Avery Anniversary Thirteen

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Weizen

bottle. Pours a dark, rich red with a foamy tan head. Very sweet, creamy aroma rich of sweet fruit ala pears and grapes, breadiness. The flavor is rich of grapes, toffee, cherries, mild nutmeg, a bit of toast. Chocolate comes out in the finish. Great take on this style.

Congratulations, Avery! Thirteen is earthy, warm and rich yet still highly drinkable—until it swipes your knees out from underneath you. :) Beer is a nearly opaque, dark warm brown with an average-sized, frothy, beige, mostly lasting head. The aroma is malty with a moderate notes of toasted nuts, roasted grain and caramel, trace chocolate; Hoppy with a moderate note of herb, light note of resin/pine; Yeasty with a moderate note of dough, light note of basement; Miscellaneous notes of moderate alcohol, trace underripe banana/bubble gum, and a faint trace of damp garden soil. The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic and lightly bitter with a long, very warm, lightly acidic, lightly sweet, light-to-moderately bitter finish. The body is medium-to-full, the texture is velvety and the carbonation is average.

From bomber courtesy of Immy. Pours a dark brown with hints of red and a thin tan head. Nose is caramel and dark candy sugar. Flavor follows with caramel and roasted malts. Bitter finish.

Sampled at Stevofest 08, courtesy of Suttree. Pours deep brown with a tan head. Aroma of banana esters and dark wheat. Medium to full bodied. Flavor of dark wheat malt, raisen, banana bread, and a hint of tobacco. Lacks some balancing residual sweetness (quite a surprise from Avery). Some alcohol detected on the finish. Not a bad weizenbock, but not as good as Scheider Aventinus.

Bottle. Pours dark brown with a tan colored head. Aroma is sweet malt, dried cherries, wheat, sugar. Flavor is light alcohol, caramel, spice, dark fruits, some molasses, brown sugar. Palate is medium to full bodied, medium carbonation, finished sticky sweet. A decent brew for sure but nothing earth shattering.

Had on tap at Jackie O’s Anniversary Party. Was actually given this beer for free. That always makes it better, no? I love them sweet and malty so this one was a keeper. Sweety flavors of vanilla, brown sugar and toast. Slight hop finish. Loved it.

Super caramel coffee vapors floating towards me. This black mystery mix of Colorado and Bavaria is quite interesting. Makes me wish for munich.

Dark brown with nice head and good ruby highlights. Smell is nice. Taste has wheat characteristics some toffee flavors. The maltiness sweetness from the bock also really shine through.