Anniversary Twenty One
Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special Out of Production|
Score
7.26
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Rich dark brown coloured body with a thin tan head, about a centimetre tall. Aroma of alcohol, resin, toasted malt, oats, grain and a bit of astringent hops. Medium-bodied; Strong rich malty flavours with earth, toffee, caramelised sugars and a quite a bit of alcohol all noticeable. Strong biting hoppy flavours with a nice bitterness, alongside a bit of a grainy and almost rye-flavoured pungency, along with a dose of metal, hints of grass and a finish of sugars - from caramel. Aftertaste shows the pungency of the hops, a good biting bitterness and a sweet tail end with the cereal and grain showing through at the tail end. Overall, a nice beer with a ton of rich flavours and a relatively smooth complexity toward the finish. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Washington (P Street, Logan Circle), DC on 04-October-2014 for US$9,99 sampled at home in Washington on 19-February-2017. Bottled: May 2014 // Purchased: 04-October-2014 // Sampled: 19-February-2017
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle at the second 42nd Floor tasting - Thanks Leighton. It pours clear deep brown with a thick yellow-tan head. The nose is toasty, fresh citrus, grapefruit, soapy lemon, rye bread, cracker and some cocoa. The taste is bitter, toasted brown bread, earth, cracker, mild cardboard, cheap coffee grounds and some alcohol heat with a dry, toasted finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Didn’t really stand out from the crowd. A pretty average hoppy dark beer.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at Canary wharf tasting . 10/11/2015. Thanks to Leighton for this one. Amber brown coloured pour with a lasting sticky light tan head. Aroma is brown malts, earthy, pine, light berry. Flavour is composed of nutty brown malts, Firm pine and berry hop, nutty, brown bread. Palate is semi sweet, moderate to high carbonation, slightly sticky. Lingering berry fruit, Little citrus.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle split on the 42nd floor, thanks to LKS, 10/11/15. Chestnut brown / amber topped with a decent beige covering. Nose is biscuit malt, light hop tunes, earthy, pine tingle. Taste comprises bitter tropical fruits, pine dusting, grapefruit, straw, mineral notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close dashed with earthy hop bitterness. Ok CDA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared in London on the 42nd floor - picked up in MA. Pours clear, deep brown with a frothy, light tan head. The aroma holds burnt pine, citrus fruits, well toasted malts. Medium sweet flavor with piney hops, burnt toffee, well toasted malts, ripe citrus fruits, orange.medium to full bodied with average carbonation. Lightly warming finish, some earth, pine, toast, rindy citrus fruits. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
22oz bottle - Pours deep amber-brown and smells of roasted caramel malt and pine hops. It’s a full bodied brew with more caramel and resin/pine in the flavor. Moderate bitterness. Solid brew.
tiong (21350) reviewed Anniversary Twenty One from Avery Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
650ml bottle
Pours dark brown with a smooth head. Aroma of faint chocolate maltiness, caramel, syrup and toffee. Taste is sweetish, caramely and chocolatey malty with some syrup, toffee and faint hints of hops. Finish is sweet, slightly stuffy and mildly syrupy with hints of chocolate, licorice and toffee. Okay.
laiti (11645) reviewed Anniversary Twenty One from Avery Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
65 cl bottle @ hotel room, San Diego. Aroma has licorice and some nuts. Also piney hoppiness. Flavour has licorice, nuts, resin, grapefruity hops and some mild nettle notes. Great balance.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle 650ml @ Hotel room, Fairfield Inn, Flushing, NY
Pours slightly hazy reddish brown with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, cocoa, milk chocolate, orange and citrus. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long cocoa, milk chocolate, caramel and fruity finish. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Very nice hoppy brown ale.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle, 22oz. A hazy, brown beer topped by a dense, light beige head of moderate size. The aroma is on the malty side, with piney, resiny hops and a lovely malty touch. Cocoa, as well as roasted malts, some dark sugar, toffee and a bready hint. The flavor has a nice bitterness to deal with the malty sweetness there is. In fact it’s quite dry, with a nice carbonation level. Full body. Roasted malts, bread, nuts, some brown sugar and chocolate in the flavor, with a piney touch as well. Lasting finish. Pretty wonderful this one, should be in the regular lineup I think. 150606