Avery Hog Heaven

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in Snifter

This bomber is about 2 years old, so I was excited to try as it’s description says it gets better with age. Pours deep amber. Nice, thick cream head that leaves thick lacing. Aroma was mostly sweet caramel, which is always nice for my sweet tooth. Suprisingly hoppy flavor, given that I didn’t get a heavy hop aroma. The caramel sweetness that I smelled definitely came through on the palate, as well. Overall, I was just branching out and trying something new and this was a success. I enjoyed it and would definitely repeat.

Very hoppy compared to others that I’ve tried of the style. Like a dark, thick IPA with above average sweetness. Not what I was expecting at all, but good stuff

On tap @ Avery Brewery. Pours a hazy yellow-orange with nice foamy head. Smells like a hoppy IPA. Tastes sweet at first and followed by wood and piney-hops. Also thought I tasted some grapefruit in there too. Somewhat too astringent and acidic, but not without a certain sweetness that makes me curious. Ends dry and quite bitter, lingering liqourice and wooden notes.

amber color, off white head with light golden lace. aroma, pine hops, caramel malts, lots of grape. flavors, boozy, musty bitter tropical fruits, thick palate, lingering fresh hoppy flavors, caramel and toffee. This one is hoppier than what I had in mind for the style, leaves a nice candy/licorice mild aftertaste alongside a lot of nice hops.

Bottle: Murky, reddish-brown color with not much head. Aromas of wood, alcohol and something sweet. The taste shows a sharp bitterness which isn’t as sweet as some other BW’s. After this, however, it has a sweet finish like cough syrup. Tasty!!

Pours a deep ruby amber, [strong red with light behind it, rather nice color] Pretty rocky head that seems to linger well creamy off white I don’t catch the hop aroma much, pretty malty... Nice taste. Fairly well balanced, with a nice hop presence. later after several sips some hop waxiness... Excellent lacing. After more sips much more hop presence still, but not overpowering. I’d get this again.

22 oz bottle. 07.19.2010. Pours deep ruby red with a brown hue and golden finish. The head is light and fluffy (about 2 fingers). The nose is a hop bomb. I smell nugget hops and also something with floral hop quality. Also, there is a small amount of caramel malt smell and the abv is minimally detectable. I also smell pine and grapefruit. The taste is ridiculously hoppy (which I love), and has a mild caramel malt in the middle, finishing with a piney, grapefruit, and earthy hop finish. The legs on this are decent and so is the retention of the head. As this bw warms it becomes even more floral. This is really great but I rated it lower because it seems more like an iipa than a bw. Maybe it is an ibwpa lol. Great brew either way.

A soft amber mixed with hints of organge pour from the glass and create semi frothy head. Starts with a sweet amost floral like start and ends with a resin bomb! The taste starts witha medium sweet flavor and ends with a medium bitter flavor. Please dont let the pink fool you!