Anniversary Sixteen
Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.81
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled May 2009, lightening my cellar Feb. 2014. Opened over the sink in case of gusher, which of course guaranteed I wouldn’t get one. Pours a big white head that settles over a darker, almost honey colored beer. Smell carries a little honey with it. But I get an overall impression of dustiness. Possibly the jasmine breaking down. What else to expect after five years? The honey does come through pretty nicely. Peach seems to be hard to pick up under the best conditions, here it tastes like a bit of thickened apricot juice. Some of that may also be the yeast having done its job and pooping out. Still, it was pleasant enough drinking, though the bubbles were packed pretty tightly. Just means I need to weed the saisons out of my cellar along with the DIPAs.
maniac (11830) reviewed Anniversary Sixteen from Avery Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle at Beerdig 2011 on 03/06/2011. Hazy golden body with a small white head. Sweet citrus and spice aroma. Sweet spice and citrus flavor with light astringency. Medium light body with high carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
From the September 2012 3R6P gathering. +++ Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy pale yellow color with a medium sized foamy yellow-white head that left a bit of lacing. The aroma was bread dough, citrus, grape, cider, pepper and was a touch medicinal. The flavor was faint sweet caramel, sourdough bread, lemon, orange, faint jasmine and a hint medicinal. Medium finish and body. Eh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled May 2009. Pours hazy golden amber color with a nice 2 finger fairly dense white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Some good soapy lacing clings to the glass, with a fair amount of carbonation streaming up. Aromas of pear, apple, grape, peach, herbal, honey, floral, clove, pepper, earth, and light yeast spices. Very nice aromas with good complexity, strength, and balance. Very pleasant. Taste of pear, peach, apple, herbal, floral, honey, earth, pepper, clove, wheat, and yeast spices. Slight funkiness on the finish; with lingering notes of light fruits, pepper, herbal, floral, clove, earth, and yeast spices on the finish for a good bit. Great flavor balance and complexity; with no cloying sweetness at all. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a fairly slick, creamy, and prickly mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a great saison! Great flavor balance and complexity; and very smooth to drink. Really enjoyed this one (also enjoyed this one much more than the last time I had it a while back).
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
21st November 2009
Hazy gold beer. Softish dry palate. The combination of jasmine, peaches and honey sounds like a belter but the end result is a dry and slightly sweet beer with tripel like characteristics. A little fruity sweetness at the end. Okay but the weakest Avery Anniversary I’ve had.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz bottle-thanks dmac for sharing-pours a retining foamy white head with trailing lace and cloudy straw color. Aorma is lemon, grassy, hay, yeast. Taste is lemon/grassy/spice hops, hay/light malt, yeast.
JK (8140) reviewed Anniversary Sixteen from Avery Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cloudy yellow color. Belgian yeast. Light sweet with wheat and coriander. Sweet finish, but alcohol is a little too high, which is to be expected from Avery.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle shared by Dmac. Pours cloudy yellow. White head. Nose of yeast, banana, peach and honey. Taste of lemongrass, honey, yeast and peach. Alcohol noticeable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle: Pours an opaque straw color with a thin white head. Aroma is lightly floral, musty, and faintly sweet. Sweet, yet prickly mouthful at first. The yeast and sharp florals, maybe that’s the jasmine, really come on strong at first. Mellows a bit, but finishes dry and spicey with more florals.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Botttle. I like the ambition with this beer, trying to make something yeasty and funky without making the typical american saison misstake and overhopping. Fairly good but a little too sweet.