Avery Anniversary Sixteen

Formerly brewed at Avery Brewing Company
Style: Saison
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in Tulip

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On tap at flying saucer. Has a cloudy yellow golden with a medium creamy white head that leaves behind good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a spicy fruit with a strong clove. Medium mouthfeel with a dry malt taste with a nice dry finish. Hides the alcohol well, a good saison from Avery.

Cloudy golden color on the pour with a minimal head. Tons of sulfur (aka rotten egg smell) on the nose, with notes of sweet, light fruits and spice. The taste is light with sweet fruit notes (peaches and the like) with a grassy character and some decent spice character. There seems to be, however, something lacking in the flavor. Decent spicy carbonation on the swallow. And this could use more funk/earthiness and less sulfur. Despite all that, I didn’t actually mind drinking this - so, this does apparently have redeeming qualities. Edit: Actually, after drinking this some more and letting it open up a bit more, that taste is pretty good. Bumped up the score a bit.

Pours a pale yellow into a tulip. Bright white head recedes at a medium pace to hug rim. Yeast and lemon aromas. Sweet peaches upfront with sweet honey in the middle. Crisp and dry with a flowery alcohol finish.

Bottle from Pizza Port. Clear golden yellow with almost no head. Floral fruity aroma. Big honey and mild peach taste with the jasmine showing through in the finish.

A 22 oz bottle. The beer poured a golden body with a fluffy cream head. The smell is of ham and spices. The taste was of a hint of peach and honey, very smooth. Good carbonation and flavor.

Not the best avery beer that i’ve ever had, but not all that bad. Pours like any other bitter saison, cloudy yellow. Could not taste either the peaches or honey, but have heard on tap in boulder is the way to go. Then again, It may be a sleeper that goes better with age.

I realy enjoyed this beer. Avery has done some pretty wacky things with their anniversary editions but this one was refined and tasteful. Like "Twelve" this had the classic lines and body of a Saison but not as over powering as "Twelve". They should at least put a Saison in their seasonal line up...please!

22oz. bottle Appearance: Pours a pastel yellow with an active, densly foamy white head. Visable rising carbonation is seen in the body. Aroma: After a vigorous pour into my glass, I could smell this sucker from a foot away. I got a huge whiff of must, dust, wet ground on a rainy day right off the bat. Upon a closer inspection, I found spice, citrus, spicy hops and a mixture of funky and bready yeast. Taste: Bready malts, lemon and orange juice, spicy bitter Euro hops, cloves, banana. Finishes with a lingering citrus zest and pepperyness. Mouthfeel: Full bodied, very fizzy. Overall: Way way better on the palate than Fifteen, and a classic beer in it’s own right. This is a farmhouse/Saison on Steroids. Tons of stuff going on in the aroma and taste.

Bomber poured a hazy yellow with a small lingering white head. Aromas of yeast, honey, spice, jasmine and a hint of peach. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of straw, spice, light honey, light yeast and a hint of peach with a crisp dry spiced finish.

On tap @ the brewery. Nose is interesting, very funky, like cheese left on the counter overnight - not entirely pleasant. Taste is wildly different from the smell - Honey and jasmine, not getting the peach, but nice dry snappy finish and as it warms to cellar temp, the wheaty flavor comes out and really highlights the fruit. ABV is not noticeable in any way (seems to be an Avery trademark). Really solid summer drinker - would be a mid-4 easy if not for the funky nose.