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Avery Anniversary Thirteen

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RATINGS: 467   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.63   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 285   ABV: 9.5%
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Unlucky 13? If anything, 13 has been a lucky number and year for us! Here is our version of a Weizen Doppelbock, a very rarely brewed style marrying the complexities of two great German traditions, Weiss and Doppelbock. The aroma is dominated by fruity and spicy esters produced by the German Weiss yeast strain with a dry drinkability from the wheat malt. The flavor and color are dominated by the unique specialty grains that produce the Doppelbocks flavors of fresh baked bread, toffee and cocoa, and a dark-ruby red hue. Since goats have traditionally adorned Bock labels, we chose a Rocky Mountain Goat for this Rocky Mountain Bock. Peace to all and follow your dreams! Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, malted wheat, imported German specialty grains and hops, and one unique German yeast.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
SDbruboy (1857) - San Diego, California, USA - MAY 28, 2006
22 oz. bomber, from Holiday Wine Cellar and shared by DarkElf - thanks! Pours dark brown with a moderate beige head and garnet highlights when held to light. Aroma of very ripe bananas, earthy and herbal notes, tempering to a light molasses. Herbal, sweet and toasty wheat flavors, banana, earth, bitter black tea infused with ripe banana. Medium to full body and gentle carbonation.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
mgumby10 (1856) - Jupiter, Florida, USA - MAR 23, 2007
Pours a dark amber brown with very light to no head. Smell is pretty unique, definitely can tell this is a mix of styles. Some wheat, dark malts, banana, and dark fruit. Taste is more dopplebock than wheat but a nice version of one. Very malty with a hint of caramel. Even get a little light chocolate in the aftertaste. Relatively smooth. Pretty good.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Pwn3d (1847) - Manhattan, New York, USA - MAR 10, 2009
750ml bottle purchased at new beer. Pours dark brown with ruby hint. Dry, toffee, cocoa, but not bready/clovey enough for a weizen bock IMO. Overall, nothing really interests me which was disappointing. Tastes overly boozy. Aventinus takes its brass one and absolutely shames this sucker.

3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
holdenn (1841) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - SEP 24, 2006
22 oz bomber pours brownish black small tan head. Roasted chocolate, smoke, and alcohol aromas in the nose. Medium bodied and smooth with dark complex carmel molasses flavors, bready, toffee, and spicy. Damn tasty.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
tjthresh (1840) - Greenfield, Indiana, USA - JUL 4, 2006
This bottle was provided to me by BeerandBlues2. Poured into my glass with a dark, mostly opaque brown color with some purple highlights. Ample light brown head formed, but left behind no lace. The aroma was chocolate cover raisins, with some cherry, and smoke complexity. The flavor was mostly the same. There was also some tobaco character in the flavor. The palate was fluffy, and full. Rolled nicely from the front to back. Long alcohol finish.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
legion242 (1838) - Richardson, Texas, USA - JUN 11, 2006
Very nicely done version. Probably lacks the palate complexity of an Aventinus, but it is also probably not fair to compare the two. Nice, warm alcohol on this 100* day, though I imagine it is still nice and cool in CO.

4.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
craftbeerdesign (1831) - Alpharetta, Georgia, USA - AUG 21, 2007
UPDATED: FEB 9, 2008 bottle. I’m glad I found this beer the other day at my local beer store... definitely wanted to try this before it’s gone for good. Aromas of sweet malts and licorice. Notes of coffee and caramel. Very sweet and tasty. A bit of alcohol at the back of the mouth. Good indeed.

4.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 18/20
ElGaucho (1816) - Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA - SEP 23, 2006
Bananas, wheat and roasted malt in the nose. Considerable alcohol presence detected. Some molasses as well. Mostly clear very dark red; almost opaque. Quite sweet, with a high alcohol profile. This is a very good beer. Underrated if you ask me. Small, tan head. I was looking for my weissbier glass and couldn’t find it. I guess that means I need more than one. So, I am using a cross between a flute and a footed pilsner glass; Carlsberg logo. I could swear this beer has a hop profile. The alcohol is a little overbearing; that would be my one knock on this brew. If it were maybe 3/4% lower in ABV, it would be perfect. Another winner from Avery.


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