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Merry Christmas everyone!! This is a beer that I missed photographing last year. This year it is only available in cans. I really liked the bottles better (visually). The beer is very good in cans or bottles. Cheers!
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Well, this photo has been a long time in the making. About two and a half years to be exact. I posted a similar picture in my original Project 52 back in September of 2010. Sampling beer is still a hobby of mine (obviously). I am always looking for new beers from new breweries. Fortunately, brewing beer seems to be a hobby (or business) increasing in popularity these days. It seems that I find new micro brews that I have not seen or tried every couple of months. I always love to take advantage of the local brews when I travel as well, however, that is not as often as I would like.
In my previous photo I exhibited a collection of 49 different beers from many different breweries. This time around I intended to do the same, but apparently lost count. Above is a selection of 64 different beers; different from each other and different from all of the others in my previous shot. Some breweries have been repeated, but all of the beers are different. If you have not seen my previous shot, you can check it out here.
Strobist Info: SB-600 fired bare at 1/8 from high right (about 24 inches above the bottle caps) with my trusty aluminum foil covered pizza box reflector at left.
More additions to my bottle cap collection from 2014. The bottom three rows are non alcoholic.
Trades and donations are welcome, send me a Flickr mail if interested.
Full collection can be viewed here: www.flickr.com/photos/j-fish/sets/72157625701153032
A glass of Collaboration Not Litigation, brewed at Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, from draft at the Pizzeria Paradiso near Dupont Circle in Washington DC.
This beer is an 8,9% abv Belgian style ale. It poured a hazy, golden brown color with a nice white head. Aroma of Belgian hops and yeast. Sparkling mouthfeel. Flavor starts out with a malty sweetness before citrus fruity Belgian hops takes over. A deliciously fruity beer with a light bitter hop finish. A good session beer.
A few words on its history:
Some years ago the headbrewers at Avery Brewing Co and Russian River Brewing, Adam Avery and Vinnie Cilurzo, discovered that they both brewed a Belgian strong ale named Salvation. Instead of fighting each other in court, for the right to use that name, they decided to make a blend of the two beers! Thus, in November 2006 Vinnie Cilurzo flew in from California to brew his Salvation at Avery. This was then blended with Averys own Salvation to create a new beer they decided to name Collaboration Not Litigation :)
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This is a good IPA. A bit bitter for my taste, but that's what some like.
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At Mad Fox's Barleywine Festival, I sampled seven barleywines, four-ounce pours of each. I left on foot ... into a snowstorm, yet feeling quite warmed.
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At the festival, there were thirty-seven barley-wine style ales, served over two days, in two sessions per.
Falls Church, Virginia.
21 February 2015.
** Mad Fox incurs quite the annual carrying cost, cellaring a large amount of untapped kegs of barleywines for this festival, now in its 5th year.
** The beer menu, from the festival: here.
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These are the barleywines I sampled:
Slobberknocker 2011 (9% alcohol-by-volume)
Mad Fox Brewing (Falls Church, Virginia)
"A big, bold and hoppy American-style barleywine. This very full-bodied deep reddish hued brew has a rich malt backbone supported by the bold hop flavors of the Pacific Northwest grown varietal of Citra hops."
---> Me: Yep!
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All Access Barleywine 2012 (10.5% alcohol-by-volume)
Starr Hill Brewing (Crozet, Virginia)
" Full-bodied brew with massive caramel malt notes reminiscent of burnt sugar and toffee. American hops from the Pacific Northwest more than balance the intense malt flavors, while dr-hopping lends a floral aroma"
---> Me: Time had mellowed the hop aroma; good caramel malt, with some port-like character. Slug of drying hops at finish.
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Devil's Milk 2013 (11% alcohol-by-volume)
DuClaw Brewing (then in Bel Air, Maryland)
"Full-bodied and fruity with a viscous texture and a great intensity of malt and hops."
--->Me: Big!
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Bluster 2013 (9.6% alcohol-by-volume)
Blue Mountain Brewery (Afton, Virginia)
"Pours a clear vibrant golden copper with aromas of stone fruits, citrus,and mild caramel. strong sweet caramel flavor with spicy, resiny hops balancing the sweetness."
--->Me: Gorgeous clarity; alcohol well-hidden.
