Avery Thirteen

Formerly brewed at Avery Brewing Company
Style: Weizen Bock
Boulder, Colorado USA

(on bottle)Colabrown, semihazy, no head. tha aroma is pretty straight forward bock-nose; wood, figs, moscuvado and a ton of malt. Soft mouthfee, bit sugarish, not a complex taste, full and barleyheavy. All the way through the drink, the alcohol ispretty dominat. Has poblems detecting ay wheatnotes.

From a capped 22 oz. gold foil wrapped neck brown bomber bottle with a blurb along the right side of label that I actually found to be an pretty accurate description of this dopplebock, the year bottled, 2006, and other info on lower center of label. Poured a solid ruby hued brown with a foamy off-white/beige head that settled into a thin lacing, minimal amount of sticking. Aromas of fruity and spicy esters from the yeast, as stated on the label, toffee and bready, a caramelized sugary and brief whiffs of alcohol. Nice moderate doppelbock carbonation and a crisp, malty textured, smooth medium bodied mouthfeel. Delicious tasting, dark fruits, plums and ripe raisins with a bit rum-like spice, a light chocolate toffee, caramelized sugar malty, the alcohol has a little spicy heat and provides a nice warmth in the palate, a sweet breadiness emerges towards the end and a subtle fruity and caramelized malty finish, good dopplebock drinkability, dangerously quaffable. For Avery, I was surprised how much this was a straight forward attempt at a dopplebock, very little of the Avery twist, but still, another quality big beer from this Colorado brewer.

Very nicely done version. Probably lacks the palate complexity of an Aventinus, but it is also probably not fair to compare the two. Nice, warm alcohol on this 100* day, though I imagine it is still nice and cool in CO.

pours the same color dark brown as the bottle. it’s topped by a rocky tan head with some light lacing. this smells of dark raisins, yeast, spice (possibly from the abv%) and metallic maltiness. the flavor is lightly bready with notes of brown sugar, spices, dark raisins and cocoa. alcohol is welcomed in the finish. aftertaste is fruity yeast... almost banana like. medium to full bodied, low carbonation and a nice smooth mouth feel.

Bottle pours a clear deep brown. A small light tan head. Aromas are chocolate and wheat bread. Sweet like licorice and tootsie rolls. Easy on the hop bitterness as expected with a\some dark fruitiness as well. Slightly alcohol and a bit fumy at the end. Finishes smooth ans soft. Nice.

Bomber. Pours a dark brown with some reddish highlights and a thin tan head. Aromas are a splendid mix of dark fruit and brown sugar. Flavor is more of the same... heavily sweet with a nice prune finish to it. This is really much better than I expected... don’t know if the flavor has blossomed with age or what, but this is plenty good stuff. Alcohol is not hiding from anyone. Wish I had another bottle.

A very good brew, but I was expecting something with a different character than a dopplebock. A nice clean raisiny aroma and warming palate. Not too viscous, either.

22 oz bomber purchased at Oak Tree. Pours a deep dark brown with ruby highlights and a small bubbly medium beige head. Fantastic sweet aroma of raisins, dark fruit, cane sugar, slight wheat, molases and dark rum. Full bodied that is slightly creamy but really fills your entire mouth and is very chewy with strong carbonation. Flavor of sugar, raisin, slight coccoa, grains and a touch of alcohol. The only thing better then drinking this beer is knowing that the Vikings are about to win the 2007 NFC wildcard spot by beating the Redskins, hopefully.