Avery 14er ESB

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Boulder, Colorado USA

Pours a amberish color with a small white head. Faint aromas of citrus hop, and caramel malts. Nice initial citrus hop blast that fades into a smooth caramel malt flavor. Body is a tick watery but otherwise very drinkable.

Purchased 12-oz bottle from Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a hazy orange amber brew with a thin off-white head that slowly dissipates and leaves behind good lacing and a thin off-white head top. Aroma of lightly roasted multi-grain malt, citrusy zest, and some bitter herbal spice. Taste is medium bodied, with some light carbonation and a flavor of more citrus zest on top of caramel malt and touch of honey. Finish is slick with a thin carbonation texture with an aftertaste of mild citrus zest and light roasted caramel malt.

Bottle. Cloudy bronze pour. Small tan head Aroma is flowery with tea leaves, light hops and soft spice. Light sweet maltiness as well. Taste is much more bitter. Spicy hops, soft burnt caramel, malts, and light citrus. Some sweetness creeps through in spots. The tea flavors come out more as it warms. Body is light-medium with mild carbonation. Lingering bitter notes throughout this. Ends with more tea, light citrus, hops, sweet malts, soft caramel and spice. Not too bad.

Nice crisp taste. A bit like sweet tea with a hint of caramel. Nice wispy head that laces well.

This beer pours a cloudy orange with a thick head to it.the beer also leaves nice streaks along the sides of the glass. It has an aroma of floral hops, orange zest, and hints of malt which are very faint. As you drink it the beer is very hoppy and leaves a citrus and orange peel coating on the sides of your mouth. The palate is full of clove and cardamom which last for a while.

Bottle. Light hop aroma. Amber with bubbly white head leaving huge lacing. Well balanced dry, hoppy beer. Clean and smooth. Solid ESB which finishes easy and refreshing. Crisp with good hop presence.

12oz bottle poured in a lager glass. Avery 14er ESB pours hazy and ocher. The head is thin but leaves a solid lacing. It smells delicious. I can smell malt, honey and Hawaiian bread. The flavor starts off with very noticeable hops, although not spicy hops like found in an IPA. The body is a little thin and the after taste is a little bit too bitter, hinting faintly of bile. It is a dry beer and needs a bit more refinement. It gives the impression of having all of the right ingredients but somebody forgot to blend them.

355 ml. Clear, burnt orange-gold with a smallish, but lasting head. Fruity, spicy and earthy-vegetable aroma. Flavors of sourish cereal grain; fruity and spicy hops; sweet, dried wood; and toasted nut. A quality brew with all the requisite ESB flavors present, but they seem a bit harsh and jumbled in this one. Palate is light-medium, tingly and dryish.