Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

The 22 ounce bottle poured a clear deep garnet colored beverage with an ample rocky tan head that lasted well and left great lacing on the glass. The aroma was packed full of great things to smell like dark, dried fruits, rock candy, floral hops, molasses and aged leather. It has a nice full body with soft carbonation and a smooth creamy texture. The flavor starts out sweet and stays that way through the long finish. There is a slightly harsh alcohol warming in the throat toward the end but I suspect that this would mellow right out if you cellared it for a year or two.

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.)

bomber shared by illini08, thanks. dark brown pour with a khaki head and some decent lasting lace. spicy fruit and molasses aroma leads to a flavor of some roasted notes, rich molasses and caramel, dried fruits and spice. interesting and enjoyable.

Bottled. Pours dark brown with a red glow and a huge, frothy, beige head. Fair lacing. Nose of malt, caramel and light hops. Sweet flavour with malt, dark fruit and molasses. Medium bodied. Slightly bitter finish. A nice brew.

Had this in the cellar for a year. Poured and tasted in 2008. I let it warm up a bit ~ 56 degrees or so. Pours with a nice nutty-colored head. Great carbonation, tickles the tongue. Fantastic lacing, hint of alcohol on the nose, very malty, chocolate, caramel, almonds, ripe plums, citrus. This sucker packs a punch at 9.5%. Very nice beer.

Pours relatively clear brown with some reddish highlights and a beautiful light tan head which recedes but continues to leave great lacing. The nose is yeasty with lots of molasses and dried fruits (raisins, plums), strawberry, smoked malts, clove and some funky stale/oxidized aroma (seems to dissipate as it warms) and solventy character. Flavor is much of the same, but add a bit of chocolate, peanut butter and hop bitterness - a lot going on. Finishes bitter and a bit harsh. Well-carbonated, smooth and creamy on the palate; a little syrupy. I this this fit stylistically between an american strong and a belgian dubbel. Overall, a very complex and interesting beer that I enjoyed. It hasn’t all come together yet - I think a year or two might do it some good.

22 oz bomber-Old rating I didn’t realize I hadn’t entered. Dark pour w/a moderate off white head. Sweet aroma. Flavors of roasted malt, bread dough, molassis, cocca, raisens & dates, as well as dark fruit & banana. Very Sasion like, smooth & easy to drink. Alcohol was well hidden. A real winner.

Pours a thick dark brown with a thick creamy beige head. The aroma is sweet, fruity (citrus), caramel, molasses, dark sugars. The flavor has a charred character, alcohol, sweet, caramel, dark cocoa, earthy, butterscotch finish, the flavors are hard to describe. The palate is nice, full and smooth.