Avery's Samael's

A good friend of mine recommend this beer after I was gushing over Three Philosopher's ... WHOA, this is on my short list for the best beers made.

From gastronomic guesswork
I've been pondering the question "who's the best" among three great local Colorado craft beer makers in Avery, Left Hand, and Oskar Blue's (the three best in Colorado, and thereby probably top 10 in the country since Colorado is so prolific among the micro brewing states). I've decided this doesn't matter, all three are of such unimpeachable character and singular vision that naming "the best microbrewery in Colorado" would be pointless as each one deserves admiration at elevation.

Back to Samael's, it's brutally wonderful, an assault of oak and turbinado sugar ale on the senses. Crazy good, not marketed as a smoked ale, but thrashes just about all of them at their own game. Rating: 98 pts.


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