3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Murky brown with some gold around the edges, standard sized head. Smell like fresh baked bread. Flavor is a nice mix of rye and and a bit of funk, and a dry, hoppy finish. Very enjoyable.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: pours clear deep golden brown, fine tan ring. Nose is distinct, earth, guava, rye malt, Belgian yeast, brown sugar, oaky scotch. Once on the palate, medium sweetness, distinct yeast, spicy rye, coffee bean, green, grass hops. Nice balance and definitely would seek out again.
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3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Fire Works Pizza in Arlington, VA over the weekend. Served in a taster glass.
Pours a reddish-copper color with a thin off-white head and a bit of lacing as it falls down the glass. The nose carries a good bit of rye along with some peppery spice. Faint fruit there as well. Flavor keeps up with the high pepper and spice combo, with a lot of rye zestiness in there. Body is a bit chewy and a bit too thick for my liking. Decent.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Orange with a thin tan head. Clean hoppy well balanced aroma matches the even flavors. Hits the saison style with an excellent dry hopping flavor and ara that mutes the sweetness
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3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Avery always done a fine job. Pours with a nice thick head, and finishes clean. Brown color, well balanced, mild hops.
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3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Gold brown hazy color white head. Very fruity, nice classic saison yeast, some mustyness. Nice hop spice, sweet. Easy drinker, delicious.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tampa, Fl - Whole Foods - 22 oz bomber. Pours a slightly murky dark copper with a sticky off white head that leave a slight trace of lacing. Aroma is nice, but odd. Pick up some spicy notes, a hint of peppermint, a hint of pickle juice. Flavor is full bodied and hearty, and a bit odd. Some ripening vegetable notes, a touch of rye, a bit of canned fruit cocktail juice essence. Mouthfeel is thick and sticky. Odd, but enjoyable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle. copper orange pour. caramel & toffee notes, white pepper. it seems that this is on the downside of its life.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
22oz bottle.
Hazy amber pour with a ring of white head. Aromas of barnyard, spices, and floral hops. Taste is slightly funky with citrus, some funk, and a bitter aftertaste. Doesn’t taste as good as it smells.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Appearance: slight haze with some a few random suspended dregs under a heavy pithy head. Sticky lace lingers from start to finish. Blood orange and amber hues. Swirls bubbly, clumpy, and lacey.
Nose: tropical fruit skins. Whole rye seeds. Cracked coconut, husk and flesh and milk. Guava, avocado, pineapple, papaya and pomegranate. Spicy oaky scotch soaked oranges and rye seeds. Green banana peel.
Palate: rye seeds, green tropical fruit skins, pineapple skin, and orange nectar. Caramel. Raw guava and fresh pineapple. Fistfuls of rye seeds. Scotch soaked sticky orange delights. Green bananas, leather, and chamois. Dried flower petals. Key lime and lemongrass. Lovely rind and rye finish. Dried hop petals. Whole fields of rye and grass, flowers and weeds, leather and oak.
Final Thoughts: wow. The Eighteenth Anniversary ale from Avery is now my favorite anniversary release that I have had the pleasure of savoring so far. I love rye in beer and I love saison – a combination destined to please and please it did. Rustic, spicy, scotch barrels, boozy oranges and tropical fruits, soul-affirming, of the harvest... Delicious! Maybe Avery will make their dry-hopped rye saison a repeat performance; I can hope at least.
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