Avery Anniversary Ten

Formerly brewed at Avery Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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An amber beer with a white head. The aroma contains lots of hops as well as coriander. The flavor is sweet with notes of caramel and hints of alcohol while the end is bitter and dry with some amounts of alcohol.

Date: 11/28/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

opaque dark amber, headless, big sweet malt aroma with earthy hops, rich malt flavor, lots of balancing bitterness,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Tasted at the Light Ales/Lagers Tasting in Chicago. Bright copper. Aroma: chewy caramel, some florals, slight almond notes. Big malt palate - pale, sticky, and syrupy. Some apricot. Long flavours of malts, but nothing special. Reminds of Lee's Harvest Ale, which isn't really my bag.

(22oz. bottle, courtesy of Lumpy) Pours a clear copper body with small white head. Aroma of caramel, raisins, cardboard, alcohol, brown sugar, and apricot. Flavor of raisins, caramel, fig, and tobacco with a dry finish.

(RBSG2003): Clear amber with minimal off-white head. Aroma is sweet, alcohol, syrupy, malty and moppy (floral and lots more). Taste is sweet, alcohol, syrupy, but not much otherwise. Seems like some of the flavors cancel each other out. Nice warming swallow.

Bottled: Orange coloured. Clear. Beige nice dense head. Malt, fruit and light spice notes in the aroma. Spiced, hoppy, sweet and alcaholdense flavour. Is nicely bitter in the end and the alcahol is warming the palate nicely. Good one.

This beer rocks! Clear, copper-colored brew... just like a brand "spanking" new penny. Smells like a combo of DFH 90 and 120 Minute IPA. The flavor is rich, very malty-sweet and extremely well-hopped. A touch of maple syrup and pineapple. Sweet... then astringent... then lightly bitter. Caramel and fig as well. Full-bodied with a syrupy mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Ninety Minute IPA... only sweeter and less balanced. World-class brew. Underrated!

Good looking bomber bottle. Hazzy golden color with a medium white head that diminished quickly. Full aroma of citrus, malt and hops. Medium body with smooth texture. Great complex flavor with a long finish with a small alcohol bite at the very end. Gone but will be remembered.

UPDATED: OCT 21, 2004 Poured a medium, cloudy amber color with a small head. Aromas and tastes of citrus, light flowers, and caramel. Oranges. Nice balance. Sweet and bitter. Alcohol well hidden and easy to drink. Very good beer.

UPDATED: JAN 25, 2005 Second rerate 1/25/05: Pours a clear dark copper with a thin off-white coating of head. Aroma is of lightly soured hops and oxidized butterscotch caramel. This stuff was much better fresh, but is still plenty drinkable. Seems to be aging faster than I had expected. Still a nice brew that has always hid its alcohol well. Rerate 4/5/2004: Very much as the previous rating. Nice hop presence and thick caramel maltiness throughout, but not quite as refined as some double IPAs. If the hops were a little sharper, this would be a great beer. Still quite enjoyable as is though... 8/21/2003: Pours a clear copper with a thin lacey coating of eggshell head. Aroma is an interesting mix of caramel malty complexity and diversity of hops. Rich syrupy sweet body with a pleasant bitterness and good complexity. Not quite as extreme or interesting as some of the better strong ales/imperial ipas, but by no means a bad beer. I do wish it were bottle conditioned though.