Avery Hog Heaven

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Boulder, Colorado USA

bottle. wow. minimal head, dark reddish brown color. strong malt flavor i guess to balance the proclaimed 2.5 pounds of hops ber barrel. strong one.

Bottle. Deep copper with off-white head of medium thickness. Peppery, resiny hop aroma with light pineapple aroma. Also some sweet malty scents. Flavor is pungent pine hoppiness like crushed pine needles, light alcohol sting. Balancing this is a fat, sticky maltiness. Heavy pine resin aftertaste. Some bitterness in the finish. Bold, brash and hoppy, but needs a little more complex of a malt to be a first-class barleywine.

Bottle. Moderate aromas of caramel, resin and orange with light notes of broth, raisin, butterscotch, wine and just a bit of smoke. Head is creamy, off white and is mostly lasting with head lacing that dries to the glass. Color is a murky red/brown. Flavor starts heavily sweet and lightly acidic and finishes lightly acidic and bitter. Palate is med/full, between creamy and syrupy (chewy) with a soft carbonation and a slight alcohol smell and aftertaste. Great taste from a barlywine, 22 oz went down real easy.

Had on draught. Poured a dark red color with a thin head. The aroma was of dark fruits, some malts, and monster piney hops. The flavor was much the same with the hops dominating every aspect. There was a little sweetness in there from some caramel and malts as well. It was full bodied and easy drinking that hid the alcohol pretty well. It finished clean with that hop bitterness. Pretty good for the american barley wine style.

pours a lucious red with small ringlet of a head. Piney hop nose forewarning heavy IBUs. Smooth thick mouthfeel, near immediate bitterness curbed by sweet alcohol, more hop bitterness and citrus tones toward the finish. Nice, but like almost every other American barleywine I’ve tried, over-hopped to a point of detraction.

Aroma: heavy hops, grapefruit, almost grass or flowerish... Appearance: smaller, creamy head - color of a dark iced tea... Flavor: intense decent duration hops blanketed in a malty/sweet/soft beginning. Palate: soft carbonation but more than the Horn Dog I had the other night.. I have to say I like it this way. Overall: It’s awakening my belief in Barleywine style... my mouth is tingling (high alcohol? hops? am I just tired? it’s tingling nonetheless)

Tap. Nice dark orange pour with little head. Tons of sweet aroma flowing. Easy drinking up front, then nice hop finish.

Bottle: Pours an amber/orange with a huge off-white foamy head. Tons of aroma of candylike malts and lots of hopy juicy aroma. Flavor is malty and a little carmelly but very bitter and hoppy. More imperial ipa like then anything. Hops are a little dank and spicy and florally. The body is medium and not syrupy like most barleywines. Very drinkable.