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Avery Fifteen

 (RETIRED)
Avery Fifteen - Belgian Ale

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

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
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on tap
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
4503.23/5.03.22/5.0Special7.68%68Trappist 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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 radagast83 (1273), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Sep 2, 2008  
22 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy orange color. Aroma is spice, with notes of figs, and hibiscus. Flavor is spice, a lot of spice. After a few sips I started to enjoy this brew quite a lot more than I did when I first cracked it open.


 Suttree (2702), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Cloudy orange, rocky white head. Aroma is defiantely Orvally, with a lot of funk and peppery notes.Flavor is also similiar to Orval, plus some odd sweet notes and herbal, woody notes. Peppery finish. Some medicinal notes, too. Seems a bit discombobulated, with a lot of flavors that don’t really come together that well.


 00cobraR (1096), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/51/101/52/20
Aug 31, 2008  
How does this thing get a 3.15? It is terrible. Pours out a nice golden yellow color with a nice head. Aroma smells like old nasty gym shoes that have sweat mildew on them. Flavor was even worse. It tasted like the bloody gauze that was in my mouth when i had my wisdom teeth cut out. Maybe my palate isnt sophoticated enough to enjoy blood soaked gauze. This was nothing more than a drain pour and I really dont understand how avery can put something like this on the market. They should have done us all a favor and poured it down the drain themselves instead of allowing us to pay for beer for the drain. YUCK! If this is a belgain ale, then this is the worst friggin example that I have ever tasted


 savnac (394), Palmer, Alaska, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
Aug 30, 2008  
22 oz bottle. Very fruity spicy aroma. Golden in color with a small off white head. Lively carbonated. Taste is complex, with a normal Belgium yeast flavor and lots of subtle hints of spices. Very lively crisp mouth feel. This is a good beer, but nothing too special.


 craftbeerdesign (731), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Aug 29, 2008  
bomber. pours a brilliant golden with a solid white fluffy head. aromas of yeast (Brett) and not much else. nice and peppery on the front of the palate with an overall soft feel. I’m not getting any fig within this one as the label declares. solid finish with the yeast and tartness coming through.


 21iceman40 (1731), vienna, West Virginia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 29, 2008  
This was weird, very spicy, yeasty, and saisonesque. I’m not sure if i would have it again, but it was a very interesting tasting experience. I didnt care for the pepper vibe to it, but all in all it was a fun time drinking this beer.


 joergen (8430), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Bottle. Hazy yellow coloured with a medium sized white head. Aroma of fruits and brett with notes of spices and pine apples. Fruity flavour of spices and brett with notes of yeast and hops. Hoppy and bretty finish. Refreshing.


 oberabcbbsok (686), Hoboken, Belgium
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Aug 28, 2008  
On draft at avery brewery. Nice and good tasting, medium bodied and not too strong. I liked it



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