Avery Brewing Company Hog Heaven

Hog Heaven

 

Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

  Barley Wine - Barley Regular
Score
7.43
ABV: 9.2% IBU: 104 Ticks: 137
This dangerously drinkable garnet beauty is a hop lover’s delight. The intense dry-hop nose and the alcohol content are perfectly balanced for a caramel malt backbone. This is a serious beer for serious beer aficionados. Oink!
 

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4.3
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 17

A thickly laced off white head on an appealing orange/amber body. Nose has a touch of booze, sweet malt and candied fruit. This is a smooth taste profile. Sweet malt, raspberry jam, citrus hops, and caramel blend together nicely. Slightly slick and sticky mouth feel. A superior, easy drink

Tried from Can on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:14


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

hazy amber/brown color. Aroma is full of hops, and minimal malt with a touch of caramel. Flavour is super hoppy. The alcohol is hidden quite well. Finish is quite bitter. There isnt much malt in here that i can tatse, it’s more of a super hoppy barley wine. This seems to be another beer that blurs the lines between Double IPA, and Barley wine, just like Founders Devil Dancer. Still an excellent beer. For someone who loves hoppy beers, this is a treat. I find it to be very very smooth, and super easy to drink. I’m finding myself take big gulps, something i wouldnt do with a robust barley wine.

Tried from Can on 27 Feb 2025 at 09:30


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. orange brown color. Malt, red berries and flowery and oily hops in the aroma. Malty sweet start, followed by a hard punch of hops. Oily and earthy hops. A massive beer with an almost endless hopbitter and citrus aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:07


4.3
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle - pours orange white head - nose/taste of oxidation, booze, earth, caramel - medium bodied

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2019 at 05:41


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Flaska från SB som stått ca ett år, delad med Lilja. Citrusstram bw med fina fudge- och kolasmaker. Men känns inte riktigt pigg, torrhumlingen har mest lämnat beska efter sig och kropp känns aningen platt. Jämfört med bigfoot som åldras väl håller den inte. Men helt ok iaf.

Tried on 28 Jan 2018 at 09:54


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Boks 355ml. Delt med Richard og Rune på Agenturet 28 Okt 17. Aprikosfarget. Filmskum. Litt lacing. Søt fruktaroma. Smaken tørket aprikos. Fyldig. Tørr ettersmak. Utmerket øl.

Tried on 05 Nov 2017 at 04:30


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

355ml can kindly shared by Finn at Agenturet Øl og Vinbar. Crocheted lacing from a patchy off-white head. Hazy orange coloured body with a reddish tint. Inviting smell of apricot and juicy malts. Well blended taste of red orange, apricot and earthy malts with caramel sweetness beneath. Bittersweet long tail. Solid stuff. Nice. (Tromsø 28.10.2017).

Tried from Can on 29 Oct 2017 at 09:35


9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle @ home. Slightly unclear dark orange to reddish color, full sized thick dense creamy white to off-white head that lasts for a long time and leaves fair lacing. Aroma is malts, hops, resin and pine. Taste malts, hops, lightly resin, firm pine, piney hops, lightly sticky hops. Malt base, firm pine bitter, bitter, medium body, decent to medium carbonation. Lovely beer, but I'm curious as to why this is a barley wine. I'd call this an Imperial IPA with a firm malt base. Nonetheless, whatever it is, it's a really nice beer! 9-5-9-4-18.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2017 at 16:43


7

Unknown vintage but it's at least 2 years old. Very American with a crapload of pine & resin heavy hops. Malts aren't close to balancing it.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2017 at 03:07


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle 650ml @ home
Pours slightly hazy copper with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, alcohol, dried fruits, orange and citrus. Taste is medium sweet and heavy bitter with a long warm, malty, caramel, bitter, orange and citrus finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2017 at 14:50