievably good. I also was not a fan of the regular beast. The oak aged stuff? Holy ****.
 
While i certainly wouldnt go out and spend another $11 for a 12oz bottle or the $18 it costs at a bar, i didnt think it was that bad. i mean if your going to drink a beer that is upwards of 16%-18% you have to know whats coming. I will say this though when i first had it, i went from drunk to i cant believe i can stand.
 
I had an oak aged Beast at the Falling Rock during GABF week. Unbelievably good. I also was not a fan of the regular beast. The oak aged stuff? Holy ****.

I also had oak aged beast at falling rock. My buddy bought it for me and I didn't realize it was quite so strong. So I drank it like it wasn't....:drunk::drunk::drunk:

We had to take a rickshaw back to the hotel:(
That was the one night I over imbibed in Denver of five days of drinkin' beer morning till night.


So I picked up a bottle to bring home with me that I will slowly enjoy in a year or two.
 
I had it, very syrupy, next time finish the whole thing and see what happens. Not my favorite style but I respect all brews from Avery
 
The Beast is awesome once it is cellared for a year or two. A few weeks ago at Avery they opened up a few different kegs of it to do a vertical tasting and it just got better with age, no more of the crazy hot alcohol flavors. The other two in the series - Mephinstophles and Samaels - aren't as bad when they are new but a Samael that has been aged a year is like drinking candy
 
I'm not kidding here: this is the ONLY beer I have EVER dumped.

It was making me sick and gag (again, not kidding). This beer is SO sweet and sticky, the FG feels like it's over 1.030 (should've measured it), the malt extract taste is "balanced" by hot solventy alcohol, f**king disgusting.

I should note that except for this beer and their IPA, I LOVE Avery's beer (even the other ones in tis series).
 
..the suede-denim secret police would escort it to the Zonie border in the dark of night.:rockin:

Allright, I give up... Is that a Disposable Heroes reference or a Leonard Cohen reference? I'm getting mixed up thinking about it.
 
WHAT!?!? You dumped it?! I'm sorry to be so reactive, but I cry every time I pass this bottle in the store and realize I cannot afford it. I had it once on tap, and my mind was blown. The one thing, is that it almost doesn't matter what style it is...other than ridiculously strong...I doubt it matters what high gravity yeast is used for this beer.

I would not age a bottle of this for any less than 2 years.
 
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