Avery Brabant

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

12oz bottle, bottled 2/10/09, thanks PeterA. Small tan head atop brown-black body. Aroma is medium sweet, vinous, some oak, light Brett. Taste is medium sweet, vinous, some raisin/plum, light wood, caramel. Smooth medium-full body, light carbonation.

Bottle. Pours very dark brown with a 5-finger dark tan head that cascades in sheets. Sort of like Guinness. Aroma is quite vinous. Seems to be oak as well. Medium body with mild carbonation. Flavor includes the typical zinfandel harshness. It’s also woody. The sour is muted, but strong too. The purple vinous finish is fantastic. This stuff is way underrated.

Bottle. Good barrel wood aroma along with some molasas. Pretty much black body with tan head. Some rich chocolate roast up front. Beer got a sweet flavor towards the middle with a stong alcohol finish. Not bad but finish was little hard on the palate.

Bottled, has a date ‘Bottled Feb 10 2009’, pours a dark ruby with dark brown and black looking hues, may be a little hazy to, even when held up to a light this ale looks dark, caramel and tan bubbles cover the ale, gave a two finger high or more head, leaves nice lacing on the glass, nice variable and fine bubbles make the head, bottle had a light hazy like film on the bottom, fig and prune dark fruit aromas with brown sugar, sour funkiness, faint white and red wine fragrances in the background and some wood to, flavors of dark fruit – raisin, fig, prune, with a sourness and orange citrus, this ale has a pronounced sour-citrus and bitterness at the finish, the sourness in this drink is distinct, each sip sends a sour punch tingle up my nostrils, somewhat like a strong alcohol drink, the finish is mostly dry with citrus sour and bitterness, a trace of malt flavor trails thereafter, medium mouth feel, carbonation feels nice on the palate and has a creamy bubbly sensation on the palate, this drink was different and nice, I liked this blend of the Belgian dark strong ale flavors mixed with sour, a nice beer to experience.

Poured very dark brown with a thin cap of off-white foam. The aroma was a bit of funk, wood and vinous. The flavor was dominated by wine flavors more than any other beer I’ve ever had. Some light funk and toasted malts steered it clear from being totally one-dimensional. Medium bodied mouthfeel and low carbonation. Different, but good.

Pours brown with a small off white head. Aroma is sour fruit, wood, and leather. Flavor is sour fruit, then oak, and funk with a tart finish.

Pours dark brown with an off white head. Aroma has notes of sour fruit, oak, and earthiness. Flavors are oak, fruit, and a sort of muskiness. Mouthfeel has a sour like acidicness and finishes with a slight tartness.

Spectacular find (for me) at the Plaza in Arizona. Pours like a belgian abby ale but as soon as you take the first sip you get those rich, complex oak tones. Not overwhelming by any means but a wonderful addition-makes the beer complicated, rich. Well worth the $9 a bottle!