Avery Anniversary Thirteen

Formerly brewed at Avery Brewing Company
Style: Weizen Bock
Boulder, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Weizen

Rich doppelbock with a strong hop finish. Spicy and fruity sweetness amplified by a strong carbonation that brings the palate to life. Very heavy tasting on the palate, but the strong hop side of this cleans it all away. Quite a bit of excess alcohol shows.

The 22 ounce bottle poured a clear dark ruby red colored beverage with a small fizzy tan head that was completely diminishing but it left some lacing on the glass. The aroma was typical of a doppelbock with loads of dark fruit and molasses notes. The body was medium-full with soft carbonation and a smooth, oily texture. The flavor starts out moderately sweet and gets sweeter toward the end of a somewhat long finish. There is also a good alcohol warmth in the throat at the end as well.

Poured a dark red with an off white head. Aroma of fruit, spice, and malt. It had a very sweet malt flavor with hints of fruit and hops. Also had a hint of spice in the finish.

THOUGHTS: Incredible, I’ve avoided this one for a while, but saw dopple bock on the lable, and I’ve been on a bit of a bock exporation recently, I figured I’d try it. Boy am I glad I did. I liked the one dunkler bock I tried last year and figured this would be similar, but this wiezen bock is light years . I need to get some more of this before it is off the shelves forever. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a dark brown that appeared black in the glass with red highlights when held to light. It had a small, off-white head that mostly diminished and left fair lacing. The aroma was chocolate and mild coffee malt, dark fruit and a little wheat. The initial flavor was moderately to heavily sweet, while the finish was heavy sweetness with an average duration. The body was medium to full and creamy with a smooth finish.

CBF07 sample from 22 oz bottle. Pours amber brown. Aroma of malt and dried fruit, raisins. Flavour of malt and dried fruit, sweet and soft. Hops appear in the finish. Has a fullbodied feel without any real alcohol presence.

22 oz Bomber-poured a dark ruby red color w/a moderate off white head. Sweet roasted malt finish. Average taste of sweet roasted malt. Some bread dough & molasis. Smelled a lot better than it tasted, kind of bland & one dementional. Alcohol was evedent. Nice mouthfeel, but it just didn’t deliver for me. Not up to Avery’s usual standard.

Bomber, pours a very dark ruby with off-white bubbles, lots of sweetness with dark malt aromas, aroma of a fruitcake made with raisins and prunes, fruit, roasted malt, dark bread, some chocolate fragrance, a touch of alcohol on the nose, syrupy sweet and a sticky feel in the mouth, taste of dark malt, some brown sugar, has some dark bread and wheat flavors but disappointing, the flavor does not follow the aromas, there is a dry finish but it starts out thick and creamy and kind of oily syrupy on the palate, can sense the alcohol in the sip, as this warms the alcohol monster takes over, unfortunately, the flavor did not live up to the aroma, this ‘13’ is very unlucky.

Bottle. Red-brown colour. Aroma of toasted malt, dried fruits and wheat. Flavour of toasted malt, caramel, wheat, dried fruits (raisins) and alcohol. The finish has some bitterness and an alcohol touch.