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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.


3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
portableparty (1007) - Blaine, Minnesota, USA - AUG 25, 2010
Bottle. Pour has a unclear golden yellow look with big frothy head and solid lacing. Aroma is big muddled fruit and yeast mixed with malt. Taste is dirty yeast and malt which reminds me of a peace of over chewed gum that has just enough flavor to keep chewing. Palate is medium feel with lots of carbonation and a chaulky dry finish.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
rlaw (715) - Alabama, USA - AUG 17, 2010
Bottle. Pours a hazy golden orange with a medium white head. There’s a lot going on in this beer. The brett yeast is only mildly funky. There’s a bit of barnyard. Also some fruit aromas and flavors: some citrus, maybe cherries. I wouldn’t have been able to identify fig if it wasn’t on the label. Some spicy, peppery notes, particularly in the finish, which was quite bitter. Interesting, but I don’t need to do it again. I bet aging would yield a smoother blend of these sometimes competing components.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
nickd717 (3242) - San Francisco, California, USA - AUG 12, 2010
Bomber from Ledger’s in Berkeley. Pours clear golden in color with a lasting one-finger white head. The aroma is decent, bretty, funky, and floral with light spice. A little catty. The flavor starts fine, with sweet malt, bretty funk, hibiscus, pepper, fig (yeah got these last few off the bottle but can taste them) but ends somewhat poorly, with an acrid apple juice flavor. Decent palate, medium-bodied with high carbonation. Better than I expected, but not great overall.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
Mora2000 (2732) - Dallas, Texas, USA - JUL 7, 2010
I was surprised to see this on tap in July 2010 at the Fort Worth Gingerman. The beer pours a hazy gold color with a white head. The aroma is a lot of citrus fruit with some brett character. The flavor is a nice mix of brett, leather, oranges and yeast. Medium mouthfeel and medium character. Not bad.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
SledgeJr (3579) - Omaha, Nebraska, USA - JUL 7, 2010
In the bomber bottle during the 2010 Super Bowl. The beer pours a hazy flaxen gold with a medium white head. It seems very saisson looking and slightly medicinal in taste. There’s a bit of lemon and a bit of quinine. Finishes with burnt hop flavors. It’s good but it’s not great.

1.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 6/20
ryan (2959) - Beltsville, Maryland, USA - JUN 30, 2010
Nose is perfume, band-aids and plastic, with just a touch of pear and honey underneath. Taste is very sweet and very oxidized (and this rating was from right after the beer came out and it was on tap); again lots of plastic and band-aids, some apple and pear, touch of honey. Thin watery texture. This is a trainwreck.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Drake (4803) - Charlottesville, Virginia, USA - JUN 29, 2010
22 ounce bottle from Once Upon a Vine, Richmond, VA, on 5/10/10. Pours a clear golden color with a medium offwhite head. Good head retention and sticky lacing. Aroma of brett, caramel, butterscotch, faint dark fruits and citrus. The taste is citrus with a tart brett finish. toasted malts and a faint bit of caramel. Faint spices in the finish. Medium bodied.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
jtclockwork (3433) - , New Jersey, USA - JUN 29, 2010
Pours cloudy apricot with white head. Nose is fig, herbs and medicine. Taste is fig, hibiscus flowers, white pepper and long medicinal finish.


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