Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

bottle, head quickly fades, has a muddy coca cola color with an alcohol raisin and malt nose, flavor is dry and ashen with some sour cherry, interesting finish of blue chees and a little smoke

Bottle. Mahogony beer with a tan head. Mlaty, nutty, plum fruitiness in the aroma. Rich complex malts - malt, caramel, nutty, molasses flavor - with decent bitterness backing. LIngering grapefruit hops, plum and caramel/molasses. Fuller bodied. Alcohol present, but in background.

Pretty beer. Deep dark reddish-brown. Almost opaque but not. Big tan honeycomb-like head with lots of air pockets. Rich balanced big aroma, jam-packed. In addition to jam are minterals and earth. Yummy balance of flavors. Dark malt is excellent complement for the hop, which does not overpower. A little rummy but the alcohol is well disguised. Sweetness from the malt tapers to a dry but not bitter finish. Jammy, roasty at times, with burnt cookie, molasses, and prune. I like this one.

UPDATED: JUN 2, 2009 In short: A very fruity and very hoppy (floral) big dark ale. Could almost be called an Imperial India Dark Ale. Very good.
How: Bottle 22oz. Many times.
The look: Dark brown body with a medium beige head.
In long: Medium roastiness level, cake malts, rich caramel, lots of dark fruits (raisins, figs and such), flower petal juice, some alcohol presence, tasty bitterness. Very good. Yet another big american IPA part of this new trend of India Dark Ale except that this one is very over-the-top. Following a new trend and having an attitude… that’s what happens when you’re Fourteen.

Poured a deep reddish brown color with a medium sized, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus fruits, floral hops, light toffee malts, some caramel, with spices, and a bit of fresh baked bread. Taste of nuts, molasses, nougat, anise, caramel malts, roast, a bit of chocolate, light tobacco, citrus, pine, moderate bitterness, and some oxidized cardboard already present.

22oz. Bottle: Nice aroma. Smells of malts, with hints of caramel and cookie, but dominated by hops, with spruce, and resin. Clean crisp scent. Poured brown with a hint of ruby. Big, rocky, dark-tan head lasted throughout. Great lacing. Opaque. Flavor is a little sweet and a little bitter. Tastes of raisin, coffee, alcohol, chocolate, roasting, cream, spruce, and a tiny bit of spice. Very odd flavor. Like they threw the whole kitchen sink into it. Medium body. Slightly thin texture. Average carbonation. Long, coffee and spruce finish.

Bottle: What a beautiful pour ... deep and dark with a rigid guard of bubbly top foam. The aroma is rich a dry. The drink is ambrosia ... rich, dark fruits like raisin, plum and full blood oranges, along with a richly roasted malt, all boiled together. Has Avery ever gone wrong? Me thinks not. Yet another homerun from one of the country’s greatest brewers. (#3255, 12/16/2007)

Medium brown head. Dark red body. Intense malty raisiny caramelly aroma with toffee, alcohol, mint, and resin notes. Sweet-dry syrupy roasty chocolate wood and raisins taste with roasty malt notes. Full body. Smooth, yet sharpish mouthfeel. Dry bitter dark chocolate aftertaste. Excellent! (0.655l bottle at Oslo beer junta tasting.)