Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

UPDATED: AUG 18, 2009 Pours a clear brown color with a thin light brown head. The aroma is earthy with chocolate, hops and fruits. Flavor of resinous hops, chocolate and bitterness in the end. The body is light with a liquorous texture and gentle carbonation.

The aroma is lightly hopped and has some coffee. Flavor is surprisingly full bodied and has much more coffee. A black beer, fairly thick, and there is nothing in the flavor or aroma to suggest the high abv.

22 oz bottle, via dirty_martini. Pours a dark mahogany brown body with a large craggy foamy beige head that coated the glass with lace. The nose is quite pungently hoppy with lots of floral quality. Heavy malt base as well, nuttiness, caramel, coffee, brown sugar, there’s a lot going on here. The flavor is quite an odd combination. Biting floral and perfumy hops, very intense on the finish. Heavy burnt caramel and brown sugar maltiness clings to the cheeks and lingers forever. Seems like it’s trying to be lots of stuff at the same time, and it’s not doing any of them especially well. Full bodied and sticky with a clingy syrupy finish. Moderate fizzy prickly carbonation. Not too big of a fan of this one.

Bottled. POurs out in a very hazy brown colour with a steady tan-coloured head. Malty aroma of cocoa, nuts and milky chocolte with piney undertones. Full flavour of roasted malts, chocolate, cocoa and oranges with flowery and grpafruity notes. Full but not so chewy body. Cocoa, flowers and graspfruit in the finish.

22oz bomber purchased at Bevmo I think. All my glasses are dirty so I used a pint glass which leads to odder descriptions. Pours dark brownish black with a 3 finger puffy tan head. The nose is mellow and malty. The taste is rich with mocha and malts with a touch of hops. Its a big beer in a lot of respects. Almost too much mocha on the taste for me.

Bottle courtesy of Kryptic: Poured a deep hazy brown color ale with a big foamy head with some good retention and some nice lacing. Aroma of light roasted malt mix with some big caramel notes and some floral and medium bitter hops. Taste is a mix between roasted malt with some caramel malt with a dominant hops profile which includes some bitter and floral notes. Full body with what looks like minimal filtration with some good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. I quite enjoyed that one and thought it was an interesting experiment which falls beside regular style and must admit that most Avery anniversary beers are really good.

Dark reddish chestnut-brown body. Large, foamy, light tan head with good retention. Sticky sheets of lacing coat the glass. Aroma shows strong, sweet burnt sugar and molasses malts. Hints of dark fruits appear on a deep inhale. The flavor is very malty and primarily sweet, Dark, burnt white sugar and scorched molasses comprise the bulk of the flavor. Mild spices accompany figs and raisons as complimentary flavors. Moderate citrus and floral hops add a slightly bitter balance. Medium body with a smooth consistency. Sweet fruity finish. Nice, quality brew. A little too sweet for me.

Bottle from cbkschubert; Nose an unusual combo of light piney hops and dark fruits with toffee; clear cherry brown with a big beige head that laces nicely; falvor of caramel, coffee, toffee, pepperiness, and some hop bitterness, which combines with some fruitiness fro the finish! i think the Stone 11th tried to follow this one!