Avery Ale to the Chief

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

BOLD AND BRIGHT, dark brown with a golden hue this brew is sweet and bursting with tropical fruit. beige brown head that is thick and creamy this brew is floral and has an abundent straw profile to balance an assertive hop bite. sweet and candylike it is slippery and almost gooey like pineapple taffy. so mild in spice it creates really good balance. straw then touch of extra hop in finish. highly innovative.

22 oz. bottle on 10/15/2008. Big, foamy white head tops a faintly hazy amber pour, leaving rings of thick, adherent lace. Aroma is piney up front with toffee and spice, and hints of alcohol. Solid, sweet, caramel malt backbone provides excellent support for the long hoppy finish. Medium/full body, light carbonation, creamy and somewhat thick on the palate, resinous, and dry. This is bold, assertive, and was a very pleasant surprise. An excellent offering from Avery.

Had this back to back with New Holland Existential Hopwine. This seems to be what NHEH was trying to achieve, but failed. Full of effervescent goodness, hoppy flavor of the piney-juniper kind and a solid malt backbone. I will grab one to share with wifey when President Obama takes the stand and delivers us from evil. Pours amber with white head, has an insanely bitter, piney component that sticks around. Good beer!

Draught at the brewery. Cloudy amber coloured with a medium sized white head. Fruity aroma of hops, pine needles and peaches. Fruity flavour of hops, pine needles, grass and peaches. Dry hoppy finish.

Fruity and floral aroma. Cherries, sweet citrus, hops, and caramel. I also get some sour apple and wine grapes. It pours beautifully. Dark orange, completely transparent, glorious carbonation with a full sized frothy head. Very spicy flavor, cinnamon and cardamon. Bay leaves with coriander. Candy syrup, berries and hops. The palate is thick a little sharp. But well balanced. Lovely.

Orange colored and pours with a very thin off-white head. A spot of lacing here and there but not much. The aroma is nice and hoppy, a lot of pine, some citrus and caramel malt. The flavor pretty much follows suit, although the hops are mostly resiny with some citrus and a little pine. This is nicely hopped but also has a strong malty backbone too. Finishes slightly dry and bitter. This does drink lighter than I was expecting. A very good beer but probably not a great one.

Bomber. Poured translucent coppery-orange with a moderate cap of white head (at least initially.. looked really nice). The aroma picked pineapple and floral spicage upfront with a bit of syrupy light fruits and caramel sweetness beneath.. strong but engaging. The flavor opened with resiny pine bitterness on the tip of the tongue.. alcohol-infused caramel and grapefruit meat sweetness on the middle with raw, greener pineapple and floral bitterness around.. finished warm and bitter with some added peppery spices (could’ve been attached to the alcohol). Medium-plus bodied with a syrupy feel on the palate.. felt a tad stronger than it should have.. decent overall.

copper pour. small white head. apricots, honey, grass, and smooth malts. flavor is citrus and malt. Nice beer. Not quite worth the $$.