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Avery Ale to the Chief

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
4623.75/5.03.74/5.0Special8.75%81.1Snifter, 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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 drseusszb200 (195), Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/518/20
May 15, 2009  
poured amber with a nice white head. smelled like hops and citrus. taste is a sweeter citrusy, hop taste. gotten on draft at the ice house pub


 trevor211 (504), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 14, 2009  
Tasted as part of the Avery Experience at Brouwer’s. Adam Avery was on hand, and he described this as a "jacked up Sierra Nevada pale," and said "we dry hop the shit out of this thing." Hops are there, but the really predominant note is citrus. Sweet, flavorful mandarin oranges, with some tangerine / satsuma, too. It’s a very bitter ale, but bitter like citrus rind, not like it’s been hopped a bunch. The flavor is full enough to counter what otherwise might have been a dilute brew. Tasty.


 petematte46 (224), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
May 6, 2009  
Pours hazy gold with white head. Aroma is fruity citrus hoppy, malty, wet graham cracker. Flavor is hoppy, slighty peaty with wet graham cracker, bitter (burnt leaves) and syrupy.


 zizzybalubba (369), Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/517/20
May 5, 2009  
22 oz. bottle from Seaboard Wine in Raleigh (Batch 2, I believe based on purchase date, bottled November 2008). Dark orange pour with a fluffy white head. Rich pineapple aroma; dominates over any other aromas. A hint of peach in the aroma as well. Taste is much of the same but with a nice malt backbone and a bitter hop finish. An outstanding beer even at 6 months after it was bottled. Try it if you can still find it.


 thejon375 (392), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
May 4, 2009  
Hazy amber in color with a thin white head. Aromas of bitter hops and caramel. Tastes of roasted hops and grilled pineapples. Finishes crisp, clean and bubbly. Try it most definitely.


kurtzj (11), Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
May 4, 2009  
Served in a snifter at Austin Flying Saucer. Three finger off-white head over clean reddish golden body. Citrus hoppy aroma. High alcohol is completely masked by Cascade hops. Medium carbonation. Fantastic!


 grandet (481), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
May 2, 2009  
Bottle from Jessup Plaza. Poured a nice cloudy amber color with a medium off white head. aroma is sweetness and hops with some caramel. Taste is full bodied and smooth. Lots of sweetness up front with some hops at the end. Very nice.


 bigtaster (184), Grand Rapids, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Apr 28, 2009  
Bottle (Belated Rating). This beer is a nice yellow-amber-orange colour with a good head and decent lacing. Aroma is full of citrus and floral hops that make me excited to drink it. The beer is a great mix of hop flavours with an emphasis on floral and fresh fruit. There is a great bitter finish and enough malt presence to balance. Good stuff.



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