Avery IPA

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Boulder, Colorado USA

Golden appearance with a creamy white head. Nice lace. Aroma had pine, lime, citrus, graitfruit and caramel. Hops and malts are well balanced in the taste. Nice and sweet bitterness.

This was an absolutely delicious IPA...probably one of the better IPAs I’ve had next to Alesmith (of course some of the march IPAs are always a bit better). Pours an apple juice color and has hardly any head. Smell is of sweet florals and creamy citrus hops. Flavor is similar...but amazingly balanced. Smooth and medium bodied. Really impressed.

Rocky, white and long-lasting over honey-hazed golden/copper with light carbonation. Laces like a strip-mine. Hops are prominent yet mild in the aroma appearing as juicy pink grapefruit. Flavor starts with incredible balance (making me think this is rather mild), but the hops somehow manage to intensify in the mouth to bring out bitter orange rind and pepper in the finish. Dishrag appears occasionally in aroma and flavor but does not detract from the experience. Somewhat thin on the palate, but a competitive IPA nonetheless.

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12 oz bottle. Pours clear gold with a white head. Good lacing. Nose is sweet citrus; pink grapefruit, with a bit of floral scent. Flavor has good balance, not over-the-top hopped like many IPAs. Nice, smooth, very drinkable brew with a lively mouthfeel. Body is just slightly weak. Finish is a bit of a letdown, lightly bitter. Overall, a very solid offering from a brewer that continues to impress me.

Okay, much better after the Redpoint. Golden pour with good carbonation and a big white head. Hops abound in the nose, grapefruit, orange, pine, but without resin. Smooth, yet bitter, taste with more pine and grapefruit. Some grassiness and malt in the finish. A true IPA that isn’t an Imperial with the wrong label. Excellent beer.

This was a pleasant surprise. Big floral and fruity aromas. I think there is a hop that this totally reminds me of. It may be simcoe but I need to find out for sure. Very fruity, piney, and pungent aromas and flavors. Very similar to Sweetwater’s IPA. Pours a great golden color, so much that you wouldn’t think this was an IPA.

draught. Pours a slightly hazy copper with a fine lasting white head. The aroma is nice and zesty with adequate hop strength. Hints of pine, grapefruit, caramel, and tea abound. The flavor has assertive, clean, citrusy bite. Malts are nice here, just sweet enough to balance everything out. If you can get a nice fresh sample, it’s really aromatic, spicy, and dry. This is pretty much a standard IPA, though excellently executed.
[8.08.08]
On tap at Barley’s. Good to see Avery back in town. The pour is dark gold with a very impressive white head. It looks just a little cloudy. The aroma has American hops right up front. Plenty of grapefruit and a bit of pine are noted. Malts seem to be right in line. The flavor really delivers. It’s a very predictable, but satisfyingly robust and balanced India pale. Hefty suggestions of pine and citrus are found and the sweetness here is something like sweetened green tea and honey. I think this is a superior example of the style.
[September 24, 2008]
Bottle. Pours a solid copper with nice looking white head. Plenty of hops are found in the aroma to sate my craving for an IPA and they’re clean and citrusy. Straight forward spicy grapefruit and a simple caramel sweetness are found. The flavor is equally bold. Hops hit the palate first and continue to leave a dry impact on the taste buds. Grapefruit, pine, and a little lemon. This is a straight up IPA, no bones about it. It is very clean and provides excellent emphasis on the bitter notes.

From bottle. Pours a clear light orange with off white head. Grapefruit citrus nose. Flavor is balance grapefruit and sweet malt. Solid.