Anniversary Fifteen
Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.77
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Brewed with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, malted wheat, hops, black mission figs, hibiscus flowers, white pepper, and a very unique strain of brettanomyces yeast.
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stevoj (18137) reviewed Anniversary Fifteen from Avery Brewing Company 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bomber at share. Dark golden pour with a frothy off-white head. This has held up fairly well. Aroma is floral and yeasty along with some savory notes. Taste brings funky brett flavors, fruity, malty, floral and savory. A lot of stuff. And it works well. and still good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From May 2008
I got this bottle in a trade with russpowell. Thanks Russ!
It pours from foil wrapped 22oz bottle a clear and very bubbly straw gold with a 1 finger head of foam. Head retention is only average because halfway through, it's almost gone but there was some nice lacing early in the session.
Smell wise, the funk is certainly there in spades, actually I can't smell anything else but that in itself is very inviting.
The taste is strange. Yes, I get a lot of that good funk and I'm down with, but there's also a lemon zest thing going on that I don't think adds much to the overall flavour except in the finish and reading this is a wild ale, where's the sour? I *love* sour and I'm disappointed that it's not there and that I'm only getting the Brett(very good thing), some lemon, a bit of honey, and some decent peppery notes.
The mouthfeel is lightish and right for the style, the carbonation is medium light which works well for sure, and it finishes with a lemon tartness and some more funk and that also works well. I guess the only thing I really have to bitch about is the lack of sour notes. Oh well, it's still pretty tasty and quite drinkable for me and if I can say that I like it, which I do, that's all that counts. Would I seek it out again. Yep.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From my cellar Clear gold with a generous fine white head. The aroma is flowery, spicy, light pepper. The flavor is light and fruity, I don’t pick up any Brett. Lightly sweet. Not too bad after all these years.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz bottle at ChurchKey shared by and courtesy of Travlr, thanks Gene! Clear yellow with off-white head. Aromas of big herbal notes, oak, light vitamins. Tastes of oak, funk, vitamin, citrus, lemon peel, herbs. Medium body with a dry finish. Maybe a bit oxidized but seems to have aged pretty well since 2008.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
I think this may have lost a little of its punch after six years of aging. Mostly just tastes floral, with only a faint hint of bretta. Golden pour with ok head and lacing. Light sweet finish with a bit of tang. Bottle pour at Churchkey.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle pour. Sour apple aroma with other fruit. Bold peppercorn flavor with dark fruit. Finishes a little tart, but more spicy. Not too bad.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22oz bottle-pours hazy yellow with a dissipating white head. Aroma is brett, acidic, spice, light malt. Taste is brett, acidic, spice, light malt-bready. Interesting.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
22 ounce bottle with gold foil into tulip glass, bottled in April 2008. Pours slightly cloudy golden amber color, with a nice 2-3 finger fairly dense white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Some nice and thick soapy lacing on the glass, with a fair amount of carbonation streaming up. Aromas of big tart apple, grape, pear, lemon, hay, grass, fig, bread, pepper, herbal, floral, funk, and yeast spices. Some fairly nice aromas, with good strength and complexity. Taste of big apple, grape, pepper, pear, grass, herbal, fig, clove, lemon, floral, bread, and yeast spices. Fairly dry on the finish; with lingering notes of pepper, lemon, bread, grape, grass, and yeast spices on the finish for a bit. Slight tartness on the finish, but not anywhere near what I was expecting from the aromas. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; with a fairly crisp and prickly mouthfeel that fits well. Alcohol is extremely well hidden with pretty much no warming present at all. Quite easy to drink, but is still a sipper. Overall this is a nice and quite enjoyable spiced wild ale. Good amount of flavor complexity and balance; and very smooth to drink. It held up well to age as expected.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Funky wet straw, lemon, spice aroma. Hazy yellow orange with a moderate fizzy head and some lacing. Sweet fruit, tart citrus, spice, and yeasty/funk flavor, soapy bitter finish. Light bodied, fairly carbonated.
deyholla (22634) reviewed Anniversary Fifteen from Avery Brewing Company 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at flying saucers eleventeen party. Pours a clear orange amber with a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a good amount of fruit with some tropical notes and some sweet grains. Flavor begins with breads and grains but finishes with light and tropical fruits. A bit sweet with a good yeast backbone.