Avery Ale to the Chief

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	96
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Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
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Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
462	3.75/5.0	3.74/5.0	Special	8.75%	81.1	Snifter, Trappist glass

Commercial Description:
We the Brewers of Avery Brewing Company, in order to form a more perfect ale, require a new leadership that can liberate us from our quagmires in foreign lands; embrace environmentally sound energy alternatives to imported oil; heal our ailing health care system; free us from tyrannical debt and resurrect the collapsing dollar. We hereby pledge to provide him or her with an ample amount of our Presidential Pale Ale to support in the struggle for the aforementioned goals! Hail to the New Chief!

Not an "Imperial" pale ale, this is a democracy. It's Presidential! Take the all-American pale ale, a bipartisan blend of malt and hops, increase to both Avery Brewing standards, and then, of course, dry hop the result with that most quintessential of American hops, Cascades, and you get this... Ale to the Chief. A brew worthy of the Oval Office! Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, hops and yeast.

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CelticBrew (694), The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jan 26, 2009

Pours a medium dark copper hue, forming an egg shell colored foamy head. Aroma pungent of malted caramel goodness, pine resin and spices. Flavour was a floral hoppy kick with a particular malty backbone. Mouthfeel was somewhat sticky, lacing evident. Overall decent beer.

lordeche (397), Quincy, Massachusetts, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 26, 2009

Pours thick with a copper-amber body, snow white head and nice lacing. Nice hoppy aroma, with the standard citrus and pine notes on a caramel backbone. Flavor is slightly spicy, with some subdued hoppines lending some nice floral and fruity notes with the aforementioned bready caramel presence at the back. Nice pine bitterness in the finish. Great creamy palate.

gunhaver (1025), Tampa, Florida, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 26, 2009

Bottle. Pours clear amber copper with a big cloud-like white head and harsh, dry cotton-like lacing. Nose is big on dry hops with a smooth, wet malty backbone. Full of aggressive hop flavors, some healthy spices, a decent caramel malt presence. Smooth full-bodied beer, with a balanced finish. Alcohol is nowhere. Pretty damn good.

PhillyBeer2112 (2087), Orange Park, Florida, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	15/20

Jan 26, 2009

Pale copper, hazy. Fruity, hoppy. Sweet and peppery, pretty one-dimensional.

BrewDad (2370), Olympia, Washington, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 25, 2009

22oz Bomber - Gravity Beer Market – Olympia, WA
Was the beer of the year in my book. Loved the name and the story on the front was awesome. Big flavor, aroma and finish with this beer. Very strong and had a great malt and flavor profile. This was a very well brewed beer.

patrick767 (2033), fort wayne, Indiana, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 25, 2009

bottle - Enjoyed to celebrate inauguration day. This brew pours copper with a thin, light tan head. It has a very good pine and citrus hop aroma with an undercurrent of caramel malt. The flavor is a well balanced blend of the above with a medium to full body. The alcohol is just detectable in the flavor. It finishes with some lingering bitterness. It didn’t blow me away, but it’s a very enjoyable quaff.

00cobraR (1098), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	9/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jan 24, 2009

the thing smelled a helluva lot better than it tasted. pours out a nice coppery color with a small beige head. aroma was very floral with notes of citrus and hops. flavor was rather strange at first but became better as it warm.

Svesse (2613), Hässelby, Sweden

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jan 24, 2009

(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 22 Jan 2009) Amber colour with firm, rocky, beige head. Fruity, hoppy nose with pine needles, orange peel and very fresh hops. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, orange peel, pine needles and resin. Fairly sweet, but the sweet, caramelly malt is brilliantly balanced by the citussy, piney hops. Lovely beer!

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