Avery Hog Heaven

bomber. it pours with a deep ruby/amber hue, shimmering and elegant lacing. liquid hop aroma. ruination + malts in the aroma. pine, spruce, bitter aroma, yet ever-so-pleasant. also, caramelized peaches. flavor is still hopped out if its mind. dig the ibu’s. the hops are sweetened by the malts. also, thick, toffee syrup malts compounded by thick, ripe, darker fruits.

Why not start it off with this beer? Heavy on the hop side, as it should be, easy to drink, lingers in the mouth with a bitter grass flavor that tells you to drink more. I like the "nose" with its sickly sweet hop kicking at the front door. The head struggles to linger on top of the redheaded step child body which tells you this beer will have a little character if nothing else..... my first rating, just for you xnoxhatex; now, stop throwing my barware on my landlords deck.

Robust head bursting with huge, fresh centennial hop scent. Pine, citrus, and more pine. Hophead delight. Huge bitterness (100 IBU) perfectly counterbalanced by caramel toffee sweetness. Sweet and malty but not cloying. Warming alcohol finish followed closely by great hop bitterness. Barleywine meets IIPA. Perfection in a bottle.

Deep ruby orange, thin but lasting head. Aroma is toffee and citrusy and tangerine hops. Flavor is richly caramel-infused and deeply imbued with more citric hops, some evergreen and peaches. Quite hoppy, yet sweet finish. Plentiful hops and caramel malt pretty much sum this up. Good thing I like how they work in this case.

Bottled. Aroma has piney/grapefruit hops, some caramel malt, sugar/toffee and a little port/winey. Hazy, copper-brown coloured with a thin, off-white head. Taste is sweet, with some hopbitterness, sugar, sweet fruity malts and some winey notes. Actually nice brew. Bit weird due to the unexpected IPA/hoppy character of this barleywine.

Pours dark brown with a notable hop aroma. hoppy mouthfeel with a sweet finish. notable caramel flavor. nice bittersweet beer.

Took this to a wine tasting party since I’m not a wine drinker. It was the most popular bottle at the party. Nice copper color with strong head. Lots of hops with slight fruity aroma and certainly some wine-y flavors. This is the first barleywine I’d consider buying again.

Copper in color. Strong hoppy floral aroma with hints of citrus. Medium body well balanced with a strong citrusy hop start but finishes malty and dry. A good big hopped Barley wine that does great in the cellar for about 3yrs.