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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
common

Broad Distribution
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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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 BuckeyeBoy (1645), Boise, Idaho, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/103/510/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Bottle Pours out a hazy gold topped with a white head. At first sniff i thoughtt i was in a port-a-potty. After aonther try I picked up some sweet fruit. Tast of sour pit fuit. Not to good. This was a let down from Avery.


 smith4498 (829), Miami, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Pours golden orange with white head. Aromas of brett and sweet fruits. Slightly sweet flavor with some fig, citrus and brett funk. Light to medium body with lively carbonation and a dry finish.


 soyorganic (217), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/518/20
Jul 14, 2008    Updated: Aug 30, 2008
I am surprised by the percentile rating. Anyway happily purchased the bomber. I think one of my favorite things about buying from craft brewers is reading a detailed description (also like stone’s). Pours a dark copper color with a small head. A yeasty, sourish aroma. Heavily carbonated with a citrusy, slightly sweet taste with a sour finish. This beer is for people who want to be of snob status and like sours but cannot fully appreciate the taste. Just enough sour to have pride in your highly evolved palate while be very drinkable beer with subtle and complex flavors.


 darn1207 (529), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jul 14, 2008  
on tap. cloudy golden pour with smallish white head. sweet bready aroma with some spices. medium bodied. fig and fruit flavors. earthy spice fruitiness on the dry finish. enjoyable enough.


 grandet (477), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/516/20
Jul 14, 2008  
Bottle. Orange pour with a giant fluffy white head that lasted forever. Aroma is funky and orange. Flavor is fruty and funky. Lots of different flavors through out. Pretty refreshing. Not bad.


 gunhaver (1024), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Jul 14, 2008  
On tap at Oldsmar Tap House. Pours a cloudy mango color, with very creamy lacing and a big fluffy white head. Aroma is fairly tart, with a healthy malty backing, some citrus and mango. Flavor is bretty and funky, with wheat and some malt in the finish. Fairly drinkable, but doesn’t warm up very well at all. Dry, big bretty finish.


 illinismitty (1790), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/57/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Bottle from Foodery II in Philly, and I paid way too much. I have never understood how people got "barnyard" from bretty beers. I grew up in the midwest downwind from several farms. Barnyards smell like animal shit. I have never smelled animal shit in a beer.......until now. Congratulations Avery, you have done it. Imagine a horse eating a bushel of lemons, then dropping a huge duce on some hay. That’s what this beer smells like. Yes, it’s a very unique strain alright. So it gets a 1 for the shit, 6 for the lemons with a final average of 3. Pours a cloudy golden orange with a white head. I was hoping the flavor would help this beer, but sadly it did not. This tastes like flower vase water, figs, and white pepper countered by a funky tartness. I don’t enjoy these herbally belgian beers, and this is no exception. Borderline drain pour.


 adrian910ss (1395), philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jul 12, 2008  
22 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy gold with a medium sized white head. Aroma of funk, tarty fruit, wheat and light spices. Taste of funk with hints of tarty fruit, wheat and spice.



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