Avery Brett Ellies Brown Ale

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

Draught at Avery. Pours brown with a large, creamy light brown head, mostly lasting with excellent lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, cookie, caramel, nutty), average hop (herbs, grass), heavy yeast (horse blanket, barnyard, earth) with notes of plum, pear, and wine. Medium bodied, creamy texture, average carbonation, and a sour finish. Long duration, light sweetness, heavy acidity and sourness.

(Draught) Pours a black body with a dense tall creamy long lasting beige head. Aroma of roastiness, horseblanket, barnyard, grass and some delicate herbal notes. Flavor of brett, cocoa, roasted malt, and caramel.

on tap at the Avery Taproom during GABF week on 9/25/09... pours a murky brown with a small tan head... nice sour funk and light fruit aroma... medium body... big sour/tart mouthfeel throughout... some wood, nut and sour finish.

Hazy brown pour with an off-white head, good retention, excellent lacing. Roasted sweetness, sour apple and brett barnyard funk aromas. Sour fruit at the beginning leading to a slight coffee bitterness and finishes sour. Medium body, medium low carbonation, low alcohol warmth.

On tap at SAvery poured a cloudy brown with a small lingering tan head. Aromas of chocolate, barnyard, light leather and spice. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a smooth dry tart finish. Flavors of leather, chocolate, barnyard and light carmel with a smooth dry lightly tart finish.