Avery 14er ESB

Named for the 54 Colorado peaks which tower over 14,000 feet in elevation, our session beer is a spectacular copper hued beauty. The treatment of our water to simulate English hard water and the blending of several specialty malts and hops produce a delicate balance between aromatic maltiness and herbal hops.

OG: 1.048

IBU’s: 37

3.2

598 reviews

Boulder, United States

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2.7 On tap @ Avery Brewery. Pours a rich yellow-copper with a bit of head that leaves a little on top of the beer through most of the drink. Smells like hops and bread, but the smells are faint and hard to pick up on. Taste is very balanced, like an IPA with plenty of maltiness to take the edge off. Medium bodied, so the flavors are as hard to pick up on as the smell, but what I could get was floral hops, bread, and a wee hint of citrus.

3.4 A decent offering, well worth the money and i’d possibly get it again. Just didn’t knock my socks off. good floral hop flavors.

2.9 malty, bread nose, and some nuttiness. slight hops, but nothing really. Light caramel, and thin metallic finish. Thin body, and really nohting to write home about.

3.4 Poured into a pint glass. A: Copper with quickly vanishing head and no lacing. S: Grains, earthy, hops predominate. Quite pleasant. T: Really crispy with a pleasant bitter aftertaste. Some astringency mixed with graininess. M: Carbonation is exciting, but it leaves me with a strange sensation that is similar to heartburn. D: Nice overall brew that doesn’t get old. Serving type: bottle

3.2 Bottle. Slightly hazy orange pour with a wispy white head. Nose is mostly bread with slight pine. Nice pine hop flavor with citrus, yeast, and a dry hoppy finish (but malt balanced). Noticeable carbonation. Good beer.

3.5 A: cloudy amber with very little white lacing. S: bread. T: slightly sweet, malty with very little hop flavor. P: smooth with a well carbonated finish.

3.2 Bottle. Pours a slighly hazy pumpkin orange color with a small beige head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, slight citrus, and pine. Flavor is sweet malt, caramel, and butter. Finish is roasty malt and some bitter pine. Pretty smooth and easy-drinking. Good.

3.3 12 Oz. Pours a hazed goldish copper with medium head that sticks to the side making good lacing. Aroma of bready or hay malts and herbal grassy hops. Flavor is really nice in this beer an escalating bitterness smooths into a calm sweeting from the malts. Finish is light and crisp with a nice bitter tone that clings to the palate. Overall a very decent easy drinking beer.

3.0 NOT bitter AT ALL. I’m not sure why they call this an ESB. However, the beer is good. Tastes like 50/50 pale ale and wheat beer. Light and very drinkable.

3.5 Very light beer. Cloudy amberish pour. Nose and taste of citrus, flowers and light malts. Rated 4/16/03

3.5 A-Pours a hazy rusty shade of amber with a giant, thick, frothy, off-white head that seems to refuse to settle. When finally settled a thick collar is left behind along with plenty of lacing. S- Well I stuck my nose in the beer and still didn’t pick up much. Very faint smell of sweet caramel malt. T- Good dose of herbal hops upfront. Malt backbone is weak in the beginning. Finish starts with a herbal hop/malt balance but gives way to a sweet bready caramel malt. Caramel malt lingers with a faint taste of herbal hops on the back of the palate. P- Body has medium to heavy thickness and medium carbonation. O- This is a decent and quite drinkable brew. I like my ESB’s to be a little bit more complex-but I really don’t find anything wrong with this brew. I will probably have this again in the future. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 08-24-2007 15:11:22

3.9 Pours a clear golden color. Moderate white head with good retention and lacing. Aroma is light citrus hops and toasted bread. Flavor is biscuity, nicely balanced with a hint of caramel sweetness, spice and floral hops. Medium mouthfeel and nice clean finish. A very nice session beer.

3.0 low malt with a bit of a dry finish, lots of yeast in the bottle. tastes like US hops

3.5 14’er E.S.B. Ale--2005 12 oz. Bottle. 5.00% ABV--35 IBU’s.? (3.75 / 5.0) Arctic Liquor Beer of the Month Club Selection July, 2005. Lacy head. Hazy bright dark orange gold color. Mild toasted floral hop ester front. Crisp tangy earthy citrus caramel mild bisquit fruit body. Dry sweet clean citrus bitter hoppy end. Sampled 7/1/2005.

3.3 pours a golden orange with a small white head that fades to moderate laciing, aroma is of baked bread, carmel, and some floral hops. flavor is of baked bread, carmal malt, piney hops, and some floral hobs. has medium moutfeel with a bitter, dry finnish. overall, a deccent ESB.

