Avery Fourteen

Formerly brewed at Avery Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

Bottle: Deep brown, cola accents, large foamy beige head, clingy lacing.   Bready aroma, slight white/black Necco wafer tinge, minor cocoa powder.   Has a candy sweetness that fills the nose, the powdery kind.   Quite malty on the tongue, dark, moderate hop presense but without too much bitterness.   Somewhat of an odd duck as it is.   Big in malts, remains bready through to the finish.   Seems like a really hefty American Amber crossed with some sort of Belgian.   Picks up a little bit of citrus rind as it warms.   I reiterate, this one is somewhat of an odd duck.   I am getting some heavy breadiness, dark malts, slight citrus peel, and a touch of anise.   Makes for a weird combination.   Moderate to full body, moderate mouthfeel.   Certainly an interesting beer, but one that just seems a bit confused.   Lingering cocoa powder, Necco wafers, and subtle citrus peel.   Well crafted, just a bit weird.

Bottle RBESG 07 ... Deep brown... meaty fruit malt ... sweet fruity malt littlemeaty quite rich.

Dark, dark brown with a light brown head on it in a trappist glass. Smell is of some hops, licorice like maltiness, and almost belgian like yeast. Very unique smell. Very unique taste as well, with a rich, thick, malty, definite licorice like sweetness, a bit of alcohol is present, but not bad for 9.5%, and perhaps again, a belgian like almost very light spiced quality to it. Different than any other American Strong Ale I’ve had, and much more drinkable. Reminds me a touch of New Belgium’s Abbey. Although not quite my speed, I can see some people really enjoying this beer.

Deep ruby in colour, large and lingering tan coloured head, good lacing. The aroma is very hoppy with pine and citrus, caramel malt sweetness and noticable alcohol. The flavour has lots of alcohol, I actually found it to be dominated by alcohol, noticable hops, caramel malt sweetness and a bizarre unexplainable bitterness. Bitter mouthfeel, medium/large body, medium/high carbonation. Finishes long with lots of alcohol and lots of hops. This has intense alcohol and is very hoppy making this another one-dimentional Avery beer for my tastes.

650ml bottle shared by <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/ViewUser.asp?U target=blank>mds, thanks Mike.
Opened on June 22, 2007.
Vintage 2007 of course.

Date: 06/24/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RBSG 2007

clear dark brown, frothy beige head, hot spicy pepper aroma with dry dark chocolate, creamy body, rich chocolate flavor, lots of spicy character, lots of hot pepper, only a hint of sweetness,
-------- /> Date: 07/23/2007
Score: 3.4 to 3.6
Words: darft
Words: Buckeye Beer Engine

sweet spicy fruity aroma, peppery sweet chocolate flavor,
-------- /> Date: 07/26/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: roadtrip

peppery aroma is back in the aroma, flavor is drier than draft with lots of dark chocolate and pepper,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Bottle at RBESG 2007. Ruby colour with lasting beige head. Intense grapefruit aroma. Awesome malt in mouth. One of the beers of the day.

Bottled at RBESG ’07. Clear dark brown. Cinnamon and grapefruit aroma. Sweet and solidly malty with full body. Salty and very hoppy. Intensely flavourful and with in your face bolf flavours that leaves no doubt it’s an American beer.

Pours a dark brown, that shows as a clear garnet when held to the light, topped with a dense, pitted, frothy beige head. The aroma is a rich, deep malty blend of dark fruits, pineapple, white pepper and both floral and faint piney hops. Full-bodied and creamy-smooth with a nice bitter hop finish. Sweet yet almost smoky malts up front with an immediate hit of hop bitterness following, some citrus some spruce-like, with notes of dark fruits and a dry, lightly bitter and peppery finish. There’s a lot going on with this one and while I’m not sure that it’s entirely well integrated, it’s definitely interesting and worth a try should you get your hands on a bottle. I’d bet that this one would mellow and blend much better with a little more age on it.