Avery Old Jubilation Ale

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: English Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

(06 bottle from joebrew) Pours a dark brown with reddish tinges which settles to a medium cream-colored head with great lacing. Aroma begins with a large spice presence, notably clove, and there’s still just a faint presence of hops as well. As this warms however, the aroma begins to change and becomes sweeter and richer. Smells of strong caramel, cocoa, candied nuts, dough, and hints of light roasted malt at the end of sniffs. The taste is nice and clearly malt-driven, with a lot of toffee, brown sugar, and prunes, that then switches to a nice and lingering finish of toasted nuts, toffee, and kicks of spice. This finish just goes on, and it’s very pleasant. Medium mouthfeel to this beer is borderline chewy, and the carbonation is restrained. For a bottle of this age, this beer has held up remarkably well. Thanks Joe!

2007 bottle consumed on 11/22/08 Fresh this is a little hot with alcohol, I find this vintage to be pouring perfectly, nice little head capping my glass, smells pof cherries, prunes and spices. And to no surprise, it tastes like it smells. Mouthfeel is perfect, perfect viscosity, sits on your tongue but not for too long.

Bottle pours a clear, dark mahogany color with a dense, foamy beige head. Good lacing along the glass. Roasted, malty, nutty aroma. Flavor has some nice hop bitterness characteristics balanced with a malty sweetness. Lots of spices, some dried fruit and toffee. Very nice combination of flavors. Alcohol is noticeable without being overpowering.

tastes like puke. that’s all i’ve got to say. blah blah blah blah blah

12oz bottle. Pours a clear, deep red colored body with a finger-width, frothy, ight brown head that dissipates slowly and leaves a good amount of lacing. Nice looking beer. Aroma is both soft and hard. The softness comes from a good amount of dark fruits and prunes, sugary berry malts, and toffee. The hardness comes from the balancing woody hops, somewhat toasted notes in the sweet toffee, some almost sharp licorice, and a nice boozey touch. The flavor is very enjoyable. Much more of a noticeable roast and toasted toffee flavor. The nuts that the brewer proclaim are distinguishable in the flavor when they were not easy to pick up in the aroma. The licorice, prunes, and berry malts from the aroma are present, but not sugary at all. There is a slight woody character to this near the finish as well. The finish is very even and somewhat dry. It leaves a very nice nut, roast, wood, and toasted toffee lingering flavor that lasts for quite awhile with just a hint of alcohol creeping in. Palate is full and flavorful. Overall, this is a very nice beer. Lots of flavor and a great balance. I really like the toasted toffees that show up in the flavor. Good stuff.

Nice dark brown in color. This beer has a red hue when the light passes through it. Nice fluffy off-white head. Great looking beer. Nice aromatic malt, sweet, and roasted aroma. Very sugary beer with a nice subtle roast taste. Fairly smooth beer. Man this beer leaves a rather powerful sweet taste in your mouth. Slight bitter finish. Overall, pretty goodbeer. Usually not a fan of the English beers, whether it came from England, or was even mentioned in passing in England, but this beer is damn good.

Pours a light brown head. Body is brown with an amber hue. Smells like brown sugar. Tastes like brown sugar, dark fruit, and some spice.

Dark copper pour, low head, and medium lacing. Fruity piny aroma. Fizzy with bitter dark fruits. Some caramel with a thick phlegmy mouth. Not bad, a spicy winter.