Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Pours an opaque, near black with ruby edges and a rocky beige head that dimples as it fades, leaving great lacing. The nose is very hoppy, with peppery, zesty citric hops, pine resin and rye malt, with a nougat-like, nutty malt backbone. The flavour is similar, with zesty orange-flavoured hops, fragrant phenolic hops, dried pitted fruits, pine, sweet caramel malts and nutty nougat-like notes. The finish is insanely dry, more so than many piney IPA’s. A creamy medium body complements the id-palate flavours, but the finish is overly dry and zesty, exhibiting hop bitterness over hop flavour. This is a nice American strong ale, and a really intense one at that.

22 oz bottle. Poured a lovely dark brown with burgundy highlights & a thick brown head. The head gradually recedes to a foam that coats the glass for the entire beer. Nose is dark fruit & earthy funk. Flavor was fig, raisin, plum as well as some caramel. Some minor hop presence as well.

woody malty aroma. nice head and lacing. chocolate and figs. hoppy on the finish

pours a dark red tinted brown color with a khaki head which leaves behind crazy lacing as it falls. interesting aroma... malty for sure, molasses, spices, orange peel, anise/black licorice, black raisins, grass/herbal/floral hops and the distinct smell of the insides of a fresh black fig. this is a sweet one. not cloying sticky sweet but enough to coat the tongue. flavors are odd as well... like that fruit cake that gets passed around over the holidays because no one actually likes it.... well, i’m the guy that eats it and enjoys it!... molasses, malt, grassy, lots of floral hops, chocolate, ripe black fig seed dryness, anise and an ashy finish. coffee and smoke in the aftertaste. medium to full body. soft and rich mouth feel but the alcohol, bitterness and seedy dryness balance it out. there’s so much going on in this thing!...

Excellent Excellent Excellent . This is fine beer that has a nice hoppy alternative to regular beers. I won at pool while drinking this...is that enough for a recommendation?

Darker than I expected with a satisfying head and aroma. The taste was complex with hoppy undertones and malt/chocolate overtones. One of the better hopped-up dark ales I have tried. Definately a beer which I would buy again.

A- Pours a very deep, dark brown hue with over 3-fingers’ of off white creamy head and big sticky lacing all over the glass S- Nose is full of sweet sweet aromas! Belgian candy and cotton candy dominates, dark fruits in there as well, these are nicely balance with caramel/toffee/chocolate malts, a little bit of spice and hops T- Another BIG, BOLD offering from Avery (surprise!), sweet malts dominate but are kept nicely in check with underlying bitter hops (not too cloying), dark fruit jumps up in the middle and finishes with a sweet alcohol presence M- Full-bodied ale that is thick and creamy, coats the tongue nicely, very pleasing carbonation D- Great offering from Avery that requires time and focus to truly enjoy, almost a ’sipping beer’ that I would not want to drink in higher quantities particularly since it is close to 10%abv

Bomber thanks to Nate. Very dark brown with a light beige head on it. Smells of fruity hops, a bit of a carbonic note, and cherries cooked in brown sugar. A rich smoky malt flavor. Dark fruit with some vanilla notes and a roasted coffee taste. Has a decent amount of richness. A lot of bitterness in the finish.