Avery Anniversary Fourteen

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

UPDATED: JUN 16, 2008 Bomber. Very dark brown beer that is tried this again recently, still a nice drinker, but nothign too special. nearly black. There is some light brownish red at the edges with a light uellowish head on top. The aroma has some rich caramel and booze. There is also some chocolate covered cherries. The taste is dark chocolate covered cherries with some rum. There are prunes and some light tobacco notes. Surprisingly good and this approaches a stout.

Chicago trip. Monday 21:20. Bottle. Long lasting thick head. Dark almost opaque red copper. Weird hop and fruit aroma; grapes and plums. Black Belgian. Strong molasses with a hint of nuts. Sweet.

Date: 06/24/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RBSG 2007

clear dark brown, frothy beige head, hot spicy pepper aroma with dry dark chocolate, creamy body, rich chocolate flavor, lots of spicy character, lots of hot pepper, only a hint of sweetness,
-------- /> Date: 07/23/2007
Score: 3.4 to 3.6
Words: darft
Words: Buckeye Beer Engine

sweet spicy fruity aroma, peppery sweet chocolate flavor,
-------- /> Date: 07/26/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: roadtrip

peppery aroma is back in the aroma, flavor is drier than draft with lots of dark chocolate and pepper,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Dark ruby, nearly black pour, with some large chunks of sediment, and a frothy, well-sustained tan head - kind of perfume-like floral aroma, with peppery hops, light roast, and an almost peaty quality - lightly tart flavor, with some moderate balancing sweetness, mostly in the form of a molasses flavor - notes of fig and plum - some herbal and floral notes mix well with a spicy hop flavor - a bit of maple syrup and roasted/coffee flavors - an almost belgian fruitiness crops up as the beer warms - some faint plastic notes detract a bit from the enjoyment, but it isn’t consistently perceptible - a unique beer, and one of the best Avery beers I’ve had in a long time.

Dark mahogany with a red hue and a huge, nice and creamy head. The aroma has sweetness, malt, caramel, fruit and hops. The flavour is sweetish but with a nice hoppyness and a surprisingly nice bitterness. It has notes of malt, fruit, grapefruit, hops and the finish is dry. IMO a tiny bit out of balance, but it is a very nice beer! Thank you so much Tom/After4ever!!

dark, almost black, with a large creamy tan head. aroma is very belgian with yeast, candy sugar, alcohol, hops, fruit cake, licorice. lots of scents to decipher. flavor introduces the dark quality with some chocolate and molasses but its still very deceiving. lots of belgian qualities with candy sugar and the yeast. lots of licorice and hops. also quite a heavy pounding of alcohol. lots of 2ipa qualities. what the hell is this?? a cross between and 2ipa and a belgian strong?

UPDATED: JUN 2, 2009 In short: A very fruity and very hoppy (floral) big dark ale. Could almost be called an Imperial India Dark Ale. Very good.
How: Bottle 22oz. Many times.
The look: Dark brown body with a medium beige head.
In long: Medium roastiness level, cake malts, rich caramel, lots of dark fruits (raisins, figs and such), flower petal juice, some alcohol presence, tasty bitterness. Very good. Yet another big american IPA part of this new trend of India Dark Ale except that this one is very over-the-top. Following a new trend and having an attitude… that’s what happens when you’re Fourteen.

Tasted 07-17-08 Pours amber-mahogany with a thick tan head. Aroma is strong chocolate malt, molasses/toffee sweetness. Raisin tones. Underlying herbal hoppy presence. Flavour is dominated by alc bitter-sweet. molasses maltiness, twisting chocolate, smoke and dark fruit . Lingering medicinal bitterness in the finish.