Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

[614-20070914] 1pt6floz (w/ blankboy, jerc, tupalev). Apple peel booze and dark malt aroma has "dark fig fruit" characteristics. Dark brown red body with a medium-lasting creamy light tan head. Roasted malt and boozy toast flavour is a little sweet. Full body. Nice full beer.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a large sized head of foamy with a frothy top finely sized dark tan colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a semi-opaque typically carbonated dark brown colored body. The aroma was brown malt and mild spice. The mouth feel was very tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of malt sweet vinous and brown malt. A wonderful best in class brew.

Bottle. [Courtesy of Papsoe, thanks Henrik] Large and nice looking creamy beige head that mostly lasted. Good display of lacework. Color was lovely mahogany. Aroma of caramel, hops, fruit with some berries and spice. Seams very aromatic hoppy which would indicate a heavy dry hops process. Very full bodied with an average carbonation, dry and light alcoholic texture. Moderated bitter flavor with light sweet notes. Dry and bitter finish. Very drinkable. 15-08-2007

Dark brown color with a thin head. Lots of vanilla and oak in the aroma with a little coffee. Bone dry malt body with massive wood and coffee flavors. The hops do not stand out as themselves, but as an overall dryness. Surprisingly good.

courtesy of gunhaver. pours out dark brown with creamy golden/beige head. Aroma is just loaded with malts, molasses, dark fruits Taste really didn’t have too much hops to be noticed. Lots of roasted malts with complex dark fruits presence and underlying notes of chocolate.

Pours a deep brown with tons of ruby red highlights and a medium creamy off white to light tan head and left nice lacing. Aroma of molasses, light toasted malts, mango, banana, citrus, some toffee, nuts, caramel, dark fruits and nuts. Flavor of molasses, earthy, pine, some citrus buried in there, nuts, toasted malts, dark fruits, roastiness, light alcohol. Congrats to Avery on 14 and thanks for keeping it interesting. Really did destroy style boundaries here yet still created a solid brew.

Bottle: Deep brown, cola accents, large foamy beige head, clingy lacing.   Bready aroma, slight white/black Necco wafer tinge, minor cocoa powder.   Has a candy sweetness that fills the nose, the powdery kind.   Quite malty on the tongue, dark, moderate hop presense but without too much bitterness.   Somewhat of an odd duck as it is.   Big in malts, remains bready through to the finish.   Seems like a really hefty American Amber crossed with some sort of Belgian.   Picks up a little bit of citrus rind as it warms.   I reiterate, this one is somewhat of an odd duck.   I am getting some heavy breadiness, dark malts, slight citrus peel, and a touch of anise.   Makes for a weird combination.   Moderate to full body, moderate mouthfeel.   Certainly an interesting beer, but one that just seems a bit confused.   Lingering cocoa powder, Necco wafers, and subtle citrus peel.   Well crafted, just a bit weird.

Chicago trip. Monday 21:20. Bottle. Long lasting thick head. Dark almost opaque red copper. Weird hop and fruit aroma; grapes and plums. Black Belgian. Strong molasses with a hint of nuts. Sweet.