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Avery Karma Ale

Avery Karma Ale

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47
overall
A Belgian Ale brewed by
Avery Brewing Company

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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4653.04/5.03.04/5.0Spring5.2%33.6Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
We believe in Karma. We suspect most of you do, too. It truly is a global concept. Very simply put, "you get what you give." Inspired by this principle and the wonderful farmhouse and pale ales of Belgium, we've created Karma Ale, a decidedly fruity and estery ale, intricate in body and nose, all driven by a unique Belgian yeast strain. Remember, good things DO happen to good people. Here's to being good!

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 robertjm (241), El Cerrito, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/511/20

Mar 2, 2008  
Pours small hea which quickly dissipates. No aroma per se. Says its a Belgian? Honestly, it reminds me more of an English ale than a Belgian. Light body. Perhaps there’s a little risidual sourness in the yeast strain which could possibly make it akin to a Belgian? Still, a bit dissipointed of all the beers I’ve had from Avery.

 DrnkMcDermott (1597), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Dec 4, 2008  
Going to see if I can finally enter a rating correctly the first time. 12 oz bottle. Pours a nice dark tripel color with a thin bit of brown foam. Smells malty with some nice saison type esters indeed. Taste: well, it is pretty interesting and complex - farmhouse quality is there, but it cannot be described by something so base as spice or fruit. Just a unique combination of slightly sweet malts and Belgian type fermentation. In that way it is harder to rate because it does not quite taste like anything else. Despite that it is enjoyable and worth the try.


 BMan1113VR (1161), Los Angeles (and Dallas), Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/513/20
Dec 3, 2008  
Pours with a large, creamy, off-white head and a clear, light brown body. Good lacing and retention. Aroma of apples, raisins, cinnamon and yeast. Pretty sweet with a little alcohol. Taste is watery and very yeasty and lightly spiced with some astringency in the finish. Fizzy and watery.


 thornecb (1228), Marblehead, Massachusetts, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Dec 3, 2008  
Pours orange marmalade into a tulip. Bright white micro head leaves spot lacing as it recedes to skim surface. Candi aromas. Sweet malt from front to back with candi and alcohol. Middle-of-the-road Belgian.


 stchloe (253), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/103/514/20
Dec 3, 2008  
A good pale ale, not too estery and the sweet malt is actually fruity as well. Not a super complex pale, but quaffable


onecrazybreeze (21), , Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/511/20
Nov 21, 2008  
Bottle. Poured clear golden with quick white head. Smelled sweet and fruity. Tasted light and crisp, with boozy notes. Refreshing, crisp beer appropriate for the heat of summer but not really in tune with the other seasons.



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