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Bigfoot 2012 (9.6% alcohol-by-volume)
Sierra Nevada Brewing (Chico, California)
" This award-winning barleywine boasts a dense, fruity bouquet, an intense flavor palate, and a deep reddish-brown color. Its big maltiness is superbly balanced by a wonderfully bittersweet hoppiness. The classic American barleywine."
--->Me: Just superb, from clarity to color, to aroma (malt AND hops) to body (not cloying) and finish (lingering biscuit, fruit and toffee, all dry).
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Hog Heaven 2014 (9.2% alcohol-by-volume)
Avery Brewing (Boulder, Colorado)
"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 candy-like malt finish."
---> Me: Vibrant hops in nose, flavor, and finish. Somebody else might call this an 'Imperial IPA." I don't and Avery doesn't!
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Below Decks 2012 (10% alcohol-by-volume)
Heavy Seas Beer (Baltimore, Maryland)
"Our English style barleywine - rich, malty, and opulent. Great at time of release but will benefit from bottle aging for many years to come. "
--->Me: The brewery no longer produces this beer, so it was a treat to see it on tap at the festival. At 3 years old, possibly at the in-between stage of drying out but not yet gaining port and sherry flavors. Gorgeous clarity. As I said to a bar-mate, I wish more breweries would realize that we drink with our eyes as well as our taste-buds.
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A bottle of Mephistopheles Stout from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado.
It poured pitch black, with a big head of dark foam. Nice rich and sweetish aroma with hints of coffee. The flavor was sweet too, almost a bit syrupy but with chocolate and coffee flavors on the side. Long aftertaste. The alcohol wasn't very noticable, despite being 16% abv! A very delicious beer.
A bottle of The Reverend from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, at Ashley's in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Reverend is a 10% Belgian-style quadrupel ale, brewed with as many authentic imported Belgian specialty malts as the brewers could cram into the mash tun and lots of Belgian dark candy sugar. It poured a deep redish copper color with a huge beige head. Sweet, fruity aroma of raisins, figs, apricots, caramel and yeast. Full bodied beer with a creamy mouthfeel. Flavor started out syrupy sweet, but the yeast, dried fruits, light alcohol bite and some hop bitterness made it fairly well balanced. Long bittersweet aftertaste with notes of fruit. The Reverend may be sweeter than most quadrupels but it's a very good and tasty beer.
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The Reverend, was created in tribute to the life of Sales Mgr. Tom Boogaard's grandfather, an ordained Episcopal Reverend. Tom was inspired by the life of his grandfather and wanted to create a tribute beer that contained his sterling traits. True to both our "small brewery, BIG BEERS" philosophy and to the spirit and character of the departed Reverend, this beer is strong willed, assertive, and pure of heart, a heart of candy sugar.
The brand new Avery Brewery near my office in Boulder, Colorado. The grass has not been planted yet.
Sour - Barrel-aged tart ale with pomegranate and blueberry
Avery Brewing Co.
Subsidiary of Grupo Mahou-San Miguel
Boulder, CO United States
A can of India Pale Ale from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, at Schouskjelleren in Oslo.
Avery, founded in September 1993 - so will celebrate its 20th anniversary this fall, has been one of my favorite US craft breweries for a number of years. In particular their strong beers have impressed me, from the sweet and bitter Hog Heaven barley wine to Mephistopheles Stout - one of the strongest and best imperial stouts I've ever had. But they've also got some good milder ales, such as the Brabant sour ale. Their IPA is also a very decent one, but this was the first time I had it from can.
Avery India Pale Ale is a regular IPA with a strength of 6.5% abv. It poured a clear golden color with a large white head. It sported a wonderful fresh hop aroma with lots of pine and some floral notes, also some citrus and caramel. Nice! Mouthfeel was medium heavy with a lively carbonation. The flavor started with a good dose of caramel sweetness before the hops kicked in with a strong resiny pine character and some fruit notes. The bitterness more than balanced the caramel sweetness and lingered in the long aftertaste, together with notes of pine.
Avery India Pale Ale is a very tasty and well made IPA, with a good hop character.
A bottle of The Czar Imperial Stout from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado.
Avery The Czar is a 10,82% abv imperial stout brewed in 2009. It poured a dark brown color with a thin tan head. It sported a sweet dried fruits aroma with a good dose of caramel. The mouthfeel was medium heavy with an oily texture. The flavor started out with caramel, toffee and plenty of dried fruit, and a strong alcohol sting which made the beer a bit unpleasant to drink.
