Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

Thanks to Pollo. Pours a dark brown color with creamy head. Medium to heavy bodied. Malty and sweet, fruit of bananas. It is a stomach/heart warmer. Delicious.

Bottle. Pours dark brown color with a small off-white head. Malty hoppy aroma with some spicy hints. Sweet malty spicy hoppy bitter flavor. Long warming malty hoppy finish.

nice fruit cocktail in hop brew. sweetish with a bit of rusty oil can in there the beer is zesty and bright though still aged well and refined. hops come through well enough with a pine cone and flower character that i am fond of. quirky? yes! and good.

Bottle. Pours a mahogany body with a 2 finger tan frothy head. Big malty caramel, dense fruity esters, a light floral hop bitterness drying but not cloying

Bottle from Barleywine, Copenhagen. Dark brown with lasting white head. Mainly hops in the aroma. Very malty balanced. Dark fruits, caramel & toffee. Good lacings. Very warm with a medium body & a good hoppy dry finish! Nice!

<i>Bomber from BOTW (Rochester), served at cellar temperature in a tulip glass. OC09/08.</i>

<b>App.</b>: Very deep ruby, clear (?), large tan meringue. <b>Aroma</b>: Very strong C-hops – grapefruits, pine and resin; a fair bit of caramel and sticky sweet malt, slightly tangy and fruity, some dark dried fruits, a bit of meaty/brothy/savoury soy sauce. <b>Palate</b>: Full body, fairly soft carbonation, syrupy. <b>Flav.</b>: More malt than the nose – caramleized sugar, molasses, lemony citrus, some ginger and allspice, some pine and resinous hops, some minty herbals; somewhat sweet with good bitterness and lingering alcohol, ginger, a little hops and malt.

Big beer!

bottle. This thing was big and matly malty malty!! Brew poured a motor oil black with a huge tan head. Nose was chocolate, toffee, caramel, some spice as well. I t was a little rough on my palet, probably because it was my first strong ale in quite some time.

Bottle. Darker brown pour than I expected, even after reading the description. Dry hopping is outwardly apparent, aroma is large but rather simple and malty. Flavor is decent - like a dark DIPA with less hops. A nice ASA with a good mouthfeel. Avery has better, but I enjoyed it.