Avery Anniversary Thirteen

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Weizen

Poured a dark clear amber color with a small tan head. Thick aroma was very sweet. Dark fruits and bubble gum. The flavor was fruity and sweet with notes of chocolate. Semi-dry finish.

22. Thanks, Goldtwins! Somehow I always procrastinate the Avery specials, pass them up on beer run after beer run, and end up left behind when they sell out. Larry and I had not talked about adding this one to the trade, but he pitched it my way, and I am grateful, because when I opened the box and saw it, I realized I’d spaced this beer completely last year. Better hustle down and look for the Fourteen if I haven’t rated that yet. Anyway, this one’s got a year on the bottle on it, and that’s gotta be an interesting thing, probably even a good thing.
This one pours black with a thickish sudsy tan head. Plenty of bubbly sheets of lace. Gotta love a wheaten bock that comes out that dark and sudsy. Beasty. Clearly the grain bill for this one wasn’t hauled in by hand. Mild nose. Not much happening there at all. Soft sour wheat note that wouldn’t smell like much of anything if you didn’t know what to look for. A little bit of nuts and mild black olives creep in after some time to warm and aerate.
Nice medium, creamy body. Very smooth and supple. So drinkable right off the bat. Soft, velvety carb.
Mid-palate gets a little goin’ on with sour wheat, some brown bread and black bread notes, mild olives again, and nutty, toasty bits. Nice complexity and harmony, subtle and satisfying.
The finish goes a bit acetic and maybe a bit overly sour, but only when the beer is at its coldest. As it comes up through and past cellar cool, it opens up and gets a nice dried leaf flavor and maybe a cola note, and the acetic quality disappears. Had been meaning to dock a point from the palate for that aceticity but not it seems unjustified. This is a good beer.

Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, mds & tupalev -- courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a very murky dark reddish-brown with an average size mostly-lasting creamy off-white head. Aroma of dark malt, dark fruit, chocolate, brown sugar, spices -- it’s a little lactic too -- pretty nice. Wow, flavour’s even better! Chocolatey along with caramel malt, yeast, brown sugar, some hops and a sweet finish. Alcohol’s well hidden. Nice thick body. The reviews for this are all over the place, good for Avery for trying something different and unique -- as for me, I really liked it.

(Bottle, Oliver Twist, Stockholm, 10 Aug) Colour is very dark brown with ruby notes, short off-white head. Nose is fruity and spicy with dried fruit (figs, raisins?), chocolate and cherries (a bit like a Belgian dubbel actually). Taste is fruity with lots of dried fruit (a distinct hint of dates), prunes, marzipan, dark rye bread and wild berries. Slightly sweet, smooth finish with some wheat character. Complex but in great balance. Lots of personality and very nice indeed.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a very large sized head of foamy light brown colored bubbles that were mostly lasting and left behind a transparent strongly carbonated dark caramel brown colored body. The aroma was malty sweet and mild wheat. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish with a lingering vinous aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of malt sweet vinous and mild caramel. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.

Bottle @ Copenhagen Øl Festival 2007. Small beige head that mostly diminished. Mahogany colour. Dry fruit, fig, apricot, caramel, raisins. Full bodied with an average carbonation and light alcoholic texture. Moderated sweet flavour with some light toasted bitter notes. Sweet warming finish.

Dark brown with a fleeting head. Malty sweet smell of black licorice. Full bodied and very smooth. Good malt driven taste is sweet dark malt with a mild earthy smokiness. Alcohol is well cloaked. taste was better than i expected. 2207

[2nd Low Countries RateBeer meeting] Butterscotch, roasted malty sweetish aroma. Clear, brown coloured with a light brown head. Taste is quite sweet, caramel malty, some sugar and fruit. Nice, but too sweet.