Avery Anniversary Sixteen

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

Serve in Tulip

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On tap at Falling Rock in Denver, CO. I was ecstatic to come across it so early after its release. Has a golden glowing opaqueness with a soft foamy top. Very well balanced and tasteful with the spices and sugars. Not overly sweet and has a decent body to it. Very drinkable and goes great with your favorite pub food. Even better that its 8%.

Pours a fairly clear light straw color with a lively white head that takes a while to dissipate (there’s sediment in the bottom, but I haven’t gotten to it yet). Aroma is eventful with an earthy base, breadcrust, sourdough, hay, oregano, citrus (peaches, since the label mentions them), and a slight amount of other spice. Good aroma, not overdone in the exotic ingredients. Taste has an earthy malt base as well, slightly sweet, with bread/wheat, grass, hay, pungent yeast qualities (cheese, mushrooms, etc.), citrus, light spice. Finish dries out a bit with toast, citrus rind, bitter spices. Medium bodied, high carbonation (becomes prickly and loses creaminess if you let the glass sit too long), and suits both quaffing and sipping. Quite good! It’s sweeter (f as it warms, so keep it a little cool. I’m enjoying this quite a bit, it balances its ingredients and isn’t too sweet. Woo!

Draft at Jackie O’s in Athens, Oh. This beer is for Steve for without you, none of this would be possible. Pours a cloudy, light yellow with aromas of fruit and flavors of fruit, yeast and some spice. A good saison, very drinkable and refreshing and a tad better than the saison that I just had from Green Flash. However, this beer is a little disappointing for an anniversary beer.

(22 oz. (bottled 5/09) from Jason’s) Hazy amber-gold with a large, billowy head. Aroma of fruit, caramel, spice and yeast. Mouthfeel smooth and pure, slight bit of pebbliness. Flavor is sweet, lightly spicey and yeasty. Fruit and caramel. Lightly peppery, lightly smoky. Mild ABV burn. Nice bitter bite in finish. Super tasty and balanced big saison.

Bottle. Very pretty blond pour with a little white head. Aroma is lemony lightly sweet malt, small amount of honey and pleasant yeast. Flavor is the same, a little overly sweet at times, but light and refreshing in general. I like this beer.

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.

A really nice saison. Dry, crisp, light fruity aroma, some funky yeast character, slight bitter. Hazy yellow with fluffy head. Alcohol not noticeable. Sessionable. Tasty.

Pours a hazy dark golden ripe banana yellow color with pale golden hues when held to a light source and a two finger frothy pillowy white head that slowly settles into a lasting cap that leaves patches of soapy lacing in it’s wake. Slightly earthy funky aroma with a very prominent crisp light fruit aroma. The peaches dominate but I’m also picking up some apple and pear as well as some peppery spice, sweet honey anf floral hops. Creamy medium body with a lot of peppery zest, earthy and floral hops, crisp light fruit and a slighty dry finish. Once again the peaches are prominent but there is also a nice dose of citrus peel and peppery spice and lemon zest. I’m also getting some other light fruits, mostly apple and pear as well as some slight earthiness, silky sweet honey, crisp dry bitter floral hops and a slight alcohol warmth. This beer is very well balanced and complex with a lot of interesting flavors bouncing off of each other. The ABV is very well balanced, making this extremely drinkable, especially during the warmer months. Recommended.

A lightly malty, floral aroma. This saison is a sweet, fruity wheat beer with some citrus, apple, peach, and honey. It finishes up sweet and tangy, and leaves behind it a smile. Just the thing to have when a July twilight arrives, the sounds of neighborhood kids playing and dogs barking waft thru the windows, the happy glow of a stormless summer evening enveloping the beer rater as he holds up his glass to check on the lacing, the sounds of a broadcasted baseball game coming from the house next door, and all seems right in the world. A very nice summer brew, and another admirable product from Avery.

The slightest amount of haze with a light yellow color. Some amounts of banana and clove on the nose with weaker spices rounding the aroma. Tart flavors abound! Sour grape with dry creme feeling left for the finish. A most interesting saison. More fruit and spice than I’m accustomed too..