Avery Fifteen

THOUGHTS: Almost like a Christmas in July sorta beer. Lots of Christmas spiciness, but way lighter base. Nice beer, but a little disappointing for an anniversary beer. Maybe if anniversary beers didn’t come out every year they would be more special. Not funky at all. Ever so slight funk when yeast is added. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, light orange (hazy, orange cream after yeast), with a small, frothy, white head that mostly diminished. The aroma was peach, apple juice, spices, I guess the one scent is hibiscus flowers (a little sour orange once yeast is added). The initial flavor was lightly sweet and moderately acidic; while the finish was moderately sweet, lightly acidic and bitter and slightly sour with an average duration. Most of the finish flavor goes quickly but the yeast lingers. There was an almost peach or nectarine-like flavor, then some spiciness. There was a little funk in the last sip, which was full of yeast. The light to medium body started juicy like biting into a fresh peach or nectarine then became dry with very fizzy carbonation and a moderate astringent and light alcoholic finish.

copper pour, fluffy off-white head. Slightly pink hue with a little spotty lace. Overwhelming waxy aroma with subtle hints of hibiscus. Weird, but complex flavor, but in my opinion the flavors just dont blend to well. Overdominated by pepper and hibiscus I feel I missed out on the brett flavor i’ve grown to love.

Congratulations to Avery on 15 years of great beers. Maybe I just wasn’t in the mood for a spicy beer. Maybe I got a bad pour after the "4K on the 4th" race at Avery’s tasting room. But I found this to be pedestrian. It poured a light copper color with aromas of figs and dried fruit. The taste was a bit grassy with floral highlights and lots of spice. Light bodied and bubbly. Just wasn’t my cup of beer.

Dull golden-amber with a head that could not hold. Peachy, woody aroma with a bit of brett and a lot of fruit (mainly fig, but some plum, apricot). Palate has hints of acidity, wood, a strong fig taste, light fruit. Neat beer - it’s going to improve a lot over the next six months as the brett becomes more prominent.

Bottle: Cloudy peach color with a small white head. Smells fruity, tart, and hints of a high ABV. A tad medicinal... Flavor is moves right into a sour, bitter string of florals and more medicinal notes. Tastes like a medicated bandage. Couldn’t finish mine...

Pour is a cloudy orange with a large whtie head. Aroma is strange. Its super sour with some yeast attached. Flavor is a little better with some tangy fruit but then that damn sourness hits you. Im not sure what they were going for here but I can say that i don’t like this to much.

Bottled 4/8 tasted 7/8. Looks: Gold body. Nice carb. head. Aroma:Clean, sweet fruit nose. A little sour. Taste: Kind of orval with hard water. Not the fruit in the flavor that you smell. Very dry and effervescent. Spicy. Light bodied.

22oz. pours a clear copper with a big bubbly head. aroma has big fig with complements of some malt and a bit of spice. mouthful has big fig and tartness that fades to some spice and yeast. very enjoyable.