Avery Eleven

Formerly brewed at Avery Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Boulder, Colorado USA

I wish I would have had this far before now, but I picked it up anyway. Pours clear orange / bronze wtiha light tan head that’s surprisingly big for the age. It also gives very nice lacing. The aroma still had grapefruit hops and musty malt. Medium to full body with soft carbonation. Taste has musty malts with a good amount of caramel. Finish has the malt, but it is joined by some spicy hops and bits of grapefruit. For the age this has held up very well, it is still drinkable; although I wish I could have tried this fresh - so it goes.

this beer would have been better tasted at an earlier date, but still was quite good...dark apricot puree body with no head..aroma of peach, floral hops, sweet sugars...flavor is mostly malts (hops died off by the time i drank this), yeast, and a slight bitter, hoppy finish..nice palate

A big thanks to Sean for this rare ass beer now that it has been released more than 2 years ago. Pours out a brownish color with a thick yellow head. Smell is sweet, malts, some remaining hops, and dark fruits. Taste is sweet, (very sweet) and somewhat hoppy. I can certainly imagine this being alot better then than it is now. It is very drinkable still, and it actually has become alot more drinkable to me now that I have been drinking it for an hour or so. Pretty nice beer, certainly wish I could have had this fresh.

Pours a cloudy dark golend color. Aroma is citrusy and VERY malty. Taste is very sweet with malts dominating. Very little hop bitterness in this brew. Not very well balanced, but still very good. Mouthfeel is chewy.

This is probably my favorite of the Avery anniversary beer. I enjoyed the battle between the malt and hops with the malt giving the overall flavor a slightly sweet (but not cloying) edge.

Bomber. Pours cloudy orange with thin white head. The aroma is strong and sappy, with some hints of honey and olive. The flavor is very, very hoppy, but without being terribly bitter. A very toasty and malty foundation keeps up the hops. The finish is woody with some brown sugar and a bit of hop bitterness. The mouthfeel is kind of oily.

This vintaged bottle aged 1 1/2 years poured a large sized head of foamy finely sized white colored long lasting bubbles on top of a copper brown colored body. As it was sampled, the head left a thick lacing around my mug. The aroma was mildly hoppy and the mouth feel was tingly from start to finish with a strong hop flavor that lingered around for a while.

The IIPA fails on all fronts. It is very muddy looking and probably needs to be aged in the fridge for a couple of weeks to be able to be poured and still leave the yeast in the bottle. Aroma is ok, very citrusy and oragey, but not all that pleasant. The hop character is almost sweet, all that citrus really gives a sensation of sweetness. Combine that with an already sweet malt flavor and the hop presence is almost lost. Bitterness is almost non-existent for the style. Too sweet, not enough bitterness, and a hopelessly lost hop presence make this beer a disappointment on all fronts. It’s a beer that couldn’t decide whether it was a double IPA or a barleywine, then failed at both.