Delicious

Couldn't find a batch number on the bottle. Delicious, roast coffee and smooth booze, certainly not oversweet and not raw either.

Tasty, almost like a hefewiezen.

Kind of like a light, bitter, Belgian or Hefeweizen? I don't get any sour, nor very much lime. I dunno. Tastes like mediocre, bitter, brackish water that someone might have dropped a lime rind into.

Syrupy thick, like other strong Avery stouts. Strong peanut flavor - not peanut buttery, but more like straight peanut. Some described it as "gritty." I liked the peanut. The rest of the stout was maybe a bit much.

First taste was hugely, mouth-curlingly sour. Subsequent sips were less extreme, and the various complex flavors came out better. Light tequila overtone, stronger red wine flavors, and a kind of unctuous, umami sour underneath it all.

That is an excellent sour! But it better be at that price.

Oh wow, this beats me in the face like the most bourbon barrel aged beer in existence .I can't write any more because the reaper is here to collect me . I want a rating that says "Never, Never, Never again" .

Tart fruit, juicy character. Unusual and gose-like, with all the tartness but none of the salty finish.

Really odd smell coming after the other sours, but fixed itself quickly. This beer is so, so cabernet, mixed with a strong, fruity but not so lingering sourness. The combination brings out the buttery, stonefruit notes of cabernet and makes it positively peachy. Really, really nice.

The most strongly sour of the three Averys, with a lingering, Balsamic-like richness. On top of this comes the sweet caramel of Bourbon, but in a way that seems a little at odds with the rest of the flavor. Clearly good, but the weakest of the bunch.

Opens strongly with vegetal agave/tequila flavors, followed quickly upon by a strong citrus acidity. A noticeably salty, mellow, Gose-like finish. The effect is great, totally in the flavor-world of a margarita, but more profound at the same time. Best of the bunch.

Smells slightly peppery. Super strong: 50% of the flavor is rubbing alcohol, and molassesy candi sugar and a bit of pepper as well. Too much.

Really strange smell on this, and I had notes that I lost on what it was like. Some kind of musty cookie - may have just been weird in context? Flavor matched the smell. Will have to try again some day in isolation.

A little too sweet.

Very fruity ipa. Citrus, mango, pineapple. Surprisingly not too bitter for an imperia ipa.

Squashy, mildly sweet, with subtle pie spice. This is a solid pumpkin ale, not hugely memorable, but among the good ones - and nice to see something from Avery that isn't completely over the top.

Mild fruit up front.Turns to some zesty Belgian. It's good, it just doesn't stand out from the crowd.

No detectable peach. Smells of clove and white pepper. Fruity on the tip of the tongue but fades into straight spice as it finishes.

Slightly spongy yeasty cereal body. Smooth but assertive hop finish.

Perfect mix of sour and fruit, this is a utter delight to drink. Great intro to sour beers.

A face punch of booze and heavy hitting abv. Very slow sipping beer. Aged well.

So sweet. Too sweet. There must be a mood for this but today wasn't it.

Powerfull booze, coffee, chocolate, molasses and malt smell. Has pretty much the same flavors to the taste. Seems to end on a slightly burnt flavor that get stronger as you drink more of it. Too boozy. Wouldn't get more then a taster or maybe a schooner.

Made me forget that the 10 Barrel was boozy at all. This is basically sweet, sweet bourbon syrup with a touch of roast and pie spice. Manages to be balanced within its own context, but this needs to be drunk a shot glass's worth at a time. I did find it easier to take than the Rumpkin, though.

I remember loving this rum taste in this one.

Oh wow. This beer had to have been a quarter rum -- the opening was all spirit, sweet and heady. The pumpkin ale character was actually quite well defined and integrated, which makes me think the basic idea is a winner. I just wish this was maybe a little less over-the-top.

I remember this being okay.

All hops and toasted malt, with a lot of strength but not a lot of real body in between.

