Avery Fourteen

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

Pours out a nice deep reddish black color with a beige lacing. aroma is full of roasted malt, fruitiness and sweetness. flavor is very nice. has a lot of malt and a nice sweetness and hop balance. the alcohol was present in the finish. gave it a nice warming effect. overall this is a great brew.

Translucent body, the absolute darkest crimson shade possible without crossing into blackness. If it weren’t so dark I’d be able to easily peer through it. A thick light tan head is very well retained, never fully diminishing, leaving minor lacing. The aroma is absolutely teeming with diacetyl, what a shame. A maize/toasted grain combination overtakes the senses, really drowning out other notes. Oddly and most fortunately the wave of popcorn odor passes quickly. Toasted malt and jagged spicing are plentiful. Licorice root and cinnamon are noted. This really isn’t pleasant and seems flawed. In the flavor the obvious molasses and hoppiness is well recieved. The molasses acts as a bridge that spans the chasm between hops and malt and ties everything toghether nicely. Moderate sweetness works well in combating the excessive graininess and very heavily toasted malts. Bitterness is mild. The finish is sweet and hoppy. Palate is medium-full bodied, very well carbonated. Boring, though very drinkable. This started off strange but continues to grow on me.

Bottle is over a year old since I just bought an Avery 15 yesterday. Served a few minutes out of the small beer fridge in a shaker glass. Aroma is rich chocolate, floral hops, a bit of roastiness, some lactose, and some dark fruits (figs/prunes). Smells pretty good to me. Dark reddish brown color with a one fingered cappuccino head. The initial taste is malty with some roastiness, some chocolate, some earthy and floral hops, and a somewhat bitter finish with a nice, lingering hops flavor. I also get the taste of molasses cookies in the flavor. The body is large, but the bitterness and roast balance the malt. Very drinkable, way too much for a beer of this size.

bomber shared by illini08, thanks. dark brown pour with a khaki head and some decent lasting lace. spicy fruit and molasses aroma leads to a flavor of some roasted notes, rich molasses and caramel, dried fruits and spice. interesting and enjoyable.

Pours a deep cola black with a large, rocky beige head that quicky diminshes to a film. Aroma is moderately sweet caramel, herbal, grapefruit and some dark chocolate. Flavor is plum, raisin, herbal, chocolate, floral, grapefruit and finally caramel. Full bodied, sticky texture. I realy liked this beer much more than I thought I would.

On draft @ the Brew Kettle 5/25/06 and also rated separately in a 22 oz bottle 6/24/07: Burnt sienna brown w/ a lasting, thick, beige, creamy, foam head. Also laces very nicely. Chocolate and toasted malts in the bottle version, caramel seems to make itself more prevalent in the draft version. Clove seemed to be slightly present in the draft version, but absent from the botled version, both were moderately fruity w/ some raisiny esters in the draft version. The bottled version seemed to have more hop aromas of piney, floral, herbal, and resiny. The bottled version seemed to have some black licorice notes that I did not pick up the first time I had it a month ago, although the draft version had some brown sugary notes in the aroma. The flavor between both versions seems a bit different. The bottled version seemed to be more hop dominant with piney and herbal hop flavors up front, whereas the draft version seemed to be malt dominant. Both have chocolate and bready malt flavors, but the balance seems to be a bit better in the bottled version. I thought the draft version was slighly under attenuated and a touch more fruity. Both versions had an herbal hop finish with a roasty malt undertone. The draft version seemed to finish medium sweet, while the bottled version was pretty well balanced. Both had a nice, creamy, smooth mouthfeel w/ well hidden alcohol. Low med. CO2, and fuller medium body. I liked both versions, and not that they were 2 completely different beers, but there were enough of them. I don’t check my notes often enough and should have realized that I had already rated it, but what the heck, the scores were almost identical, actually 1 number off... Interesting! I quite like this beer on both accounts.

Bottle, RBESG Grand Tasting 07. Very dark copper, thin beige head. Nose is sweet hoppy/malt balance, packed with sweet alcoholic fruitness. Grapefruity, but alcohol kills it it a bit. Mouth is quite bitter malty roasted bite. Some dry hop grassiness. Rather nice.

22 oz. brown, bomber bottle. 2007 batch. Poured out a deep ruby color, with an overflowing mocha colored head. Huge, sticky, very lacy head on it. Aromas are of cocoa powder right off the bat, along with subtle alcohols, dark rum, subtle hop aromas. Flavors are of dark rum, sweet malts, hops, burnt sugar, toffee. Sharp finish to it. Slight chocolate wheat flavor in the mix. Medium mouthfeel, rich & thick body. Good beer overall.