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Avery Anniversary Fifteen

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RATINGS: 546   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.27   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 230   ABV: 7.68%
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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.


3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
NachlamSie (2077) - Tennessee, USA - JAN 21, 2009
Bomber split with Muenster. Pours a cloudy light orange. hm. This is a really cheesy aroma, I suspect Brett is the culprit. Cedar, cheese, light barnyard, cork. . .the mouthfeel is pretty spritzy. I like the cheesy funk presented to me, but I could use more malt body. This is vegetal leaning, something like peppers. A distinct lemon twang puckers my palate a little bit. Not bad, but it doesn’t pull off the use of Brett like some of the classic examples.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
mjs (2865) - Helsinki, FINLAND - JAN 21, 2009
(Bottle at Pikkulintu on 2009-01-20) Pale amber and hazy. Small, quite quickly disappearing white head. Very strong aroma containing sourness, syrup and fruitiness. Full bodied and quite dry palate with surprising amount of carbonation. Fruitiness, sourness, bitterness, sweetness, some flavours reminding me of mixed fruit fool. Pepper, sourness and fruitiness in aftertaste.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BeerHawk (1590) - Huntsville, Alabama, USA - JAN 19, 2009
Bottled April 2008. Poured pale with a frothy off-white head that left light lace. Tart aroma with musty farm yard, some floral, and figs. The flavor is kind of funky. Again figs, farmyard, pepper, and a slight floral backing. Light to medium body and tart throughout. This ones a little weird to me and I’ll probably pass on trying again.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BillKismet (2652) - Seattle, Washington, USA - JAN 17, 2009
Bronze-tangerine color. Crystal clear. Ring of head. Fruity, flowery aroma and possibly the musky scent of figs. Heavy honey flavor, with floral uprisings. Noticeable acidity. Some pepper prick. Flavor can’t match the aroma.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
ilovedarkbeer (1864) - Abilene, Texas, USA - JAN 17, 2009
This is showing pretty nice right now. Pours a clear caramel color with a bit of bubbles and a medium to large sized bubbly off white head. Nose is mostly plastic and some figs. (Its smells like a brand new backpack from when I was a kid.) Taste is a bit peppery, dry, acidic, and also somewhat herbal. I can taste the hibiscus but they are very subtle and I probably would not have been able to ID them. Over all interesting but thats where it ends. Moderate mouthfeel and medium finish.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
DuffMan (4242) - the land of bitumen, beef & beer, Alberta, CANADA - JAN 16, 2009
Big bottle shared around the table with my in-laws. Pours a cloudy golden. The general consensus from most of my family members that this smelled like a pig barn, with one person really getting a strong olive-like aroma too. I found that there was certainly a lot of bretty funk, along with sour grapes and apples. Palate is much in line with a sour ale style: sweet-sour fruit, musty corky yeast, and a grapeseed bitterness in the end. Complex and very well done, and certainly a conversation starter among non-RB friends and family!

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
rmussman (1330) - California, USA - JAN 12, 2009
Sampled in a 22. A pretty intesting beer. Full of lots of spices but overal its a pretty good beer.

2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
hayduke (2445) - Eureka, California, USA - JAN 7, 2009
From a 22 oz bottle this poured a cloudy orange with a very fat head that just sat there. Nose is very odd and shows citrus, ripe fruit, and figs. Somewhat fizzy mouthfeel. Flavor contains some unidentifiable spices I found unpleasant. Finish is dry and sour, and again not a nice sour. I found this a huge disappointment and could not finish even half the bottle. This bottle is only a few months old (since I purchased it) , but it may not have held up. No matter what other raters might have felt, this particular bottle was a failure. I sometimes do not like to rate a beer where I am so out of sync with the average, but here goes anyway.


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