Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Aroma: fairly chocolaty, hops have faded it appears, definitely licorice, and for some reason I want to say cast iron. Flavor: quite a bit of chocolate. Finishes moderately dry with the chocolate staying strong all the way through. Mouthfeel is smooth and almost full enough.

This starts with a strong hoppy nose, with just a hint of vanilla sweetness hiding in the background. It pours black, with red highlights visible when held up to the light. It has a thin tan head that fades quickly, but leaves good lacing on the glass. The flavor is interesting... it has a strong dark fruit flavor, balanced with bitter hops, which fade into a sweet fruit finish. An interesting beer, which will most likely age into a fairly complicated barleywine flavor... I’ll let you know after I open some that have aged...

Bomber. Poured a stout-like dark brown with a large bumpy tan head. Aroma initally like red licorice or "good-n-plenty" which slowly developed into molasses, dark fruit (plum, prune, cherry), earth and piney hops. Flavor of dark roast coffee and molasses malts, with some dried black cherry, prune, raisin, wood, cocoa butter, earth and resin hops. Granted, an unseasonable choice for the hot weather--I’d be loving this way more in the winter. Complex and definitely quirky.

(Bcttle): Pours a black brown color, big foamy head, big lacing, big bubbles, somewhat dimishing. Very alcoholy, malty aroma. Woody, dark fruit, portish. Light coffee & cigarrette taste. Smoked wood.

Bottle. This beer was all over the scale for me as evident bye my ratings. So many different things going on in this one. Very strong smells of sweet coffee, molasses, florist shop / dentist office. Interesting flavors of coffee, dark chocolate, sweet molasses, hops, and some metalic flavors. Intriguing.

22oz bomber. This is quite an interesting style of ale. Pours a very dark brown color with a thick brown head, reminiscent of a porter or stout. Aroma of smoke, marshmallow and chocolate. Flavor is loaded with roasted malt, wood and some darker fruits. Pungent hops punch to it. Slightly metallic finish on the palate that kind of turned me off of this brew. Worth a try.

Bottle. Hazy brown body, with a small offwhite head. Aroma is sweet, spices and chocolate. Flavor is sweet, chocolate, hops and alcohol. Absolutely a nice beer.

Butters cellar reduction tasting. Big chocolate, molasses, vanilla, malty nose. Wow... right off the bat. Very complex. Has this been barrel aged? Smells and tastes like it. Very savory longing beer. Awesome brew.