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Avery Fifteen

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Avery Fifteen - Belgian Ale

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 Percentile 
68
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Formerly brewed at Avery Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale

Boulder, Colorado USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4513.23/5.03.22/5.0Special7.68%68.3Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Commercial Description:
15 years of brewing! You know what’s been the best part lately? Tons of experimentation! For the last couple of years, we’ve been working with several strains of brettanomyces (wild yeast). We found one and deemed it the best for it’s tart flavor and funky, fruity aroma. Adding black mission figs for a subtle jammy aspect, hibiscus flowers for an herbal bouquet and hazy sunset hue, and white pepper for a bit of spicy twang, we’ve created FIFTEEN - a unique drinking experience inspired by the wild farmhouse ales of Belgium. Though immensely complex today, more flavor will emerge with time, so throw a few bottles in your cellar for future celebrations. Thanks to all of you who have made our 15-year ride possible! Peace to all and follow your dreams! Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, malted wheat, hops, black mission figs, hibiscus flowers, white pepper, and a very unique strain of brettanomyces yeast.
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 merlin48 (509), New Tazewell, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
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 (3733), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/514/20
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 (851), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/55/103/512/20
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
6/103/55/103/510/20
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 (8802), Vasa, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
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.


 mspindler (301), Alta Loma, California, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/104/58/20
Feb 1, 2009  
Bottle shared with friends at Obriens. Pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma like a petting zoo. Super funky barnyard, malty and spicy. Flavor is like eating old vegetable straight out of the earth then sucking on a musty old wet horseblanket to wash it down. I know the funky barnyard stuff is usually desired in this style, but in this case it just feels overwhelming. Overall somewhat disappointing. Medium bodied, medium carb.


 FatPhil (3449), Espoo, Finland
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Feb 1, 2009  
660ml bottle (Pikkulintu, Helsinki, American Weeks 2009) - shared with oh6gdx - thanks!
Soft sour aroma - quite like orval. Now I know it’s there, I can also detect a touch of the white pepper in the aroma too. Taste follows the orval theme, but with more peppery hops. Palate is crisp and biting, those hops are excellent. It’s uplifting with every sip. There’s clove in the finish, rather strangely.


 Lumpy (1802), Carrollton, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/104/511/20
Jan 31, 2009  
Bottle. Body-Hazy honey, thick ring of bubbles, thin film of bubbles. Nose-light cherry funk, very light barnyard, very restrained fun. Decent nose. Taste-chlorine, pool water, light white grapes, grass (Marcus described it perfectly-tastes like chewing on a Cat’s Tail), light flower petals, tea. Overall the nose is nice, but the taste is way too grapey and floral, and reminds me of pool water.



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