 GlenVargas (120), El Paso, Texas, USA
| 1.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 2/5 | 7/20 |
Feb 26, 2009 After about a year away, I probably shouldn’t return to ratebeer on a sour note, but the Avery Fifteen was hands down the most disappointing Avery brew I’ve ever drunk. Of course, I most likely had insanely high standards for the Fifteen, considering that the Fourteen is one of my all-time faves. This anniversary ale looked decent enough, and the aroma wasn’t necessarily offensive. However, I remember the Fourteen being both inventive and tasty, but whatever experimentation went on with the Fifteen amouted to a rotten mess in comparison.
Miksu (2218), Jyväskylä, Finland
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 21, 2009 Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Murky yellow color. Sweet, perfumed, clovey, horsey and barnyardy aroma. Sweet flavor with strong horsey wild yeastiness, tropical fruits like mango and apricot as well as pepper and clove. I like brettanomyces beers but this is too horsey.
jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 16, 2009 Light amber in color with a decent sized white head. Aroma is slightly sour with some earth, spices and herbs. Flavor is earthy and spicy with a dry palate.
merlin48 (511), New Tazewell, Tennessee, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 15, 2009 This one is really maturing nicely. Hazy golden amber body supports a small bonewhite head that has some sheet lacing. Aroma has figs and funk, with some earthy yeast. Spritzy carbonation on a light medium body. Taste has a nice funk. Brett notes are merging nicely. Wet gravel, dry, chewing on twigs. Barnyard and earthy notes abound. Year old dried figs are funky sweet, yet dry. Highly drinkable. Avery has my vote for the best anniversary ales.
Braudog (3752), Dayton, Ohio, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Feb 13, 2009 Poured into my tulip glass with a very pleasant visual appeal -- golden orange, wonderfully active and topped with a nice mushy, bubbly head. The aroma is starkly spicy, musty and warm. Despite the somewhat intimidating aroma, this drinks relatively easy, albeit with a "funky and fruity" tilt (sure, I’ll plagiarize their own description since it’s spot on). (#3495, 2/13/2009)
illidurit (876), Santa Cruz, California, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Feb 12, 2009 Pour: Bomber to La Chouffe goblet. Bright, lively gold color with a fluffy white head. Some wet lacing.
Nose: Enormous bretty funkstravaganza. The brett takes this one in a phenolic direction with sweet bandaid notes. There’s also some green apple tartness and some sweeter citric fruit.
Mouth: The fruit from the aroma is limited in the flavor, which is unfortunate because that leaves a mouthful of rubber and bandaids. Leathery, peppery, plasticky. I get a whisper of the hibiscus but no figs. High carbonation limits the drinkability, but the flavor limits it more.
JensenTaster (1585), Denmark
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Feb 4, 2009 (on bottle) Hazy, light orange, small, white head. Sour, fresh bret sent. Foamy mouth, that gets dry and cardboardish. Rotten taste, metallic and flat. The carbonation is way off, considering the fatness and tight sugars. No trace of figs or pepper. Odd harsh and ironish finish.
oh6gdx (8838), Vasa, Finland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 3, 2009 Bottled@Pikkulintu, Helsinki. Hazy yellowish colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, some grass and mild notes of gluelike alcohol. Flavour is fruity hops, some earth and mild notes of alcohol and vegetables. Aftertaste has also some slight herbal notes.
|
Rate This
Statistics
Find This Beer (Want/Have)