Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Pours a nearly opaque with dark mahogany hues and a thin, airy dark tan head. Aroma of sweet dark caramel with a hint of dark chocolate and big grapefruity hoppy notes with some doughy Belgian yeast. Body starts with a nice dark caramel malty sweetness and some plum and raisin complexity along with good bready yeasty balance and plenty of fresh citrusy hops throughout. FInishes with a crisp hint of lingering roasty bittersweet dark chocolate. A very unique and enjoyable Belgian/American strong ale. It’s kinda like a double IPA with some chocolate malt and Belgian yeast. I just wish this would be bottle conditioned.

Pour is dark ruby brown with a dense thick light brown head....smell is very lightly fruity with pears, grapes, and grapefruit and hints of pine....taste is earthy and sweet at first with tobacco, prunes, raisins, dirt, and a little bit of grapefruit...finish is sweet at first turning bitter as the missing Avery hop character comes out....good...

Bottle. As the description says, a dubbel IPA. Malty like an Abbey dubbel and hoppy like an IPA. A nice beer. Pushes the limits of style interpretations.

Impressive,raisiny, root beer, chocolate cake, molasses, aroma, a real malt explosion,taste is sweet chocolates laced with dark fruit and anise,a hints of that root beer taste, faint but distinct hops in the aftertaste, thought body would be a hair thicker,with the 1.090 OG ,alcohol not that noticeable. Would classify this an old ale. Delicious

Dark brown, near black pour with a thick and volumnious tan head. Huge hoppy aroma but with underlying roasted malt, coffee and dark, dried fruit. Flavor is really remarkable. Warming alcohol is evident up front. Middle has more dark fruit, cherry, vanilla, oak, resinous citrus hops. Red wine towards the finish. Long, bitter with a light smack of hops. Only thing I’m not digging is the abv which is evident from the aroma to the finish. Besides that, this is a GREAT beer from Avery.

Bottle from River’s Bend. Poured clear dark brown color with a large fizzy brown head that lasted and produced good lacing. Moderate complex toasted sweet malt and spruce aroma. Medium to full body with a sticky texture. Heavy balanced bittersweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of long duration. This is a standout beer.

Pours a dark tawny color, with a creamy tan head that lingers. Aroma is soft, warm, alcohol is a little bit noticeable, lots of caramel maltiness and some plum notes. First taste is smokey, salty and rich plum. Further taste has some peppery, molasses, citrus hops. Body is quite thick, very cloying, alcohol aftertaste with lots of that smoke and molasses. Super interesting, not a beer for the weak of heart, mind or tastebud. I dig it.

Pours a very deep dark brown with garnet highlights and a small very creamy dense off-white head. Aroma as wonderful slightly nutty strong sweet caramel nose with additional notes of molasses, light citrus hops, light apple, grape and fig fruitiness. Flavor has a very strong caramel and molasses start followed by a smooth semi-strong toasted presence. Fruity notes of apple, grape and a strong figgy are in the middle with a light citrus hops note at the end with a tea like bitter ending. Body is extremely dense, almost a watered down molasses feeling. Texture is very smooth with fine carbonation that leaves terrific lacing on the glass. Overall a very well balanced and complex brew. This brew has really weathered the aging well and seems like it will only get better with age.