Hoppy... but not flavorfully so. Just the downsides of hops. And then some roast on the finish.

A pilsner with some grassy/herbal pale ale style hopping. Slight spiciness of the finish from the pilsner malts. When I want a pilsner, I don't want a pale ale (otherwise I'd have a pale ale...) so I don't really know why Avery thought hopping a pils was a good idea.

Plum flavor on the palate... a dry plum though, not super sweet. Generally fruity. A bit of bitterness on the finish. Very smooth. Doesn't have that great candy sugar depth of something like a Rochefort

This is all stout. The stout drinkers stout.

Five years' aging has smoothed and deepened this beer's character, leaving an intense, but deliciously umami "reduction of stout."

Pretty resinous on the hops but balance by barley on the back end.

Resinous and fruity but without detectable bitterness, despite the listed 102 IBUs. Maybe I burned out my tongue on stouts? Still, a bit too pungent for me to truly love.

Its yummy

Rich and malty, a touch of umami tartness. Reminds me a lot of Dogfish's World Wide Stout, but a little less integrated. Booze sticks out.

Clean prune smell. Sweet fizzy fruit-like taste with some middle acidity with almost no transition to a mild finish.

Like a stout concentrate: Intense and pungent -- maybe a little too umami for me. But it was certianly memorable. As far as super-strong straight stouts go, though, Dogfish's World Wide was still better.

IPA-derived barleywine: lots of fragrant hops, mellow and warm opening which finishes in a gradually-building bitterness. Not my favorite style, but clearly high-quality. (I have a hard time believing 104 IBU!)

Sweet aromatic smell. Bitter hop start and middle and sweet cereal finish.

First miss for me in a while for Avery. Hollow nuttiness transitions into a dank, uncomplicated malt profile that seems like it can't decide to be sweet or dry. No real hop or grain presence to bring it to character in one direction or another.

Sweet-prune effervescence. Mild body with moderate sweetness.

More like a strong Tripel in character than other quads, golden-amber in color and Belgian-spiced, but wonderfully balanced and assertive. I think I like these Avery people.

Smells like acidic, fermented corn flakes-- has a sharp sweet malt smell. Tastes like toasted corn flakes but with a warm spiced hint. Solid body taste.

Sweet, almost vegetal, super-malty character, bleeding into a strong alcohol finish. It's like they took a Sam Adams Oktoberfest and Imperialized it, where I was looking for some amped-up grassy hop character.

Hot damn, this here's a sippin' beer! It's thick and jammy, like a highly alcoholic slice of raisin bread. I do not think I will attempt one whole bottle on my own, but if I ever do I really hope someone takes my keys away from me.

It's like port wine, but for beer.

Holy concentrated Quadrupel, Batman. Eighteen percent??

Nice wheaty beer, good flavor. Smooth

I surprisingly liked the sweet flavor of this beer.

This was something remarkable and different - 17% alcohol, thick and sweet, if there were a beer equivalent of port wine, this would be it. Reminiscent of a super-rich hot chocolate with about the same mouthfeel, and you can feel every percentage point of the alcohol in play. It's not a beer I would drink as a beer, but ... I can imagine the time and place.

Smells sorta like cocoa puffs. Sour notes in taste but sweetness and alcohol overwhelm it. Roasted sour alcohol finish. This beer works rather well in a small amount as the flavors break down enough with small sips and no particular taste overwhelms. Somewhat of a syrupy residue left.

They went a bit overboard with the beer. It is so strong that it detracts from my enjoyment. Nice coffee flavors in the aftertaste.

At 9.7%, I was expecting something with more of a pure alcohol bite to it. Nope. It was a solid IPA that did not have that heavy over-alcoholed flavor.

Solid, sweet brown, vanilla flavors with a roastiness underneath

Really solid double. A bit of alcohol flavors but primarily just decently fruity hops (still a bit resinous in this concentration) rounded out by a nice malt backbone - not too bitter on the finish.