Piglet Purgatory - Avery Brewing Company

mentor

Colorado

4.22/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Okay, it might not be a good idea to review this beer as it's never been released and there are no plans to ever release it. This is an 'in house' beer that's produced for consumption within the brewery by Avery employees. Heck, the bottles I've got don't have any labels on them. This beer is exactly 1/2 the recipe of Hog Heaven and is a great, easy drinking, IPA or APA.

Obtained from the brewery about a week ago and served room temp from my cellar in July 2005. Pours a solid light tan (with yellow hints) two-finger head that settles rather quickly. The beer itself is crystal clear and orange brown, almost red rust in color. Smells mostly citrus hoppy. Grapefruit pith with some sweet orange pleasant pine. Malt is absent, except perhaps a hint of honey. Tastes wonderful. Five years ago, this is classified firmly as an IPA. Today, in over-hopped America, it's borderline between an APA and an IPA. The taste is dominated by hop flavor moreso than hop bitter. Grapefruit pith, oranges, a hint of tangerine and pineapple. Bitter has some rough co-ho, but overall is quite pleasing on my hop-loving pallete. Malt sweet is *way* beneath. No clear malt or fruity ester qualities rise to be recognized (well, maybe some apricot). Late, I get a taste of iron and a sourish piney hop. Then, what I first think could be late tannin, develops into a hop bitter grapefruit pith aftertaste. While there's no distinct malt sweet, this beer in not overly hop profiled...there's just enough sweet to keep this one from going over the edge. Also, the burps are pretty good, too. Citrusy hop flavored with a smidge of rough co-ho. The beer is medium bodied, but clinging to my tongue enough to keep the flavor and mouthfeel around a while. Moderately carbonated (bordering on strong) with a little bit of lacing on the inside of my glass. Drinkable?...oh, yeah. No wonder this is the easy drinking 'house beer' of Avery Brewing.

Serving type: bottle

08-03-2005 06:25:11 | More by mentor