3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark red brown colour with a medium beige head. Roasted, caramel malty, reybread, fruity aroma and taste. Medium to full body with a sweet light alcoholic finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Smallish head covers the dark chesnut hue. Pretty much a malt monster though far better than the usual Avery at hiding its alcohol. The wheat comes across quite understated, the yeast on the other hand making for an important part of the flavor profile with its phenolic clovey nuances. Beyond that, rich and round breadiness, powdery chocolate and approaching pumpernickel. Warming palate, rather chewy and avoiding the syrupiness I might have feared. Rather subtle carbonation for a wheat ale, but that works in its aimings for the malt monster status. And somehow not too sweet. Congrats.
3.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Near opaque black with a white head. Very smooth and tasteful, a fine bitterness and clear German style with some German yeast. Lots of caramel and some chocolate malt but not sweet and gladly not hopped up. Refreshing. A fine piece of craftmanship from Avery.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Super Saver. Dark brown/ruby pour with minimal head. The aroma is big banana, roasty charred malts, some brown sugar, nuts, bazooka. One of the biggest banana smells of all time here, folks! The taste is roasty burnt malts with a lot of figs, banana, some brown sugar and chocolate, and some nutmeg. It never gets sweet and stays on the dry side of the scale, and the palate is on the dense end and gets a tad hot as it warms. There is a slight discombobulation of the flavors in this as I get to the last dregs that forces a minor deduction. Not bad, but Avery has set the bar so high that this one let me down a bit. Still, a nice rendition of a style that we really need to see more of.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
22 oz bottle. Poured a clear, deep garnet with a short-lived cap of yellowy-beige head. Nose was rich and malty.. with dried cocoa, elderberries, peppery spices, and wheaty banana esters were all in there... along with woodsy, earthy, and leafy notes... nicely complex. The flavors were equally-exciting... with rich and sweet malts throughout (cocoa, spices, berries).. accented by wheaty/banana-ey tart notes and a woody presence. The finish was long and sweet.. and a fine culmination for the drink. The alcohol presence rose as this warmed, but the brew’s balance maintained. Great stuff!
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
22-oz. bottle. Pours a dark walnut brown with a small frothy head that dissiipates to a patchy and edgy film, some lined lacing. Aroma is dark wheat malt (biscuit), yeast (dough), earth notes, caramel sweet malt. Medium sweet caramel malty and wheat flavor, slight hint of alcohol, creamy and nutty. Medium to full bodied, foamy, fizzy and creamy palate.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bomber poured a clear dark brown with a lasting amber head leaving behind nice lacing as I drink it. Aromas of banana, a hint of bubblegum, wheat and light spice notes. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of chocolate, toffee, carmel, a bit of fruitiness and light spice with a smooth lingering semisweet finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours a mahogany brown body with an off white head. Sweet malty with a nice roasty coffee backbone. Toffee, caramel and coco. Lighter spices and dark fruity esters, wheat and light grain.
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