Avery Fourteen

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

Bottled. RBESG. Ruby amber colour. Metallic, maybe bit edgy hopiness. Citris/mandarine, fruity hopiness a la Simcoe in flavour. Good bitterness.

On tap @ Avery’s Tasting Room poured a clear dark brown with ruby highlights and a large lasting creamy tan head. Aromas of carmel, toffee, spice, light earthiness and hints of pine and dark fruit. Palate was medium to full bodied and smooth. Flavors of roastiness, bitter chocolate, light carmel and toffee,and hints of dark fruit and spice with a lingering slightly dry bitter finish. Avery has brewed another " Love it or hate it" beer. Me, I love it!

Bottle. Pours hazy brown with an average creamy light brown head, somewhat diminishing, fair lacing. Aroma is light malt (cookie, caramel, burnt), heavy hops (perfume, pine, spruce), light yeast (dough, leather) with notes of dates and cola. Medium bodied, alcoholic texture, average carbonation and a bitter finish. Long duration, light sweetness, heavy acidity and bitterness.

Bottle (650ml) shared with tupalev, jerc & mabel -- courtesy of jerc & mabel. Pours a murky deep ruby with an average size foamy somewhat-lasting tan head. Aroma of green hops, toasted malt, caramel, some alcohol and fruit. Flavour’s a little boozy with a weird but likable spicy/hoppy/sweet taste -- it’s hard for me to describe. Medium bodied. Not awesome but it is interesting and I did quite enjoy it.

Pours a deep brown with tons of ruby red highlights and a medium creamy off white to light tan head and left nice lacing. Aroma of molasses, light toasted malts, mango, banana, citrus, some toffee, nuts, caramel, dark fruits and nuts. Flavor of molasses, earthy, pine, some citrus buried in there, nuts, toasted malts, dark fruits, roastiness, light alcohol. Congrats to Avery on 14 and thanks for keeping it interesting. Really did destroy style boundaries here yet still created a solid brew.

Bottle. Aroma: loads of sweet malt. Full sweet and spicy beer, dark fruit, dry finish. Lovely.

Bottle marked bottled in 2007. Small tan head that was mostly lasting, fair amount of lacing, carbonation observed, semi-transparent, and a brown hue. Nose was malty, chocolate, hoppy, floral, citrus, and pine. The flavor mimicked the nose and finished dry. Dry mouthfeel and medium in body. Quaffable brew, worthy of a try, the nose and flavor came together very well, and a beer that I would drink again.

Tallahassee, Fl. - Market Square Liquors - 22 oz bomber. Very dark, leaning to black copper pour with a thick creamy, sticky mocha colored head. Bubblegum and licorice in the aroma with some hints of chocolate. Thick, rich flavor with hints of chocolate, licorice, candied sugar, brown sugar, hints of molasses - brief chicory notes. More malt accented than most Avery offerings - citrusy hoppiness is kept in the background. Mouthfeel is thick and creamy...not to the point of "luxuious" - but nice.