3.1 Draft at Catskeller, served in a Unibroue tulip. This was a pretty normal looking brew, but that glass makes everything look better. Clear gold with an inch thick eggshell white head and a lot of carbonation visible initially. Aroma of hops, straw, nectar, citrus, and grass. Flavor of straw, grassy hops, yeast, and orange (but a dry, stale orange). Light-medium bodied, with medium carbonation and a super quick and dry finish, almost like it’s being sucked off the palate. A weird dry flash off the tongue. I’m not entirely sure what to make of this, but interesting and easily sessionable.

3.0 Orange pour white tiny white head. Looks like this has alot of "floaties" in it. Bready up front light bitter on back....eh not bad i guess.

3.4 Bottle. Pours haze golden yellow with a thin off-white head. Aroma is primarily of citrusy hops. More of that in the flavor, plus some bisquity malt. Piney hops come out in the finish. The beer is somewhat creamy, almost buttery on the tongue. A very tasty, nicely balanced beer.

3.1 (Sample Date: 9/19/2009 Source:Other) Pint at Caliente. Light grassy earthy hops in aroma. Clear orange amber with small white head. Citrusy grassy hop flavor over moderate caramel maltiness. Medium finish with moderate bitterness.

3.9 All right! Here is a cause for celebration - a beer from one of my fave brewers that I have not seen before. Very fine aroma - rich and sweet with hop scents. Nice label, sheet lace on the glass. The flavor is unusually and enjoyably sweet for a bitter, but the herby, clean hops still have their say. Another high ranking release from Avery.

3.4 12 oz bottle served in a tulip. Pour is a hazy amber with a half inch of white head. Nose is malts, trisquits, caramel, and hard water. Taste is the same, but there is an odd symbiotic relationship between the caramel smoothness and hard water bitter. I would not have guessed this to be enjoyable, but it is not too bad. It is also quite sessionable!

3.2 Pours a lightly hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is earthy malt and floral hops. Flavor is light malt and a good bit of hop. Easy to drink.

3.4 Earthy, biscuity aroma. Some butter in there too. The appearance is an amber color, white head, true to the style. The flavor follows the aroma, malty, earthy, biscuit, and piney hops. The finish is dominated by the piney hops, and the medium, smooth, light carbonation. Decent overall. I think the biscuit and butter thing in this beer might be inadvertant, but it works.

3.0 Orange amber color and quite cloudy. Nice rocky head; leaves ample lace. Strong earthy and malty smells; Biscuity with crystal malt presence. Very British in flavor. Far more hop in the swallow and aftertaste than the smell would indicate. Dry. Weak body with a higher than average carbonation level. In some ways, this is spot on in recreating the style.

3.8 Hazy light orange with lots of lace and a healthy crown of foam. The light creates a nice glow. THe bready malt of an English style ale but with a notable bitter hop presence. The malt smells very English. Bitter, of course. Really nice biscuity sweet malt presence, but with a flowery, bitter hop at the swallow. Well-balanced between the strong flavors. Mild and far from any kind of extreme beer. Medium body, doesn’t linger much. Unobtrusive but not thin. Sweet bready and English. A nice, mild beer with a bitter bit. A great change of pace beer.

3.2 Pours a clear, light golden hue from the 12oz. bottle: Aroma of florals, yeast, and bitter hops. Compared to the aroma, the flavors (malts, grain, citrus, maybe grassy) are a bit one-dimensional and light. Driankbility: Thin and quite unimpressive. Rebuy: Willing to rerate. #173 on 29102009, DG.

3.1 Pours a beautiful copper color. Aroma of floral hops. Taste has the initial bitterness of hops with a nicely balanced malty finish. Good.

3.0 Draught from Avery tap room. Yellow thin white head. Aroma of light hops a little citrusy. Also light malts in flavor balance. Pretty hoppy and floral. finish is short but leaves mouth wet.

3.6 12oz bottle. Pours a clear, not quite copper, but orange-gold-bronze colored body with a finger-width, off-white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a veil of creamy foam on the surface and glass. Good looking beer. Aroma is paler, bready caramels with a good amount of citrusy hops. Grapefruit-honey and a light, herbal spice. Flavor is lightly hopped with a nice, herbal fruity bitterness. A somewhat flowery honey sweetness accompanies the pale, slightly bready caramels. The fruity, bready, hop bite grows slightly into a dry finish, where it lingers for a good amount of time. Body is light to medium and very smooth. Overall, a nice ESB. The malts are light, but the hops fit this really nicely. They’re clearly present, but never grow out of hand and stay well balanced throughout. Great body and extremely drinkable. Solid.

3.0 12 oz. bottle which came in a variety pack. A mild hops taste prevails while drinking, bur doesn’t linger too long. Overall, pretty smooth, but nothing that really jumps out to make it out of the ordinary.