Avery Anniversary Fifteen

Formerly brewed at Avery Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Bottle at Where the Wild Beers Are. Pale golden pour with standard white head. Yeasty aroma backed by figs and bubblegum. Tastes of bubblegum, nutmeg, white pepper, figs, and a touch of milk a day or two past its expiration date. There’s something a touch off in the sweet-sour balance, but there are some pleasant saison qualities.

22oz., bottled April 2008. Spicy, herbal, fruity aroma, plenty of funk, dried fruit and flowers. Semi-cloudy golden color with a lasting, uneven head. Flavor is full of dried fruit from start to finish, no doubt courtesy of the figs (although not having had black mission figs, I can’t say for sure), plenty of Brett here as well, overall being very dry, spicy, peppery and floral. Palate is very active and effervescent, body is medium-full. Very unusual but interesting. A lot of folks advised me to hang onto this stuff for a while, and some of the local KC raters indicated that it seems to have improved a tad for having done so.

Bottle shared by a friend. Hazy gold pour with a huge white head. Aroma of brett, malt tart orange and herbs. Tart and funky flavor with some malt and tart orange before a slightly bitter finish.

A: snifter. nice yellowish amber, burnt straw color. white head with good/mild retention. a lot of lacing. S: Bretts in the nose immediately. some fig, spices, some clove, hint of pepper. T: sweeter than expected, with a nice funk. some figs and pears. white pepper in the finish. M: mild mouthfeel. good, explosive carbonation. very smooth, almost buttery. D: I am stoked that I got a case of this beer. This is a great one in my opinion, very enjoyable and drinkable.

22 ounce bottle. Pours cloudy amber color with a very small off white head with very poor retention. Aromas of figs, malts, molasses, and spices. Taste of spices, figs, malts, and molasses. Medium Carbonation and body. Malty finish with a bit of alcohol warming. This is a pretty good Belgian style.

Brown bottle, 1 pint 6 ounces, bottled in April 2008, savoured May 19 2010; eye: caramel with a yellowish hue, hazy, no effervescence, tiny ring of off-white head; nose: lots of Brettanomyces yeast, medicinal, horse, fruity, floral, light pepper; mouth: Brettanomyces yeast, light medicinal, light fruity, horse, light floral, light pepper, pleasant finale where the fig seems to completely remove the acidity, medium body, good carbonation, lightly sour, fizzy texture; overall: nice surprise FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 1 pinte 6 onces, embouteillée en avril 2008, savourée le 19 mai 2010; œil : caramel avec une teinte jaunâtre, voilée, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse blanc cassé; nez : beaucoup de levure Brettanomyces, « médicinal », cheval, fruitée, floral, léger poivre; bouche : levure Brettanomyces, léger médicinal, léger fruité, cheval, léger floral, léger poivre, finale plaisante où la figue semble enlever complètement l’acidité, corps moyen, bonne carbonatation, légèrement aigre, texture pétillante; en résumé : belle surprise

Orange yellow hazed pour, big chunky white head. Aroma is very good, lemony fruit sourness, figs, brett funk, spice. Really wish it tasted more like it smelled. It’s still good, but lacks much sourness. Lots of figs, doughy bread, spice, floral notes near the finish along with earth and brett funk. The figs are nicely prominent throughout. A good beer, but not quite as good as it smelled.

Bottle at Mark’s Sour Tasting on 06/16/2010. Clear golden body with a small white head. Harsh astringent spice and funk aroma. Sweet fruit, funk and tart flavor. Medium body with high carbonation.