Avery Black Eye

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  1. Graviz

    Graviz Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2012 Colorado

    #1 Graviz, Oct 8, 2014
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  2. SawDog505

    SawDog505 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,922) Apr 9, 2010 New Hampshire
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    Wow! I need to go to Mass and get this. Nobody makes high abv stouts better or easier drinking!
     
    #2 SawDog505, Oct 8, 2014
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  3. Bladezone

    Bladezone Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2006 District of Columbia

    Where'd you hear that it'd be released on October 12? Distro states?
     
    #3 Bladezone, Oct 8, 2014
  4. Graviz

    Graviz Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2012 Colorado

    Avery's Facebook page. No idea if this will make it out of state or not. It really depends on how much they sell at the brewery. There's always a chance it won't even make it to distro. It's quite a bit smaller than their recent releases.
     
    #4 Graviz, Oct 8, 2014
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  5. Cubatobaco

    Cubatobaco Pooh-Bah (2,057) Jan 27, 2013 Virginia
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    Hmmm, I may have to try and get my hands on a bottle.
     
    #5 Cubatobaco, Oct 8, 2014
  6. Graviz

    Graviz Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2012 Colorado

    This it's going to be an expensive fall. This, then BA Tweak, my wallet is going to be hurting!
     
    #6 Graviz, Oct 8, 2014
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  7. beernuts

    beernuts Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2014 Virginia

    Its interesting that they chose to age it 5 months in the bottle, you don't see that a lot. It kind of makes me think it didn't turn out the way they wanted.
     
    #7 beernuts, Oct 9, 2014
  8. billyshears

    billyshears Initiate (0) Jan 27, 2008 Connecticut

    probably not the best name for a beer
     
    #8 billyshears, Oct 9, 2014
  9. gueuzedreg

    gueuzedreg Initiate (0) Jan 18, 2013 Colorado
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    it was between black or brown eye. Easy decision considering...
     
    #9 gueuzedreg, Oct 9, 2014
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  10. Dan_Inreallife

    Dan_Inreallife Initiate (0) Jan 22, 2012 Colorado

    To the best of my understanding, it was just bottled a few weeks ago. They pulled samples back before the original release and decided to leave it aging in barrels longer, not bottle conditioning.
     
    #10 Dan_Inreallife, Oct 9, 2014
  11. dumptruck81

    dumptruck81 Initiate (0) Dec 28, 2011 Texas

    I think "make your brown eye blue" was also in the running
     
    #11 dumptruck81, Oct 9, 2014
  12. UCLABrewN84

    UCLABrewN84 Initiate (0) Mar 18, 2010 California

    Hopefully it's better than Black Tot.
     
    #12 UCLABrewN84, Oct 9, 2014
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  13. FarmerTed

    FarmerTed Pundit (928) May 31, 2011 Colorado

    I'm pretty sure that label is just a mock-up; they post those sometimes in the CO forum. It has the wrong abv on it as well (if the abv is actually 18.87%).
     
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  14. Graviz

    Graviz Initiate (0) Feb 26, 2012 Colorado

    Black Tot was infected. It was only ~10% and this one is over 18% so the likelihood of it being infected too is minimal. It'd be interesting if you could find a black tot still and do a side by side comparison to see if there's any similarities.
     
    #14 Graviz, Oct 10, 2014
  15. Bladezone

    Bladezone Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2006 District of Columbia

    Poo. This one is just a brewery only release. The rest of us out of staters are SOL.

    http://beerstreetjournal.com/avery-black-eye-barrel-aged-imperial-stout-oct-12/
     
    #15 Bladezone, Oct 10, 2014
  16. Bladezone

    Bladezone Initiate (0) Sep 22, 2006 District of Columbia

    Actually if anyone lives in the general vicinity of Avery and can grab a few bottles of this and Tweak, PM me so we can talk details.
     
    #16 Bladezone, Oct 10, 2014
  17. TillTheMedicineTakes

    TillTheMedicineTakes Initiate (0) Jul 13, 2014 Colorado

    From what I heard from a worker is that they were worried it would be infected like Black Tot was. Hence the name, Black Eye.
    They were doing tests on the bottles to see if it would turn out fine. Heat tests and such.
    Some employees had bottles at time of the original release date.
    So, I'd say it was bottled and not held in barrels.
     
    #17 TillTheMedicineTakes, Oct 10, 2014
  18. Snowshoes

    Snowshoes Initiate (0) Sep 30, 2014 Pennsylvania

    18.87? Black Tuesday territory. Marvelous.
     
    #18 Snowshoes, Oct 10, 2014
  19. beatenbyjacks

    beatenbyjacks Savant (1,151) Apr 17, 2011 Colorado

    Black Eye this weekend, Antonius Carmen (BA 23) in a few weeks, and then Tweak in early November?!? Well well well they are going out with a bang at the old brewery! Cannot wait.... although my wallet is saying otherwise.
     
    #19 beatenbyjacks, Oct 10, 2014
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  20. Snowshoes

    Snowshoes Initiate (0) Sep 30, 2014 Pennsylvania

    What's Antonious Carmen? Neither that nor BA 23 turned anything up when I searched for it on this site.

    EDIT: Nevermind. I found it.
     
    #20 Snowshoes, Oct 10, 2014
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