 Tmoney99 (4661), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Jul 20, 2008 Bottle from Belmont Party,OH. Poured hazy amber color with a huge frothy white head that was lasting and produced good lacing. Average sweet citrus aroma. Light to medium body with lively carbonation. Moderate spicy sweet flavor with medium sweet & sour finish of short duration. Very refreshing.
Hophead22 (1056), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
Jul 20, 2008 22oz. bottle. Very funky smell to it, can’t put my finger on it exactly. Medium yellow pour, nice head. A little spice to the flavor, not anything like the smell, went down smooth though. Not great, but not horrible either.
Panzuriel (992), Westerville, Ohio, USA
Jul 19, 2008 Pours a apple juice copper hazy liquid with a fine white head. Nose is of esters and a little yeast. A little fizzy, yeasty and sharp. An off taste is present throughout. Body is maybe a little thin. the flavor is very off. I wonder if I had a bad bottle.
Ibrew2or3 (2714), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
Jul 19, 2008 Courtesy of Gillard. Bomber pours musky non-potable hazy straw with a gold hue and white head. The aroma is big and bold Brett with tart funkiness and not much else. The taste is similar with tartness, young funk and some spice in the background. I don’t get much else. Later I had it on tap at the Oldsmar Tap House where it appeared to have a bit more complexity. I was getting a bit of sweet fruitiness that wasn’t noticed in the bottle.
cbkschubert (1945), Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Jul 17, 2008 22 oz. bottle from Plaza Liquors - Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a one finger thick white head. Very little lacing. Aroma is toasted malt, esters, and spice. Flavor is esters, yeast, and spice. Medium body. A pretty good beer.
hapjydeuce (765), Del Mar, California, USA
Jul 16, 2008 On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad. Its nice to see some diversity in Avery’s anniversary lineup by including brett in this year’s brew. Overall, the beer presents itself impressively in the aroma, but in its entirety lacks the complexity and depth of bigger sour ales. Biscuit and wet hay aroma with faint tones of cellar and damp earth. Smells pretty good. The flavor leans thin with an average amount of tartness and a slightly grainy feel to the malt base. The wild bugs are barely there in the finish. Easy to drink, but the lackluster flavor profile doesn’t give it points here. I thought after collaborating with Tomme for Proximus, this would have turned out better.
JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
Jul 16, 2008 Slightly cloudy straw color with a thin ring of white head at glass edge. Aroma has a slightly acidic funk component and a fruitiness to it. The taste is odd in that there is no funk or tartness present, just a basic Belgian strong base and not much else.
durhambeer (1188), Durham, USA
Jul 16, 2008 My, this certainly is a divisive beer. The description on the bottle did have me scared, and then the pour was much lighter (golden orange) and more transparent than expected, so combined with the low rating, I was not expecting much. But then I tried it. Lots of funky brett on the nose: lemon, rotting granny smith apples, earth, diapers. Makes me want to drink it, diapers and all. Taste doesn’t follow through as much as expected (tastes as grainy as yeasty), but perhaps bottle age will improve it a bit. A noble effort from Avery; wish more brewers would experiment with brett. If you like funky beers, this is worth trying, though you may want to age a bit first.
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