Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Bottle. Dark brown pour with creamy head. Malt, sweet, chocolate aroma. Lots of flavors in this one. Molasses with some hop bitterness, dark fruit, chocolate and a lingering smoke. Interesting brew.

Dark Brown with Red Hues..and Dark Sandy head. Very Fruity and Floral Nose with Subtle Sweet Syrupy Malts Behind Them. Wonderfully Zesty Nose. Medium to Heavy Bodied....Creamy Dry Mouthfeel. Very Sweet and Thick Malts...Sweet, Lightly Syruped..Molasses, Subtle Roast and Dark Breaded Flavor. The Same Fruity Flavor that Encapsulated the Nose Pop Up on the Tongue and Slowly Transition to a Floral and Fruity Hopped Ending. Sweet and Dry Aftertaste. A Wonderful Strong Dark Ale. Very Smooth for Almost 10% as Well. A Good One to Keep Stock of for the Colder Months of Winter.

American strong ale??? catagory for beers that have no catagory. Extra points for an alcohol reading to the hundredth decimal point. and extra points for the amazing lacing that followed my drink to the bottom of the glass. real good brew .....give it a try.

Brown beer that turns more red when you hold it to the light. Fairly thick off-white head. Imagine my surprise when I take a sniff and come up with some tangerine smelling west coast hops! Beyond that there’s molasses and roasted coffee in there. I was well prepared for the citrus I got from the first taste and rather happy about the raw blackstrap molasses in the middle. The Finish? Maybe a little rough. A tad boozy which I expect from Avery offerings. For some reason, American beers seem to rarely get the carbonation levels right on these Belgian attempts. The carbonation is lively but not in that super spritzy mountain of head way. Forget about the finish then, these suckers are good! Congrats to Avery for Fourteen Years of brewing!

Picked this bottle up at Piccadilly’s in Champaign, shared with Duane. Very dark brown pour. Molasses, candied fruit, and some spice in the aroma. Flavor was similar with some hop presence, although not very bitter. Interesting brew.

Bottle shared by Hallinghansen. Dark brown body with a thick creamy brown head. Aroma is sweet chocolate, dark fruits, raisin, nuts and burned caramel. Lovely creamy soft body. Roasted malts in flavour with hints of chocolate, spices and plum.

Bomber. Poured deep reddish-brown with a dense cap of tan head.. set up nicely and left pretty lacing as it descended. The aroma picked up toasty redder fruits, toffee, and molasses with accents of brown sugar and vanilla.. oxidation is starting to set in, and the hops have faded, but some earth and citrus remained.. soft overall and very enticing. The flavor found even more molasses along with raisins and other assorted dark fruit at the core.. some toasty vanilla and brown sugar were laced throughout.. light earth and citrusy bitterness paired with prickly, warming alcohol on the edges.. finished long and mostly malty. Medium-bodied and warm on the palate with moderate carbonation.. spicy and warm, but well-balanced. This is breaking down, but it’s still tasty and interesting.

22 oz. bottle. Pours a deep dark brown with a large, light tan head that left very nice curtains of lace all the way to the bottom of the glass. Aroma is malt, caramel, molasses, citrus and plums. The flavor was a bit less satisfying for me than the aroma with malt, caramel, molasses, alcohol, and plums all present. The finish, which was dry and bitter, also tasted a bit smokey. A bit rough around the edges.