Avery Brabant

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

Bottled date Feb 10, 2009. Thanks to Narnad for picking this up for me. Pours a very dark brown, bordering on black, with red tints if you hold it up to the light. Light brown head is medium in size and mostly diminishing down to a thin, whitish ring. Sour Brettanomyces nose initially. Upon further sniffs and as the glass breathes a bit, the Brett wanes and I get more notes of mint leaves, alcohol, moderate roast and mildly sour green grapes. Flavor is mild roast up front but wanes rather quickly into roasted peanuts, lightly sour grapes and mildly charred wood. Finish is woody with some definite (yet mild) alcohol heat and cardboard pulp. Low carbonation level (which is fine), but I found the mouthfeel to be rather thin. Interesting idea, and I’m glad I got to try this.

Pours very dark reddish brown with tan head. Sour, bretty aroma with some vinous notes. Slightly sour with wood, wine and musty flavors. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a dry finish. Good stuff, better than I was expecting.

12oz bottle. Bottled on 02.10.09.
Black pour. Aroma of chocolate and musty, sour ale, Bretty goodness. Flavor had very little sourness. Lots of chocolate and very nice barrel flavors. Lots of Zinfandel notes. Instead of this beer being a sour bomb, it was smooth and creamy. Mellowed out by the soft fruited wood. Finishes with a hint of dill and lots of dark fruit like dried cherries. I love how this beer smelled like a sour, tastes like a tannin-ful, dark, wood aged beer made to perfection with great patience and precision.

Source: 12 oz bottle split at Chuck’s.
Glass: Wine Glass.
Appearance: Dark brown pour with a thin tan head.
Aroma: Aroma was chocolate and typical sour notes.
Flavor: A hint of chocolate and caramel, with a weak sour finish.
Palate: Medium body with solid carbonation.
Overall: Easy drinking, but overall very disappointing. Was expecting something more like the JP sour stout, but this was lacking.

Bottle at the release of Flaming Fury. Pours brown with a thin white to beige head. Smoke, acid, and sour aromas. Toasty and sour with some roast, char, acid, and light vinegar. Finishes up with some more light sourness. Really interesting.

12oz bottle. Pours very deep brown, topped with a big khaki head that gradually fades to a thin cover. Very woody aroma, with notes of dark fruit, wild yeast, and some vinous notes. Flavor is sweeter than expected at first, with black cherry, dark fruit, and oak. Dry, oaky, tannic finish.

12oz bottle, bottled 2/10/09, thanks PeterA. Small tan head atop brown-black body. Aroma is medium sweet, vinous, some oak, light Brett. Taste is medium sweet, vinous, some raisin/plum, light wood, caramel. Smooth medium-full body, light carbonation.

Bottle. Pours very dark brown with a 5-finger dark tan head that cascades in sheets. Sort of like Guinness. Aroma is quite vinous. Seems to be oak as well. Medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor includes the typical zinfandel harshness. It’s also woody. The sour is muted, but strong too. The purple vinous finish is fantastic. This stuff is way underrated.