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Avery Anniversary Fifteen

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RATINGS: 546   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.27   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 230   ABV: 7.68%
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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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   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Hophead22 (2172) - 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.

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
Panzuriel (1065) - 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.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ibrew2or3 (4699) - Phoenix, Arizona, 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.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
cbkschubert (2685) - 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.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
hapjydeuce (854) - San Diego, 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.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
JMFG (1582) - 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.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
durhambeer (2028) - Durham, North Carolina, 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.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Headbanger (2072) - Aurora, Illinois, USA - JUL 16, 2008
22oz bomber-A golden body with a small tight head and an aroma of belgian yeast, fruit, and spices Taste of yeast, sourness, and on the back end a little funk. Not the best anniversary ale from Avery. In fact probably their worse.


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