Avery Ale to the Chief

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

Clear amber with medtium beigme head. Intense hoppy aroma with grapeafruit and pine notes. Very hoppy flavour with grapefruit, pine and citric notes. Very bitter finish. I like!

Bottle shared with blankboy, jerc & mabel - courtesy of jerc & mabel. Clear golden-amber with a small white head. Aroma - mmmm, love those hops - Cascade-o-rama! Medium bodied. Flavour is tasty, very hop-forward but also well balanced. Very solid.

Golden pour with white head and lace. Grapefruit dominates the nose. Very evergreen bitter. Creamy full bodied beer. A beer on the edge of being very damn good. Would I drink it again. Ale yes.

22oz bottle poured into a Trappist glass. I have not had the opportunity to use my Trappist glass in a while. AATTC pours murky copper in color with a small thin head that persists longer than usual. This is not a particularly beautiful beer. The aroma contains grapefruit, spicy hop resin, honey and either peaches or cantelope. The sweetness detracts from the overall aroma but enough to ruin my anticipation. The flavor mirrors the aroma quite closely. The hops do not make as strong of an appearance as the aroma would suggest though. The body is not flat but somehow the finish seems so. This is a nice beer but in two weeks I will not remember it without reading my notes.

Pours a really nice copper color with a fluffy head. Aroma is a very pleasant sweet hops. Flavor is dominated by the hops, but has a nice cantelope sweetness. Palate was very smooth and has a nice finish. Overall, I was very impressed - but is this an American Strong Ale? Seemed much more like an IPA.

Nice clear gold pour with decent head. Honey, citrus, and pine hop aromas. Sweet hoppiness in the flavor. Bitter finish. Kinda reminds me of Hopslam.

Small sample at ElGaucho*s on 11-17-08. Pours a cloudy, pale brass. Dry, citrusy hops in the very interesting, floral aroma. Taste is dry with refreshing grapefruit juice, tea, and flower flavors. Good, long, dry aftertaste. Medium body. Crisp in the palate. Good stuff!

Big sweet fruity drink. Pours clear brown. Syrupy aroma with a resiny hop smell and some pine as well. Grapefruit hop flavor with a caramel backbone. Bitter pine and resin hop finish. Pretty quick on the finish and I would call this a bit closer to a double IPA as opposed to an American Strong.