Avery Hog Heaven

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

Serve in Snifter

UPDATED: SEP 7, 2011 Bottle. Copper with a creamy light beige head. Aroma of rich toffee, dough, pine. Only slightly syrupy, alcohol is there but well integrated. Taste is very sweet with toffee, sherry and raisins, soft licorice then soapy pine bitterness. The amount of apparent bitterness is nice but erk! those hop flavours don’t work at all for me in this sort of thing and there’s a plain sugary sweetness on top of the quite nice oxidised notes. [edit] The rest crazily cold (8C) the next night. Less soap, sweetness is less sugary but very plainer overall. Not my sort of thing

22 ounce bottle purchased at Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $7.29 Very good!

this one you need to try! intense hop smell and taste. the abv provides a nice lil’ kick towards the end of the bottle. wish i could still get this in my area!

UPDATED: SEP 1, 2011 On tap at Valhalla w Andy and Streets. Deep brownish red pour with a hearty head and webby lacing on the glass. Aroma is hops and maple syrup. Taste is a puckery hoppiness with lingering bitterness. Not a refreshing beer but a very good-tasting one. Thick and full-bodied.

On tap at Valhalla. Pour is dark caramel. Taste is on the hoppy side but balanced by caramelized malts. Doughy and funky aroma, with gorgeous soapy white head. Nice pine finish.. Delicious barley wine.

Bottle in snifter. Strong hoppy aroma, cherries. Dark reddish brown colour, some carbonation. Quite bitter and hoppy taste.

Thanks to my friend Mark for picking this up for my birthday! My first barley wine. Pours a bronze color with a tan head. Intense hop aroma that is reflected in the flavor as well. A tiny bit of alcohol flavor comes through as well due to the high ABV. I enjoyed this, a must for IPA lovers.

on tap. light caramel aroma. dark amber colour. very light and thin for a barley wine. some hops were noticable which made it nice. overall nice.