Avery Old Jubilation Ale

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: English Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Big thanks to npdemse for this. Pours a wonderful deep shade of ruby with a big, light tan head. Aroma of malt, nutmeg, slight port, toffee. Great complex taste that presented some nuts, toffee, chocolate, cinnamon with a semi-dry finish. Firm palate with a nice balance. This one is a winner.

Bottled. Poured a clear, deep ruby/orange with a very nice tall beige head (receded after a minute, but left nice intricate lacing). Full aroma of English bittering hops, caramel, hazlenut, and some wintery spiciness. There was a lot of spicy maltage in the flavor... working well with the English hops and caramel. Smooth across the tongue with bitterness around the edges. Long, spicy, and warming finish. This is a great fireside treat!

12 ounce bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a clear reddish brown color with an expansive, creamy, foamy head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel and toffee. Taste is slightly roasty and nutty malt notes with caramel, toffee and spicy hops. Texture is creamy, smooth and slightly cheesy. Medium-full bodied.

2009-04-10. Very dark brown body with a nice foamy tan head that fades. (3+) Sweet fruit aroma, mild alcoholic undertones, touch of spice? (7+) Flavour is similar, light spice, malt core is a bit mild, touch of oxidation? Light note of raisins or dark fruit in the finish. Smooth medium bodied palate. Decent. Bottle shared by GregClow

Draught at the brewery, on October 15, 2012
Clear copper color, tan head. Sweet, malty, roasted, hints of pop-corn, light fruity taste. Dry, bitter, grainy aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium high dry bitterness. Sweet, malty, roasted scent.

Tasted on tap at the brewery in Boulder. Dark red/orange appearance with a light head. Sweet alcoholic aroma. Pretty intense English Strong Ale flavor at first. Somewhat malty body that’s slick in mouthfeel like an Old Ale or a Barleywine. Definitely alcoholic flavor.

Pours brown with a decent off white/tan head. Smells of earth, some tea, dark fruit. Tastes of spice, caramel, raisins, boozy, some tea. Mouthfeel is full bodied. Finish yields some alcohol that interferes with an otherwise enjoyable experience.

Bottle. Red brown colour with a medium baige head. Light roasted malty, Dark fruits aroma and a sweet caramel malty, dark fruits, , licurise, light alcoholic taste. Medium to full body and a sweet anis, light alcoholic finish.

Found at Jungle Jim’s in Fairfield, OH. Avery’s brews have all been pretty good so far and this is no exception. This is a pretty good seasonal ale to boot. Pours a pretty amber color with a medium thin beige head. Spicey aroma of connamon and hops. The flavor was a mixture of malts, brown sugar, cinnamon etc and was surprisingly rich. Good stuff!

Deep ruby-brown colored, clear, apparently well filtered. Mostly lasting beige head. Strong malty nose focuses on toffeeish sweetness and tree fruits + bready undertones. Not very original and surprisingly little complexity, but nothing to disturb global balance, well contained alcohol and sweetness levels. It becomes almost roasty in the finish, developping landscapes of nutty, floral and leafy moderated bitterness. I would have adored this in my first 3-400 beers, but there is plenty of similar stuff with deeper flavor ranges. Medium bodied, watery in texture, soft carbonation.