3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Had this in the cellar for a year. Poured and tasted in 2008. I let it warm up a bit ~ 56 degrees or so. Pours with a nice nutty-colored head. Great carbonation, tickles the tongue. Fantastic lacing, hint of alcohol on the nose, very malty, chocolate, caramel, almonds, ripe plums, citrus. This sucker packs a punch at 9.5%. Very nice beer.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
22 oz. bottle on 7/22/2008. Aroma - Figs, dates, raisins, burnt caramel <P> Appearance - Deep clear ruby/mahogany, durable creamy beige head and thick sheeting lace that really adheres to the glass. Flavor - Rich amlt sweetness with some roasted, earthy flavors. Spicy bitterness comes on strong, bringing a long, dry finish. Palate - Full body, fairly soft carbonation, rich full mouthfeel. Overall - Quite satisfying in all regards, actually one of Avery’s better efforts.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Tasted 07-17-08
Pours amber-mahogany with a thick tan head.
Aroma is strong chocolate malt, molasses/toffee sweetness. Raisin tones.
Underlying herbal hoppy presence.
Flavour is dominated by alc bitter-sweet.
molasses maltiness, twisting chocolate, smoke and dark fruit . Lingering medicinal bitterness in the finish.
3.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Aroma is strong, malty and yeasty with a touch of apple and a smoky hint. It pours a rich, opaque sable with a nice thick beige head that disappears slowly. Flavor has a rather strong alcohol bite like a barleywine, which tends to mask the rest of the taste, but I did pick up some good malty tones and a ribbon of chocolaty sweetness. Definitely for sipping, not slugging.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
pours a dark red tinted brown color with a khaki head which leaves behind crazy lacing as it falls. interesting aroma... malty for sure, molasses, spices, orange peel, anise/black licorice, black raisins, grass/herbal/floral hops and the distinct smell of the insides of a fresh black fig. this is a sweet one. not cloying sticky sweet but enough to coat the tongue. flavors are odd as well... like that fruit cake that gets passed around over the holidays because no one actually likes it.... well, i’m the guy that eats it and enjoys it!... molasses, malt, grassy, lots of floral hops, chocolate, ripe black fig seed dryness, anise and an ashy finish. coffee and smoke in the aftertaste. medium to full body. soft and rich mouth feel but the alcohol, bitterness and seedy dryness balance it out. there’s so much going on in this thing!...
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle is over a year old since I just bought an Avery 15 yesterday. Served a few minutes out of the small beer fridge in a shaker glass. Aroma is rich chocolate, floral hops, a bit of roastiness, some lactose, and some dark fruits (figs/prunes). Smells pretty good to me. Dark reddish brown color with a one fingered cappuccino head. The initial taste is malty with some roastiness, some chocolate, some earthy and floral hops, and a somewhat bitter finish with a nice, lingering hops flavor. I also get the taste of molasses cookies in the flavor. The body is large, but the bitterness and roast balance the malt. Very drinkable, way too much for a beer of this size.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bright ruby brown with a huge head that froths up high and falls down fast. Sounds like falling snow. Interesting aroma - charred, plummy, woody, brown sugary with canned tomato. Not terribly cohesive but it’s interesting. Full body with a big warming alcohol splash. Chocolately body with lots of burntness though it’s not very acrid thankfully. Some plummy, fruity depths, again, more interesting than cohesive. I’m sure with this much alcohol this beer would wear thin quickly.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
bomber. pours a dark brown with a nice thick tan fluffy head.... which stays throughout as a thin tan head. aromas of molasses, candi sugar and dark fruits. huge malt character on the palate, with flavors of currants, molasses and sweet sugar. very soft and carbonated on the top, while very bitter on the back and sides. the dry hopping comes through on the finish quite well. this one sticks with you, but in a very different way than the usual hopped up IIPA. very flavorful and unique. quite excellent - I’ll buy another one before they are gone for good.
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