Overall the beer felt a bit thin to support 10% alcohol, since the alcohol showed through, so I suspect it has peaked, even though it was only two years old. Or perhaps it got exposed to hot weather / sunshine during transport?
A bottle of The Beast Grand Cru Ale vintage 2005 from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado.
The Beast vintage 2005 is a 14.9% abv Belgian style Grand Cru ale, with an original gravity of 1148!
It poured a beautiful clear copper brown color with a thin beige head. Sweet syrupy aroma with lots of dried fruit, in particular dates and raisins. As it warmed up I also noticed honey and some toasted malt, smelling faintly of black tea! Wonderful! Mouthfeel was rich, silky smooth and full bodied, with an almost sticky sweetness. Flavor started out with syrup sweetness, caramel malts and raisins but well balanced by a subtle bitterness. Very smooth and harmonic despite the sweetness. The finish is long and bittersweet, with lingering notes of raisins. Awesome!
Some would say this beer is too sweet, for me it was like a well aged port wine with a fantastic aroma, a great mouthfeel and a surprisingly rich flavor spectrum. This is an amazing 5-year old beer!
A bottle of White Rascal, a Belgian style wheat beer, from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado. It had a nice aroma that was very Belgian with spices and citrus, the taste was a little thin but still clearly witbierish.
Nice on a hot day but nothing to bring home to Norway.
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Started tonight off with a nice light American Pilsner. It was quite refreshing after work.
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A bottle of Avery Anniversary Thirteen from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, at Blind Tiger in New York City.
Still drinkable, the Avery Thirteen is now definitively over the top. When I first had it, back in January 2009, the flavor was much more intense and the aftertaste much longer. On my next try, in July 2009, it had started to decline. And now, it's just the aroma that reminds me this was once a world class beer. The mouthfeel is still smooth, but the taste slightly watery and short.
A bottle of The Beast Grand Cru Ale from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado.
The Beast Grand Cru Ale is a Belgian-style strong ale first brewed in 2004, using dark candy sugar and a Belgian yeast strain. This bottle was from the fifth batch, brewed and bottled in 2007, with a strength of 16.42% abv.
The beer poured a clear reddish brown with a thin beige head. It sported a lovely aroma of fresh cereal, ripe berries and hints of candy sugar. The mouthfeel was full bodied with a flat, oily texture. The flavor started out with a rounded sweetness, almost honey like, with ripe berry notes, mild dried fruit and a mild bitterness which lingered in the long bittersweet finish.
After five years, The Beast has turned out very harmonic, but still rich, with a nice, long aftertaste. Delicious.
A glass of The Maharaja from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, served on draft at Oliver Twist in Stockholm, Sweden.
Avery The Maharaja is a 10% abv imperial IPA. It poured a hazy, golden orange color with a thin white head. It sported a sweet fruity aroma, with piny hop notes. The mouthfeel was full bodied with a creamy texture. Flavor started out sweet, with lots of caramel, and notes of ripe fruit. Then the hops kicked in with a massive bitterness which balanced the sweetness pretty well. It finished bitter with a long sweet aftertaste.
This is a massive imperial IPA.
A bottle of Avery Hog Heaven from Avery Brewing Co in Boulder, Colorado.
Hog Heaven is a 100 IBUs, 9.2% abv barely wine style ale. It poured a hazy brown color with a white head. Nice hoppy aromy with caramel sweetness. Nice carbonated mouthfeel. Flavor starts with a roasted malt note and a big caramel sweetness, then the 100 IBUs kick in; some citrus and lots of bitterness! Wonderful bitter finish with some malt sweetness lingering for ages in the aftertaste.
Wow! This is a big and bold barley wine!
A bottle of Ellie's Brown Ale from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, at HÃ¥ndverkerStuene in Oslo.
Ellie's Brown Ale is a 5,5% abv brown ale. It poured a clear Coca Cola brown color, with a fine white head. Aroma of chocolate and roasted malt notes, like a good brown ale should have. Medium rich mouthfeel. It starts out with a caramel sweet malt flavor, some chocolate and roasted malts. The roasted bitterness lingers in the finish making this a good brown ale.
A bottle of the Thirteen Anniversary Ale from Avery Brewing Co in Boulder, Colorado.
I'm sorry to report that as of early July 2009 this 2006 beer is in a rapid decline. The beer I tasted 6 months ago was a much more intense affair. The Doppelbock now has a watery flavor, though you can still taste some sweetness and smell a pretty nice aroma the beer just isn't a classic anymore.
