Avery's The Beast

So after being floored by the depth and quality of Avery's Samael's, and indulging a few craft beer fanatics as they raved about The Beast, I think my expectations might have been a little too high.

From gastronomic guesswork

The 2008 Beast Gran Cru Ale is complex, and a very good beer. However, I found the persevering taste of blackstrap molasses a little overbearing. Maybe this will improve with age, but right now the palate of the beast is a bit out of balance, more precisely an overdone assemblage of an otherwise interesting beermaker's folly. Let this one rest a year or three. Rating:88-90+