Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Bottle. [Courtesy of Papsoe, thanks Henrik] Large and nice looking creamy beige head that mostly lasted. Good display of lacework. Color was lovely mahogany. Aroma of caramel, hops, fruit with some berries and spice. Seams very aromatic hoppy which would indicate a heavy dry hops process. Very full bodied with an average carbonation, dry and light alcoholic texture. Moderated bitter flavor with light sweet notes. Dry and bitter finish. Very drinkable. 15-08-2007

22oz bottle, nothing too great to say about this, its like an over hopped brown ale methinks, while quite good its nothing spectacular or original. the brown ale contributes some molasses while the hops take over the back end, i on the contrary thought stone XI was a better "Dark dry hopped ale"

Sampled at the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild 2008 Strong Beer Fest, on February 17, at the Mesa Amphitheatre.

Solid strong ale from Avery. Pours dark and looks oily and thick but is not... would be better if it was ! However, the hops, the malts, the fruity flavors, the extremeness of the beer it all works. It’s a good beer to sample.

Poured a dark brown color with great lacing. Had a tan head. Has hints of chocolate, coffee, some hops, and roasted malts. Finished with a sweet hop taste on the tongue.

Finally cracked my bottle of this open. Pours a red-hued, dark brown body with a large light brown head. Aroma of chocolate, sweet malts, and bread intially and then molasses and rum later with a faint hint of citrus hops. Flavor is similar - the malts have a light roast to them to go along with hints of cocoa powder, raisin, and dark fruit. Medium to heavy body, probably along the lines of a heavy porter, but not quite an imperial stout. Bitter finish that is both dry and slightly sticky at the same time.

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.

Bottle. Pours deep ruby with a beige head. Sweet raisin/plum aroma with caramel and molasses. The flavor is not overly sweet as the aroma implies. It’s a bit toasty with chocolate and dark fruity sweetness. Very light hops in the finish. Quite good.