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Pours a very dark amber with a foamy white head. Aroma consists of dark fruit and spices. Very quaffable with a lot of maltiness, dark fruit and spice.

Found this one bottled at the Binny’s in St. Charles, Illinois. Cloudy, deep amber pour with a nice thick off-white head that laced nicely. Nose of banana, cinnamon, orange peel and clove. Very complex flavor. Fruits, spices, nuts, baked bread and some rosy hoppiness are all present. Strong, potent finish but not alcoholic. Warm going down. This is a very nice beer.

Cloudy orange-brown with big, creamy tan head / Estery nose of banana and spice / Full bodied, sweet malts, with long, creamy and sweet, hop finish / Big flavors of banana, orange, plum, caramel, coriander, and clove / Big, thick, rich, possibly a bit cloying, but very good.

3-16-08 tap
Semi clear yellow copper in color with a decent ivory tan head. Smell is slight belgian funk but has some grassy and pine notes in there as well. Mouthfeel is a bit stagnant and monotone. Taste is average overall - nothing too amazing. Surprisingly mild!

(cleaning out my beer bottle collection as pictured in my profile and utilizing ratebeer.com) As I recall, interesting blend of flavors here. Malty richness of pitted fruits with a nice creamy head.

On tap at Oldsmar Tap House. Pours a dark caramel color with red highlights. Has a thick white head and thick filmy white lacing. Aromas of Belgian yeast, clove, bubblegum, some oak. Flavors disappoint and lack the variety of the aroma. Creamy malts come through well, with a subdued yeast character. Clove and banana round out. Pretty cloying overall though. Sticky on the mouth, dry finish. Hard to finish the glass.

Bottle. Mango, prune, plum, some general dried fruit character, toffee. The body also was reminsicent of dried fruit, ever so slightly chalky at times, but not in an offputting way. Less carbonation than many Belgians, I guess due to a lack of heavier bottle conditioning often used with them. I thought it was a pretty interesting, if not wowing brew.

22oz bomber courtesy of Odeed. Pours a frothy, quickly dissipating head of a dark caramel colour. Odd, but intriguing smell. I get both sides of the beer here with some vinous and biscuit notes being most present. Some nice candied fruits, fruity esters and toffee as well. Flavour is really one-sided towards the Avery version and I would have liked to see more of Vinnie’s creation in this one. Decent finish that left a nice mouth-coating feel on the palate. Back-end was dry and a slight warming element made itself known well after the initial sip. In my opinion, one of Avery’s better offerings and a good effort overall.