Avery Anniversary Ale - Twelve (Saison Ale)
Avery Brewing Company

Avery Anniversary Ale - Twelve (Saison Ale)Avery Anniversary Ale - Twelve (Saison Ale)
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From:
Avery Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
7.6%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.72 | pDev: 14.78%
Reviews:
177
Ratings:
195
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 22, 2016
Added:
May 06, 2005
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  4
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Ratings by cokes:
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Reviewed by cokes from Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Shiny gold, until the yeast pour dulls it and turns it matte yellow. The large-pocked head endures a a milky froth.
Flourescent lemon scented, with a mentholated backing. A honeyed herbal pang bubbles up near the rear.
Begins with a frosted wheat, squeaking out lemons and hulls. It congeals into a much brighter sense of citrus, as lemon peels, sugared oranges, and lime leaves are manifest. Frought with spun sugar, it teeters on candy sweet. I've never been a stanch supporter of Grains of Paradise, but they are used harmoniously here. Like a liquid lemon drop. Yeast adds a congruent sense of angelfood. The close features additional lemony bitter yearnings, as it ventures more herbal, with eucalyptus, cilantro, and thyme, traced with blossoms of lilac.
Medium-fat build, with a small-grained rising carbonation. It's not truly obese, but it should hit the gym more. A certainly chunky version, even if alcohol is largely masked outside a gin-like fume or two.
If you want a juicier, junk-in-the-trunk American-interpertation of a Witbier, this is your pick. Likewise if you want fluid lemon candy. But if you're looking for something that is peer to Fantome or DuPont...um, not so much. Then this is just too false seeming.
I can't pan this too much, because once the lemonicity is acclimated to, it's pretty tasty, and would pair well with selct foods, especially Mexican (it simply pleads for a lime and cilantro salsa).
This is the pick of the litter as far as Avery's Belgian-styled brews go.
Certainly worth a whirl, as long as one downplays any true farmhouse, saisony standards. Brace yourself for a liquid Lemonhead instead.
Jun 14, 2005
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

4.32/5  rDev +16.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 2005. Pours hazy golden amber color with a good 1-2 finger dense white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Good foamy lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of big cinnamon, allspice, ginger, biscuit, pepper, clove, coriander, lemon zest, wheat, herbal, floral, earth, and yeast spiciness. Fantastic aromas with great balance and spice complexity; reminiscent of cinnamon toast crunch a bit. Taste of lemon, pear, toast, cinnamon, allspice, ginger, pepper, coriander, wheat, herbal, floral, clove, and yeast spices. Lingering notes of citrus, pepper, cinnamon, clove, herbal, floral, and yeast spices on the finish for a good bit. Nice flavor complexity and balance; zero cloying sweetness. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly slick and slightly crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is was a fantastic saison!(even being 7 years old). Great spice balance and complexity and extremely smooth to sip on. This was very highly enjoyable.
Aug 26, 2012
 
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Dec 09, 2011
Avery Anniversary Ale - Twelve (Saison Ale) from Avery Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 195 ratings