Avery Hog Heaven

pours a slightly hazy orange pour, smallish head but excellent lacing. Somewhat subtle aroma of hops, citrus, and biscuit. Flavor is very nice- not overly complex, but a nice sweetness and tang to it, really tasty. One of the smoothest 9+ percent alcohols i’ve ever had, good palate. Really nice barleywine.

Nice malty body. Smooth, carmally-biscuity taste. Very sweet and rich. This barley is particularly smooth and not as harsh as others I’ve had. The hops are there, and are quite bitter and bitey, but the beer is quite drinkable. One of my new favorite barley wines for sure.

This is another great beer from Avery. It is full of big and subtle flavors with a nice hoppy bite. The head is out of control and only gets more ferocious the longer you let the beer warm in the bottle. The flavor also holds up when the beer has had a chance to warm. This brew is full of caramel and citrus with a slight burnt-toasty warmth that mingles nicely with the alcoholic finish. Best of all, if you buy this beer at Old Chicago’s, you get a bomber size bottle for the price of one beer––now that’s hog heaven.

Bottled: Wow great beer! Pours a dark ruby color with full tan head. Smells of dry hops, citrus, and earth. Tastes very hoppy with a nice caramel citrus flavor. Kind of reminds of a candy apple!

Pours a dark amber beer with a thick brown head. Aroma is grassy, citrus, hops with notes of alcohol. Flavor is sweet caramel, citrus and a ton of hops. Medium body. This is an awesome barley wine.

22 oz bottle. Pours slightly reddish amber with a small off-white head. Aroma is a nice balance of citrus and spice hops and caramel scents. Flavor includes grassy and citrus hops, some caramel flavors. Fairly strong bitterness. I wish the caramel flavors stood up to the grassy hops a little better here. Good lacing. Some alcohol in the finish, along with a bit too much lingering bitterness and grassiness in my opinion. Kind of wish the flavor had been as balanced as the aroma suggested it would be. Might be better with some age on it.

This is a fantastic barley wine. Pours dark red with a nice smell and great floras. Tastes sweet and sugary with enough alcohol to satisfy but doesnt have a bite like alot of other ’wines’ do. MMMMM MMMMM Goood.

Pours a nice creamy head which slowly deflates, pleasant inviting color, minimal floral aroma, but good hoppiness in the nose, fine heavy mouthfeel, minimal bitterness initially, which gradually builds and then lingers, but not overly long. Let this one warm a bit. Too much chill kills the subtleness.