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Avery Fifteen

Avery Fifteen

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A Belgian Ale brewed by
Avery Brewing Company

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
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3133.17/5.03.17/5.0Special7.68%51.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler P  Stats

Commercial Description:
15 years of brewing! You know what's been the best part lately? Tons of experimentation! For the last couple of years, we've been working with several strains of brettanomyces (wild yeast). We found one and deemed it the best for it's tart flavor and funky, fruity aroma. Adding black mission figs for a subtle jammy aspect, hibiscus flowers for an herbal bouquet and hazy sunset hue, and white pepper for a bit of spicy twang, we've created FIFTEEN - a unique drinking experience inspired by the wild farmhouse ales of Belgium. Though immensely complex today, more flavor will emerge with time, so throw a few bottles in your cellar for future celebrations. Thanks to all of you who have made our 15-year ride possible! Peace to all and follow your dreams! Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, malted wheat, hops, black mission figs, hibiscus flowers, white pepper, and a very unique strain of brettanomyces yeast.

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 RSRIZZO (1027), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/58/20

May 17, 2008  
Aroma is a sour bread like scent. Color is a medium gold with mellow carbonation and a very thin head. Taste is rough, sour and spicy. Starting with a light/medium body it goes down sharp. Finish comes in sour grassy taste with a bold spicy feel. After taste is more of the same with a little alcohol and a bitter flower taste. Its just not good, the sour is interesting and its quite complex, but it comes across a little rough.

 DerBiermeister (378), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 11, 2008  
Decent brew, but with such a strange palate that I will probably not venture to try it again. Unique indeed, but very experimental this beer seems to be.


 MatSciGuy (261), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 11, 2008  
[Bottle] Pours hazy gold with a small off white head. Aroma is tart and sweet with apple and pears. Flavor is brett, malt, fig, and shrimp. Quite funky.


Moosington (15), Costa Mesa, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Oct 11, 2008  
Tap at Hollingshead. Medium amber color with tight but short lived head. Estery yeast and slight sour acid in the nose. As mentioned before, definite brett and floral qualities in the flavor, combined with a spicy/sour/musky finish. Good stuff, but would only do one per sitting.


 blklab2007 (570), Connecticut, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Oct 10, 2008  
22 oz bottle poured into a tulip glass has an orange amber color with a thin white fizzy head that fell quickly. aromas of brett, (green apple, sour grape, fruited yeast) floral from the hibiscus, white wine, light peppery hops, faint pineapple, and some sweetness. mouth feel is light with medium carbonation. flavor has some floral qualities, funk from the brett, lighter sourness, spice touches, and acid. finishes drying with floral giving a long duration.


 asheft (978), Marburg, Germany
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/55/103/512/20
Oct 10, 2008  
[bottle at EBF 2008] Excellent sour woody horseblanket aroma with still some base malt. Pale peach appearance under no foam--sort of like my pee when I’m dehydrated. Thin and weak flavour with some woody herbal spice. Very unimpressive and uncomplex. Some apple notes. Light body and clean with elevated carbonation.



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