Avery duganA

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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22oz from alagnak. Dark brownish golden color with a decent white head that laces the glass well. Nose is full of peach, pineapple, mango with hints of pine a touch of that cattiness. Not a great deal of body or depth in the palate or flavor. As mj notes, the crystal malt really kills the flavor and doesn’t do justice for what the nose leads you believe you are about to taste. Hoppy and astringent but too thin and one dimensional for me. Thanks Chirs

Bright copper orange in color. Nose of Christmas tree and pine. Very conifierous. Bitingly bitter. Missing malt balance for an Ipa^2. Still hoppy crazy good.

Draft at CAH. Pours a clear tan with head and lacing. Nose is sweet malt almost bubble gum with some fruity hops. First sip is spicy hops with flavors of malt present quickly finishes with flavors of cumquat.

Location: On tap at Capital Ale House - Innsbrook, 11/24/09

Aroma: A nose of pine and citrus with some toffee as well
Appearance: Slightly cloudy orange-amber, fluffy head
Flavor: Taste is a nice hop flavor with some malt backing
Palate: Medium body and somewhat long duration
Overall Impression: Overall, I thought this made for a more then solid DIPA, not one of the best one’s I’ve ever had, but one I would certainly like to drink again in the future. A nice offering from Avery.

(draught at Addison Saucer) clear rich orange/amber, soapy tan head. Nose of pineapple, bitter, and orange marmalade. Taste is quite bitter, grapefruit, not complex just bitter. Oddly seems easier to drink as it warms. Sweet finish. Not a bad beer.

growler fill from Whole Foods-bowery. Hazy orange pour. Strangly, pours with no head at all... body is a bit flat, so perhaps the lid was leaky? Grassy, piney with a touch of citrus. Bold caramel malts with a touch of toffee. Bitter on the tongue and astringent. Finishes with some cool booze. Tasty but a bit underattenuated.

On tap at Rattle N Hum. Dark orange/amber with a finger-wide white head. Aroma is very fruity for a double IPA with notes of apricots, peaches, orange peel, and caramel. Some spruce and grassy notes as well. Flavor is also on the sweet/fruit side but with a nice bitter and hoppy undertone. Sugar and pale malts aftertaste. Cream mouth-feel, medium bodied.

UPDATED: DEC 15, 2009
Name: Gemini IPA
Date: October 12, 2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, GABF
Appearance: hazy yellow, frothy white head
Aroma: sweet citrus and pine aroma backed by crystal malt
Body: a bit thin on the body
Flavor: liquid hop flavor, nice lasting bitterness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 4/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ** /4

Name: DuganA
Date: November 08, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: clear copper, creamy off white head, solid lace
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma, lots of fruity orange, nice citrus
Flavor: sweet and fruity flavor, lots of citrus, peppery alcohol, sweet orange, balancing bitterness with a bitter grapefruit rind character

Name: DuganA
Date: November 13, 2009
Mode: bottle
Words: hop city
Aroma: sweet hot peppery pine aroma with a nice sweet orange
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor with lots of the fruity citrus hops
Overall: mellower in the bottle than on draft, less alcohol in the flavor but it comes through stronger initially in the aroma

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

This was good, but not amazing to me. The Maharaja is much better IMO. Lots of herbal and piney notes to me, a good flavor. A great IPA, but not amazing.

Bottle from 5 points. Diminished aroma. Beautiful pour. Rather nondescript ipa. Good, but I can get this type of brew in any bottle shop in America. Very average. Where are all the hops the label promised?