Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

2007 bottle from Eagle River Liquor in Fulton, IL. Pours a slightly hazy dark chocolate brown with and absoutely huge rocky tan head that lasts forever and just looks beautiful. Aroma is of lots of dark fruit, toffee, caramel, fresh taffy, a decent amount of floral and citrus hops and a hint of alcohol. Flavor is caramel, toffee, roast, lots and lots of candied dates, overripe banana, a little raisin, molasses, burnt sugar, and some pine and citrus hops. FInish is dried fruit, a belgian like yeastiness, and some nice citrus, bitter and maybe some herbal hops. Body is medium, rather slick and very clean, this brew hides 9.5% really well. I would love to compare this to a fresh bottle, I bet this is better.

22oz. bomber: This one pours a ruby tinged, dark brown color. It was fairly clear. There was quite a bit of a tan head on it, which left lots of lacing. Nice aroma. Lots of dark fruits, caramel and toffee to the nose. Big, rich malty taste. Actually some coffee notes on top. Balanced well with lots of hops to have a slight dryness at the end. Surprisingly no sweetness to the taste. Very Nice.

Bottle. Pours deep ruby with a beige head. Sweet raisin/plum aroma with caramel and molasses. The flavor is not overly sweet as the aroma implies. It’s a bit toasty with chocolate and dark fruity sweetness. Very light hops in the finish. Quite good.

Pours dark dark brown with large frothy head. Aroma is loaded with dark fruit- raisin, caramel, and molasses with a dash of hops. Flavor is somewhat bitter in both ibus and from the malt character. Roasty with a bit of alcohol. Palate is medium- nice but could be a little more full.

pours almost black with a large tan head. Aroma is huge on malt, caramel, with some definite sweetness, perhaps dark fruit. Flavor is very good- malts and alcohol dominate, with some notes of caramel, bitter chocolate, and cane sugar. Mouthfeel is a little light which detracts a bit from its overall score, but still a fine ASA.

Getting my notebook online. Bottle. Pours dark brown. Lots of sweet fruits on the nose. Different brew lots of malts.

They weren’t kidding about massive maltiness. Pours dark brown with a tan head. Malt dominates the aroma with some dark fruit, I didn’t sense as much hops, but it is an older bottle. Malty throughout and it was a little creamy as well. Decent brew, almost a little too sweet for me.

Thanks to Pollo. Pours a dark brown color with creamy head. Medium to heavy bodied. Malty and sweet, fruit of bananas. It is a stomach/heart warmer. Delicious.