Ghosts of Avery past at Pints

Halloween may be over, but demons still are headed to Pints Alehouse this weekend.

The three Demons of Ales from Colorado’s Avery Brewing head a lineup of 11 big, mostly barrel-aged Avery beers at the North Spokane pub on Friday and Saturday.

Those include the 2016 Samael’s barrel-aged English-style strong ale (16.3 percent alcohol by volume), 2015 The Beast barrel-aged Belgian strong dark (17.2) and 2016 Mephistopheles imperial stout (14.6)

The lineup also features:

– Four other imperial stouts aged in bourbon barrels: the 2016 Vanilla Bean Stout (10.8 percent ABV), 2017 peanut-infused Nuttiest Professor (15.2), 2015 Uncle Jacob’s (17.1 ABV) and 2016 coffee-infused Tweak (17.5).

– A pair of pumpkin offerings: 2015 PumpKYn spiced pumpkin porter aged in bourbon barrels (15) and 2017 Rumpkin pumpkin ale aged in rum barrels (16.9).

– Two sours: the oak-aged Apricot Sour (7.3) and cabernet sauvignon barrel-aged Amicitia (8.2), the 47th and latest entry in Avery’s exclusive, experimental Barrel-Aged Series.

Except for the sours and Vanilla Bean Stout, which will be served in standard goblets, the other, bigger beers will be poured as 5.5-ounce snifters. The entire lineup also will be available to go in crowlers and growlers, at premium prices to be determined.