Avery Fourteen

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

Pours a dark tawny color, with a creamy tan head that lingers. Aroma is soft, warm, alcohol is a little bit noticeable, lots of caramel maltiness and some plum notes. First taste is smokey, salty and rich plum. Further taste has some peppery, molasses, citrus hops. Body is quite thick, very cloying, alcohol aftertaste with lots of that smoke and molasses. Super interesting, not a beer for the weak of heart, mind or tastebud. I dig it.

I swear this beer was a chocolate IPA, with a twist of dried fruit. This a complex beer with a hoppy dry finish. I liked it very much

Bottle. Aroma of sweet malt / raisins, caramel, tropical fruit, and citrus. Flavor is similar to the smell, but with some hints of chocolate and a light roasted / toasted finish. Very tasty beer.

Impressive,raisiny, root beer, chocolate cake, molasses, aroma, a real malt explosion,taste is sweet chocolates laced with dark fruit and anise,a hints of that root beer taste, faint but distinct hops in the aftertaste, thought body would be a hair thicker,with the 1.090 OG ,alcohol not that noticeable. Would classify this an old ale. Delicious

Big tan head and big molasses aroma with a little alcohol mixed in. Both are evident in flavor along with some chocolate flavor too. Would be really good if it weren’t for the alcohol heat. Seems like good flavors are overpowered. Typical for Avery. Bugs me with the unnecessary alcohol flavor.

Bottle shared with Hogtown Harry, his bottle. Very dark brown, huge thick foamy brown head - looks great. Smokey, peaty, some yeast in interesting aroma. Taste is also very interesting - smoky, sweet, hoppy, chewy, campfire like. Complex. Very original and hard to describe. I liked it a lot.

Pours a very very dark amber, almost brown color. Light only passes through when held up to a sorce. There was a two-inch thick light brown head that receded and left a sticky ring of lacing as it left. The scent...where to start? Raisins, malt, hops, yeast, caramel, roasted nuts, spice, floral tones...this has it all. It seems like a mix between a Belgian Strong, Dopple Bock and American Strong Ale, but the hops add a nice touch. The mouthfeel is tremendous and nicely coats the palate. The best thing about this beer is the sweetness up front with the hop bitterness in the back. I am going to buy about ten of these and cellar them...what a great beer!

I was rather surprised by this beer: the "strong ale" category is a mile wide but is usually pretty hoppy, and this beer is more grapey and Belgian tasting than American strong ale hoppiness. The beer pours a dark red-brown with a sweet malty dry roastiness in its aroma which was extremely pleasant. The flavor is big and sticky with a grapey mouthfeel upfront which transitions to a chocolate-y roastiness at the rather dry finish. Mouthfeel is clean and smooth. This beer is delightful.