Avery Ale to the Chief 3.73 464

Avery Ale to the Chief

	Percentile
	96
	overall

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
464	3.74/5.0	3.73/5.0	Special	8.75%	81.3	Snifter, Trappist glass

Commercial Description:
We the Brewers of Avery Brewing Company, in order to form a more perfect ale, require a new leadership that can liberate us from our quagmires in foreign lands; embrace environmentally sound energy alternatives to imported oil; heal our ailing health care system; free us from tyrannical debt and resurrect the collapsing dollar. We hereby pledge to provide him or her with an ample amount of our Presidential Pale Ale to support in the struggle for the aforementioned goals! Hail to the New Chief!

Not an "Imperial" pale ale, this is a democracy. It's Presidential! Take the all-American pale ale, a bipartisan blend of malt and hops, increase to both Avery Brewing standards, and then, of course, dry hop the result with that most quintessential of American hops, Cascades, and you get this... Ale to the Chief. A brew worthy of the Oval Office! Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, hops and yeast.

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DSG (1515), Tel Aviv, Israel

2.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.4	5/10	3/5	4/10	3/5	9/20

Sep 18, 2009

[9/5/08] Bottle sample during LCRBM at Kulminator in Antwerp. Hazy amber. Aroma of yeast, fruits and some grainy hints. Sweetish fruity flavor with yeast and some malt. Medium-bodied.

Aggy360 (115), Anchorage/ Vista,CA, Alaska, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	17/20

Sep 18, 2009

Pours a copper with yellow hues, and an off white head. Caramel toffee aroma with piney citrusy hop notes. Taste is big and bold. Caramel and toffee malt notes with a mild bitterness. Smooth and creamy, medium-full body brew. Clean finish. Well done

ansermadide (528), Kyle, Texas, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 13, 2009

Bomber saved from initial release, consumed on September 13, 2009. Beautiful thick, golden pale amber color with a lovely head. Wet lacing, sweet hop aroma. Yep, pretty malty, but could be mistaken for an IPA. Great fruity cascade hop finish... extremely enjoyable.

DeadGirl (243), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Sep 13, 2009 Updated: Oct 18, 2009

Pour from the 32oz. bottle into a glass: Strong and complex mouthfeel of hoppy bitterness, brown sugar, bubblegum, alcohol... reminds me of Lagunita’a Hairy Eyeball Ale. It’s almost like a dipa, but there’s an absence of overloaded hops and I miss it. At first taste this ale was balanced and awesome... a few sips later and the excitement wears off. Couldn’t finish the bottle so I used what was left to steam Littlenecks in. That was yummmy and got bonus points. Drinkability: Stick to a half pint. Rebuy: Probably not. #117 on 13092009, DG.

Ober (1235), Bommelerwaard, Netherlands

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Sep 9, 2009

@ LCRBM 2009. A clear copper colored beer, with a thick beige head. The aroma of hopbitters and fruits like citrus. Notes of brad. The taste is Gentle bitter with sweet fruits. syrupy with notes of alcohol. The aftertaste is first sweet, it becomes bitter and gets more bitter.

BartC (402), Lichtaart, Belgium

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Sep 7, 2009

Dark copper colored beer. Lots of citrus in the aroma coming from Cascade hopps? Very bitter beer. Medium bodied.

JorisPPattyn (5192), Antwerpen, Belgium

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 6, 2009

Small, off-white head over well-carbonated dark-orange beer. C-hops and cumin aroma, as well as dried gingerbread. Sweet, spicy with - again - cumin (I’ll start believing it’s added). Cookies, and sweetened, sugared grapefruit peel. Very well-bodied, slick, oily, alcoholburn. Nice, if more than a tad sweet-syrupy. Making it typically Avery.

brenn79 (212), Idaho, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	9/10	5/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

Aug 31, 2009

bottle- FIRST DRINK- Sweet yet hoppy, impressive. LAST DRINK- Not as impressed, started out excellent, ended up just good.

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