John and I took a trip to Colorado in October of 2009. While there I let John plan our activities, well no surprise he added quite a few breweries to our itinerary. But I must not complain because out of the experience we found our FAVORITE Brewery- Avery. We were not able to sample any of the Demon series while we were there, but to our delight they now carry Avery in WI and number 98 and 99 are two of the three Demon series beers.
NLT: With a name like Mephistopheles it better knock you off your feet...and this sure did! Seriously I don't think I can drive after one sip--my face is already flushed! Never mind the almost 16% alcohol content, this is one BIG, BOLD beer. When I poured it into the glass it was like molasses, now I love bold thick beers, and the smell was that of brown sugar--I was getting so excited. I took my first sip and I am pretty sure tears started rolling down my face from the power that is Mephistopheles. Now for those of you non-beer drinkers, I wouldn't even smell this stuff. Don't get me wrong...I'll keep drinking it, but I think I will stick to my Avery favorite next time, White Rascal: http://www.averybrewing.com/index2.html.
JFT: I have never been smacked in the face with a flavor the way I was with Mephistopheles...EVER. Instantly you are hit with massive aromas of coffee, dark roast. Then all the boozy overtones pop in. It's hot on the palate because the huge alcohol content cannot be masked even by the molasses, caramel, coffee, and deep, super dark chocolate notes. Each flavor is so pronounced, so "high end". The coffee note is a better smelling coffee than anything Alterra makes. The chocolate feels like 90% cacao and it's beautifully bittersweet. A final word of warning; drink this beer with a meal, because it can be very dangerous on an empty stomach!
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