Thus, if you've still got a Thirteen in your cellar - drink it now or ruin it.
A bottle of Karma Ale from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, at Olympen in Oslo.
Karma Ale is a 5.2% abv Belgian style ale. It poured a beautiful clear, mahogany color with a huge white head. Aroma had a faint farm ale note, of grassy hops. Mouthfeel was pretty light, with a fizzy carbonation. Flavor starts out with a mild fruit note and some light caramel sweetness. Not much else happening, this is a very mild and simple beer. Probably a good session beer on hot summer days, but its karma is not strong enough to get it into the pantheon of great Avery beers.
A bottle of Mephistopheles Stout from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, at the Blind Tiger in New York City.
Mephistopheles Stout is an imperial stout and this bottle from 2006 had a strength of 16% abv. It poured pitch black with a fine dark brown head. Huge and complex aroma, with a dominating caramel sweetness and a good dose of roasted malts and some dark chocolate. Wonderful! The mouthfeel is equally massive, this is a full bodied devil of a beer! Flavor starts out with a big caramel malt body but with a good coffee roasted bitterness and even some alcohol to balance the sweetness. There are also notes of licorice and dark chocolate in there, making this a big, complex and wonderfully delicious imperial stout with a long bittersweet aftertaste. A world class beer!
A bottle of Mephistopheles Stout from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado.
Mephistopheles Stout is a very potent imperital stout, first brewed in 2006. This bottle, from November 2007, packs an impressive 16% abv.
The beer poured a dark brown color, bordering on black, with a small tan head. It sported a rich aroma of coffee, dark chocolate and ripe fruits. The mouthfeel was full bodied and silky smooth, a bit oily. The flavor started out with lots of chocolate and a good dose of coffee. But not much else. It seemed less complex than what I remember, dominated by the chocolate but with a good bitter finish at the end of each sip.
A bottle of Out of Bounds Stout from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, at HÃ¥ndverkerStuene in Oslo.
Avery Out of Bounds is a 5,1% abv stout. It poured a dark brown color, with a fine beige head. Aroma has some coffee, but very mild, and chocolate. Medium mouthfeel with a fine carbonation. Taste starts out with a coffee flavor as well as some chocolate, but not as much as in the aroma. There were also notes of licorice and vanilla in there, all well balanced. Nice bitter finish.
Surprisingly flavorful to be a regular (i.e. weak) stout, this beer easily beats a number of imperial stouts! Very good.
A bottle of Brabant from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado.
Brabant is an 8,65% abv barrel-aged wild ale, named after the Belgian region Flemish Brabant which surrounds Brussels and is famous for its oak aged sour ales - the Flanders red ale.
This beer was bottled on February 10, 2009, so it was more than two and a half years old by the time I tasted it, but sour ales are known to age well so I was really excited about tasting it. It poured a dark brown color with a tan head. The aroma sported a funky brettanomyces note with sour cherries and oak. The mouthfeel was medium heavy with a smooth carbonation. The flavor started out with a mild sweet grape character and oak notes. A light sour tartness gave the beer an elegant feel. It sported a really long aftertaste, with lingering oak and berry notes. A mild but delicious sour ale.
Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Collaboration with Russian River Brewing Company
Avery Brewing Co.
Boulder, CO United States
April 19th, 2014
BeerAdvocate held a social at the Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado. We hung out in the barrel room and I snapped a quick picture of part of their setup.
Good beer, good company, good event...
A bottle of Avery Anniversary Ale Sixteen from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, at Delaney's Tap Room in New Haven, CT.
The Sixteen is a 7,69% abv saison. It poured a hazy yellow color with a big white head. Floral hop aroma, with jasmine and some citrus. Highly carbonated mouthfeel, really sparkling. Flavor starts out fruity, with a citrus note and some sweetness. But not for long. The finish is hoppy and fairly dry. A very nice and drinkable saison.
Bottled in June 2009 took me about 1 h to get through a pint. First time I understood descriptions of "tobacco" notes. 16.8% ? I did not taste the alcohol I only felt it 10 minutes later.
Brewery: Avery
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Origin: USA, CO
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Hog Heaven is the first of Avery Brewing's "Holy Trinity of Ales"
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This is a good Imperial IPA from Avery Brewing in Boulder, Colorado.
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