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Avery Fourteen

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Avery Fourteen - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Formerly brewed at Avery Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

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4393.72/5.03.71/5.0Special9.46%79.4Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
For 14 wonderful years, we have been creating libations for ourselves in the hope that some others out there would share our eccentric palates and support us. Many thanks to all of you who do! Here is yet another quirky brew: a very dark and different, dry-hopped ale. Style? hard to say, you decide. Just expect massive molasses maltiness, limitless fruits on the nose and an imposing floral & zesty dry-hop finish. Peace to all and follow your dreams!
1.090 OG, 60 IBUs.
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 MHED (112), lisle, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Feb 29, 2008  
22 oz. Pours like motor oul. Dark lush body with tan head. Aroma is a complex combo of burnt molasses, licorice, port, and spice. Very complex beer that has notes of cinnimon, clove, licorice, port wine, orange, dark cherries, tree bark, brown sugar, and bitter dark chocolate. A huge complex beer I think will get better with some serious cellaring.


 rustychiles (1007), Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Feb 28, 2008  
Pours a dark brown with a decent tan head. Aroma of hops, citrus and malt. Nice hoppy taste with interesting fruity tang that melts into a bitter finish. Pretty tasty.


 MoDog (909), Griffith, Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Feb 27, 2008  
Poured from a 22oz bomber and served in a snifter. This beer poured a dark, ruby-tinged brown with a thick, creamy head of dark tan foam. Good retention throughout the glass, leaving some heavy lacing behind. The aroma of the beer was made up of huge caramel and toasted malts, orange, grapefruit, brown sugar, and molasses. The flavor included very sweet and syrupy molasses, brown sugar, grapefruit rind, and mild orange zest. A fairly strong note of chocolate also became increasingly noticable as the beer warmed. The mouthfeel was full-bodied and slightly sticky with light carbonation. The combonation of the sweetness and the hop bitterness actually worked quite well together. Good, but not overly exciting.


 gwpom (246), Akron, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 23, 2008  
From the bottle which is topped with gold foil to the bubbling aroma, this is a very nice beer. Not as dark as a porter, but close, distinct hoppiness, yet not bitter. Avery is above average, and this is one of their best. Most likely limited, so find a bottle before it’s gone.


 buckybeer (666), Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/103/517/20
Feb 19, 2008  
Pours a very dark amber with a large light tan head and nice lacing. Stunning. Quite hoppy with a decent amount of bitter malts to boot. The finish was pretty dry and bitter (just like me)!!!!


 Flyer (118), Hartland, Wisconsin, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 17, 2008  
A beautiful reddish brown with a rich, deep khaki-colored head. I didn’t get much aroma, other than a little resin. The flavor is caramel/toffee and some anise, with a big hop presence underneath, but without intense hop bitterness. A nice bite, distinctive, fairly good overall. Reminded me a little of Great Lakes Nosferatu, if only for the hop flavor, though this is a little creamier overall, and lacking Nosferatu’s sharpness (which, by my standards, places it a notch or two below Nosferatu). Recommended.


 SuperDave70 (1157), Beautiful Sunny Mesa, Arizona, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 17, 2008  
Sampled at the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild 2008 Strong Beer Fest, on February 17, at the Mesa Amphitheatre.


 yngwie (4880), Kristiansand, Norway
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 14, 2008  
Bottle, 22oz. A dark brown beer with a reddish hue. Sweetish, roasted aroma with dried fruits and beef stock as well. Quite sweet on the palate, with beef stock, hops and pine, finishing with a lasting flavor that has a coffee-bitter twist. Maybe a bit thin body. I love the flavor combo this beer shows, and it went very well with figs and vanilla ice cream. (071228)



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