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Avery Ale to the Chief

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RATINGS: 519   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.71   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 262   ABV: 8.75%
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.


3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Skyview (4737) - Papoose Jct, USA - AUG 12, 2008
Sampled from 22-oz bottle, picked up from Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a clear copper amber brew with a thin and creamy off-white head that has some nice retention and lacing. Aroma of roasted caramel malt, some pine and citrus zest, a touch of grapefruit and some dark pitted fruits. Taste is full bodied, some carbonation with flavors of heavy citrus, grapefruit, a touch of honey and some caramel malt, Finish is mildly bitter with some citrus and grapefruit flavors.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
RobertDale (822) - Lansing, Kansas, USA - DEC 29, 2011
22 ounce bottle found in my storage. Pours a cloudy copper amber with a nice off-white head. Aroma of pine, citrus and malt. Taste is floral hops, caramel, malt, and citrus. Nice bitter finish. Excellent.

4.2
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
jcweaver (362) - VA Beach, Virginia, USA - DEC 3, 2011
Bottle back in 08. Pours a clear amber with a medium off-white head. Grapefruit and pine hop aromas with a hint of caramel. Very hoppy flavor with notes of citrus, pine and grass. Great bitter finish. Loved this one.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
portableparty (1002) - Blaine, Minnesota, USA - NOV 26, 2011
Bottle to my New Belgium glass. Pours a hazy honey colored amber with a foamy kahki head that lasts and shows lacing. Aroma is sweet sugary caramel with a mix of citrus and pine. Taste is soft bitterness with a really nice caramel mix that includes some nuts, toffee, lemon and pine. Palate is medium to full with a creamy chalky body that leaves a dry finish. For this being a few years old I felt it held up well!

3.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
diabel (1502) - Aarschot, BELGIUM - NOV 14, 2011
Hazy amber, off-white head. Aroma of american hops, caramalts, flowers, ...: very well balanced with a nice complexity. Harshly bitter, heavily sweet flavour: nicely balanced with an ok complexity. Very nice.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
phaleslu (3162) - Saint Louis, Missouri, USA - OCT 16, 2011
22 oz. bottle via trade with michael-pollack- thanks, Pollack! Pours a cloudy amber-tinted gold that gets hazier at the bottom. Small white head that quickly settles into a ring. Aroma suggests this is past its prime, with some cardboard-like oxidation notes- they don’t ruin it, though. Sweet malts, toffee, toasted brown sugar, resin, and earth follow. The flavor follows suit but comes together more smoothly. Sweet and malty, with a bit of an underlying woodiness. Mellow carbonation, and light-medium bodied. Still drinking pretty nicely but won’t get better probably.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
JStax (689) - Devola, Ohio, USA - SEP 7, 2011
Poured from a bottle into a snifter. Appearance is a hazy amber to copper color with a thick, beige head of foam that leaves thick, splotchy lacing. Aroma is resiny and floral with a thick bready, caramel/toffee presence. Taste is lightly bitter on the front of the tongue, giving way to a woody, roasty note and a long, dry finish. Aftertaste is made up of alcohol and toffee.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
illidurit (1273) - Santa Cruz, California, USA - JUL 25, 2011
Bomber shared at the July Santa Cruz tasting. Pours hazy bronze with a light tan head. Aroma is chiefly caramel malts and aged hops, a bit dusty but still with some life to it. Flavor displays some big pineapple notes, just as strong and hoppy as a lot of fresh double IPAs. There is however plenty of aged character with muddled crystal and caramel malts and mild isovaleric notes. Respectable bitterness, heavy syrupy body. Not bad for an ancient DIPA.

2.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Fratto (1814) - Arlington, Texas, USA - JUL 11, 2011
Bottle from Cavie. Hazy orange pour with a cream colored head. Aroma is dirt, earth, almost butter, and grapefruit. Taste is thick, buttery, caramel, and kinda fruity. Earthy, almost burned finish. Glad we didn’t wait until Obama left office.


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