Avery 14er ESB

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Boulder, Colorado USA

Orange amber color and quite cloudy. Nice rocky head; leaves ample lace. Strong earthy and malty smells; Biscuity with crystal malt presence. Very British in flavor. Far more hop in the swallow and aftertaste than the smell would indicate. Dry. Weak body with a higher than average carbonation level. In some ways, this is spot on in recreating the style.

Hazy light orange with lots of lace and a healthy crown of foam. The light creates a nice glow. THe bready malt of an English style ale but with a notable bitter hop presence. The malt smells very English. Bitter, of course. Really nice biscuity sweet malt presence, but with a flowery, bitter hop at the swallow. Well-balanced between the strong flavors. Mild and far from any kind of extreme beer. Medium body, doesn’t linger much. Unobtrusive but not thin. Sweet bready and English. A nice, mild beer with a bitter bit. A great change of pace beer.

Pours a clear, light golden hue from the 12oz. bottle: Aroma of florals, yeast, and bitter hops. Compared to the aroma, the flavors (malts, grain, citrus, maybe grassy) are a bit one-dimensional and light. Driankbility: Thin and quite unimpressive. Rebuy: Willing to rerate. #173 on 29102009, DG.

Pours a beautiful copper color. Aroma of floral hops. Taste has the initial bitterness of hops with a nicely balanced malty finish. Good.

Draught from Avery tap room. Yellow thin white head. Aroma of light hops a little citrusy. Also light malts in flavor balance. Pretty hoppy and floral. finish is short but leaves mouth wet.

12oz bottle. Pours a clear, not quite copper, but orange-gold-bronze colored body with a finger-width, off-white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a veil of creamy foam on the surface and glass. Good looking beer. Aroma is paler, bready caramels with a good amount of citrusy hops. Grapefruit-honey and a light, herbal spice. Flavor is lightly hopped with a nice, herbal fruity bitterness. A somewhat flowery honey sweetness accompanies the pale, slightly bready caramels. The fruity, bready, hop bite grows slightly into a dry finish, where it lingers for a good amount of time. Body is light to medium and very smooth. Overall, a nice ESB. The malts are light, but the hops fit this really nicely. They’re clearly present, but never grow out of hand and stay well balanced throughout. Great body and extremely drinkable. Solid.

12 oz. bottle which came in a variety pack. A mild hops taste prevails while drinking, bur doesn’t linger too long. Overall, pretty smooth, but nothing that really jumps out to make it out of the ordinary.

Hazy pale orange with a white head and good lacing. Aroma is mostly hops as is the taste. The light body finishes dry and bitter.