Nuttiest Professor
Avery Brewing Company

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From:
Avery Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
15.2%
Score:
93
Avg:
4.17 | pDev: 7.67%
Reviews:
65
Ratings:
208
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 25, 2022
Added:
May 07, 2017
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  45
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Peanut Stout. ​This creamy and colossal peanut stout is nuts. But, our resident archaeologist, historian, brewer, and professor...he's really nuts. Mad peanut science.
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Ratings by bobhits:
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Reviewed by bobhits from Kentucky

3.95/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
The beer pours black as tar, zero carbonation. Very thick and viscous.

Peanut butter is really all I can get easily from this nose on this one. There's a hint of chocolate or just a darker sweetness, perhaps a light vanilla, but it smells like peanut butter.

I'm telling you this is peanut butter with a vanilla mid pallet with some bourbon notes, and then right back into peanut butter. Some kind of candy milk chocolate somewhat sneaks in here and there.

Man, darn good, but a bit one dimensional. I won't buy this one again at the cost of 12 bucks or a buck an oz. Still really nice beer, very glad to have had it.
Oct 22, 2017
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.24 by buzzy from Pennsylvania

Jul 25, 2022
 
Rated: 4.59 by hopley from Massachusetts

Jun 19, 2022
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Reviewed by Eddieeight from Ohio

4.33/5  rDev +3.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Very interested to try this. I bought it for $14 at my favorite stout store that has a wall of stouts. This beer is now retired, and in fact I bought it in Oct of 2021 and it was bottled June 19, 2017. I wonder what I was doing back in 2017, and could i have predicted I would be tasting a bottle of this in my future? In 2017 I was under a deep depression, but I'm out now, and feeling much better. Feeling good enough to test this brew. Rolling in at 15.2%, and they made 1680 cases of this, so I would venture to say this is not a large scale production beer. I love Avery beers, Mephistopheles and Uncle Jacob's are a couple of my favorites. Anyway, I pour it out deep dark brown into my goblet, and it bubbles for a minute, but then just sits there still, doing nothing, waiting for me to do something with it. Ok, I'll oblige. OK this smells like the inside of a cheap hotel that has just been cleaned with carpet cleaner. Not particularly inviting. Or maybe it smells more like aged newspaper, kind of a dull damp yellow papery vibe to it. Not particularly impressed. Or maybe it smells like the inside of an old used bookstore, yes, that's it, an old bookstore. It just became more intriguing. Now let's taste. The taste is rich and velvety, full and inviting. I chilled this a bit in the fridge and it's just the right temp to light up my mouth. Yes, as advertised, it's heavy on the nuttiness. And equal parts molasses and caramel, some deep dark rich sugary candies, kind of like a Werther's. I'm pleasantly surprised given the uninviting smell. I could really get into this flavor. Yes it's like a super sweet peanut brittle bathed in bourbon. Mouthfeel is light and bubbly, rather active for a heavy stout like this. Immediately I know i'll be buying every last bottle my local store has. Avery has done it again, a real winner.
Oct 17, 2021
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Reviewed by EMV from Pennsylvania

4.11/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
2017 vintage. Poured from a foil topped 12 oz bottle into a Dogfish Head tulip

L: Dark, dark brown pour... nearly black. A flash of fizzy mocha head that falls immediately. No lacing.

S: Boozy and roasty. Sweets and nuts.

T.F: Sweet... boozy. Vanilla and roast mixed with cocoa. Very mild coffee... some nutty character, but not overly peanut-y. A little on the fizzy side... and lighter bodied than expected. Oily and boozy... ABV apparent.

O: A solid sweet/dessert stout. Lacking on visuals and body... but good flavor. Relatively drinkable for 15.2%. Not one I'd want regularly... or even semi-regularly.
Jul 12, 2021
 
Rated: 4.5 by bigred89 from Maryland

Apr 12, 2021
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Reviewed by DaveMaciolek21 from New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
You can build a night around this beer, or it could also end your night early. Molasses color in the glass, not much if any head. A beer to be reckoned with--bourbon, molasses, sweet roast with a nicely subdued peanut underbelly. An absolutely monstrous 15.2% abv stayed under control, and just got a bit boozy at the bottom of the glass. Not enough for a de-merit. Have someone hide the car keys, and enjoy.
Oct 01, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by Sparky44 from Illinois

May 09, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by Patches826 from Massachusetts

Apr 12, 2020
 
Rated: 4.27 by dubnation from Kansas

Apr 03, 2020
 
Rated: 4.44 by j37geogaddi from Massachusetts

Mar 09, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by TylerJ from Iowa

Dec 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.58 by MaximumYuks from Oregon

Oct 09, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by tp1962 from Illinois

Sep 29, 2019
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Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Bottled 6/19/17; drank 9/18/19 @ the Yarchives.

Black appearance.

A rough pour yielded a small, noisy dark khaki head which quickly dissipated; no lace.

Peanut butter, milk chocolate & bourbon heat notes in the nose.

Thick, sticky mouthfeel.

Peanut butter & bourbon heat flavors up front; milk chocolate notes on the finish.

I aged this for two years hoping the booze heat would fade; no such luck.
Sep 19, 2019
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota

4.21/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottle. Bottling date is 'JUN 19 2017'.
Opaque black colored body. Not much of a head upon pouring but the surface stays active from rising bubbles. No lacing, but leaves a oily sheen.
Aroma of bourbon soaked dark roasted malts and a whiff of peanuts.
Taste is rather sweet, with a heavy bourbon presence. With dark roasted malts that express at different moments - chocolate, coffee, cherry, and caramel/molasses. I get a sense of peanuts but the flavor is not strong, but more felt in the oily texture of the beer. Slippery smooth, with a thinner mouth feel. Low carbonation.
This is a high alcohol level beer but there is little burn, but there is considerable vapor through the nostrils. Sweet enough to be a dessert beer, with the peanuts mainly appearing in a brief aftertaste. From the label description it sounds as if this beer was done as an experiment in brewing with different ingredients, such as peanuts in a high ABV% stout. The beer still hangs together well, even at the two year mark in the bottle.
Jun 15, 2019
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Reviewed by Thankin_Hank from Texas

4.43/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Dark as night pour with abundant carbonation and an oily residue on top. Smells delicious, typically the molasses, brown sugar sweet aroma, this time with the hint of nuts, suspended near the top floating. The alcohol is strong and it has a sweet flavor of brown sugar and molasses. Not tasting the peanuts yet. It has an excellent mouthfeel, save the alcohol but for many that's part of the enjoyment of these style beers. Overall it's a fine craft beer that deserves a place among the greats at Avery Brewing. The peanuts are coming through in the aftertaste now. 12 ounce bottled on 6/20/17.
May 19, 2019
 
Rated: 4.06 by Hop_God from California

May 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4.27 by Prost76 from New Hampshire

Jan 26, 2019
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Reviewed by CraftPicks from Indiana

3.46/5  rDev -17%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Avery beers are always so hot. A year later and this beer can stand some age still. As this warms I get more peanut taste. Peanut aromatics are gone.

Really a 3.6875

VISUAL: Clear black color with no particulates, a small amount of brown foam, and no lacing.

AROMA: Chocolate and sweet aromatics and whiskey with other alcoholic notes.

TASTE: Definite lingering sweetness and mildly sweet.

MOUTHFEEL: Medium body, a little carbonation, and alcohol.
Dec 17, 2018
Nuttiest Professor from Avery Brewing Company
Beer rating: 93 out of 100 with 208 ratings