Avery Thirteen

This was an interesting beer. The color is quite dark for a weizenbock (more like a dunkelweizenbock). The aroma smells sweet, with a little wheat aroma, and some roasted flavors. The flavor is surprisingly "dark" tasting - interesting caramelized sugars, roasted bitter flavors - uncharacteristic of traditional weizenbock. It is quite malty sweet and not particularly wheaty tasting. The yeast also does not smell or taste like traditional weizen yeasts. A very intriguing beer - it was very good (though not what I expected from the style). It is also quite strong (though the alcohol is well hidden in the flavor).

(22oz bottle) Clear dark mahogany body topped by pillowy beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, raisin, caramel, alcohol astringency, light banana, cherry, chocolate. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, raisin, some banana, astringent alcohol, light chocolate. Medium-full body, light creaminess. Alcohol astringency detracts significantly -- in fact, I couldn’t finish it.

Bottle and served in my Aventinus glassware at near room temp: Mahogany hued topped by a beautiful creamy beige head and excellent lace. The aroma has notes of banana, prune, clove, caramel, wheat and yeast esters, and slight phenols.

Starts with a rich caramel and toffee malt taste with a lot of weizen-like character added in for good measure. Wonderfully balanced and not too sweet or alcoholic. Other than some medicinal flavor on the aftertaste, I could not find anything wrong with the beer.

Yep, I seem to dig this more than the average Ratebeerian but then again it is a style I wish more brewers would attempt. Should have bought more than two bottle! GET YA SOME!

What a great way to finish off the night. At first sip, it gives a dark caramel taste with a hint of cocoa and mild dark fruit. The alcohol is potent and obvious. Another amazing brew by Avery

avery 22’s are like sex in the mouth to start off. this didnt seem malty enough for me but it is still straight business dark chocolaty dried fruit . not their finest work but fuck it its smooth and drinkable so fuck me baby

Very dark, reddish brown with a slight tan head. Strong wheaty, but band-aid-like aroma. Theres something unusual in the aroma, but the flavor/taste is decent. There’s cocoa and buttery malts. It is not very rich, yet the alcohol burn/astringency is very evident. Overall, it is interesitng, but I probably wouldn’t buy another bottle.

Dark amber pour with impressive lacework - quite a complex aroma (of tart earthiness, port, cherry, fig, plum) that still manages to get overpowered by alcohol - quite sweet and fairly hot - bready, pastry-like flavors mingle with raisin and toffee - some spicy qualities and earthy notes give this a hint of belgian quad-like flavor - it’s pretty good, but a little too all over the place and alcoholic - this one needs some age on it.

From the Blue Max. So I guess that this was better warmed up a bit and I enjoyed a amber brew with a candy aroma with what seemed like a bit of earthy notes but sweeter that I was thinking it might be.