Avery Anniversary Fourteen

(RETIRED)

	Score
98		91
	OVERALL	Style

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

bottled
available

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RATINGS: 468 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.72 SEASONAL: Special EST. CALORIES: 284 ABV: 9.46%

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
For 14 wonderful years, we have been creating libations for ourselves in the hope that some others out there would share our eccentric palates and support us. Many thanks to all of you who do! Here is yet another quirky brew: a very dark and different, dry-hopped ale. Style? hard to say, you decide. Just expect massive molasses maltiness, limitless fruits on the nose and an imposing floral & zesty dry-hop finish. Peace to all and follow your dreams!
1.090 OG, 60 IBUs.

Most Recent Top Raters Highest Score Rated By

3.6

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

kmeves (1098) - Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, USA - APR 24, 2008

Pours a deep cola black with a large, rocky beige head that quicky diminshes to a film. Aroma is moderately sweet caramel, herbal, grapefruit and some dark chocolate. Flavor is plum, raisin, herbal, chocolate, floral, grapefruit and finally caramel. Full bodied, sticky texture. I realy liked this beer much more than I thought I would.

2.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20

stetzel (22) - portland, Oregon, USA - APR 20, 2008

not sure what this was suppose to be????it was very thick,syrupy.it tasted like a chocolate covered orange candy.don’t get me wrong i love avery brewery,they do some amazing things.but what the hell was this?

3.3

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20

BlackDonald (1127) - Boise, Idaho, USA - APR 18, 2008

Not the greatest anniversary to ever grace the Avery label. This is a big, warming beer, but a little to hoppy upfront with a strong fruit component that I was just not crazy about. Just not balanced enough, kind of a trainwreck on the palate in my opinion.

3.9

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20

thoramel (41) - USA - APR 14, 2008

Darker than I expected with a satisfying head and aroma. The taste was complex with hoppy undertones and malt/chocolate overtones. One of the better hopped-up dark ales I have tried. Definately a beer which I would buy again.

3.7

AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

Goodgrief (1608) - Middletown, Delaware, USA - APR 14, 2008

Dark pour, nice head and lots of lacing. Aroma of malt balls and dark fruit leapt from the bottle, before the pour, from a foot away. The flavor was rich and complex. Chocolate, coffee, raisins, molasses all present to give this beer the richness of a fine dessert. A little heavy on the raisin/fig, which I’m not overly fond of. Enjoyable, nonetheless.

3.8

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

WallyWalrus (205) - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - APR 13, 2008

750ml bottle. Pours a dark ruby-tinted brown with a solid mocha-colored head. Aroma is sweet and full of roasted malt, complemented by additional scents of coffee, caramel, dark fruit, and a bit of syrupy hops. Taste is full and sweet, with a strong initial flavor of dark fruit and hops opening up into a lingering finish that also reveals molasses, warming alcohol, and roasted malt. A big, complex brew that does Avery proud.

3.8

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20

DKTN (110) - Mc Donald, Tennessee, USA - APR 12, 2008

Bottle. Pours dark brown with tan head. Aroma of burned malt. Tastes sweet with notes of prunes and raisins. Nice ale.

3.8

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20

cellar (507) - Dublin, IRELAND - APR 10, 2008

Thx for another great tasting, Kim (Beljohansen) !!! Dark, cafe au lait head, burned malt, chokolate, sweet

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