Avery Anniversary Eleven
We’re hopheads. We LOVE hops. Just can’t seem to get enough of them. To satisfy our lupulin desires and to commemorate our anniversary, we’ve created ELEVEN. Describing this double IPA as "aggressively hopped" is an understatement. Words cannot describe what your olfactory senses are about to enjoy. Yes, it’s hoppy. Shockingly hoppy. 90 IBUs.
3.8
273 reviews
Boulder, United States
Community reviews
Sampled at Noogfest 3. This Imperial IPA pours a golden yellow color from a 22oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is grapefruity and citrusy. Medium bodied Imperial IPA. Malts are fruity, caramel and sweet. Hops are citrusy and grapefruity. Smooth tasting, some bottle aging has mellowed the hot alcohol flavors that usually dominate Avery big beers, its still there its not just as hot. Hops are still very evident in this beer that is around 3 years old at sampling. Very nice. The malts are a little more prevalent. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.
Appearance: Pours a very cloudy, copper body with a thin, bubbly white head.
Smell: Orange blossom honey, lemon zest, light toffee, and a good bit of alcohol fumes.
Taste: Sugary sweet honey and caramel maltiness upfront followed by plenty of strong citrus and pine notes leading into an intense, sharp finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Mild carbonation. Sticky mouthfeel.
Drinkability: Three years later, this double IPA has managed to age fairly well, with the hops still retaining much of their former potency.
Poured at noog fest III. Pours a hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma is aged malts, citrus and some hops. Flavor is malty, orange, grapefruit, and a slight bitter finish. Surprised how well this IIPA held up.
22oz bottle. Thanks to TBC. Hazy golden color. Looks sticky, no head. This is a IIPA!!! aroma of sticky sweet malt, resiny hops. HOPS, HOPS, HOPS. Bitterness.
Cloudy orange, no head. Sweet, orange juice aroma, which is echoed in the flavor. Tart and citrusy, with a touch of an alcohol burn. Some peppery, spicy notes in the finish. Darn tasty brew.
22 oz. bottle: Found at a bottle shop recently, not knowing it was a DIPA from 2004. Let’s give it a ride. Pours a hazy amber with a thick head that settles into a firm, sticky cap. I tried to decant this, but plenty of chunky yeast made it into the glass. This must have been bottle pre-filtration days for Avery. The nose is dominated by maltiness, with the hops taking a back seat. Notes of rum, cherries, plums, earth, sherry and ether make up the musty aroma. Oxidation is present, but not rampant. The hops do add some light citrus character to the nose, but are subtle at best. The body is thick and chewy - very barleywine- like. The hops do play a bigger role here, but are still secondary to the big malty body. Notes of wet firewood, straw, dark fruits and bitter chocolate lead into a papery finish. This was a nice experiment in aging DIPAs, but I have a feeling I would have enjoy this one more fresh.
22oz bottle. Thanks Moejuck! Hazy copper color with a cream colored, one finger head. Lots and lots of suspended particles. Aroma is citrus candy (amarillo?), brown sugar, some herbal & floral notes (cascade?), and some pine (centennial/simcoe). Taste is still plenty bitter, but there is a nice caramelly, malty flavor followed by a ton of citrus hops & pine. The finish is lingering piney bitterness and black pepper. A nice beer, this is a mix of hops that I enjoy, they each offer something a little different. On another note, I love fresh DIPA’s, but sometimes they gain a bit of character when aged.
This pours a cloudy brownish color with a huge white head. There were also a crapload of floaties and yeast in this. Aroma was of citrus, mostly orange, a little burning from alcohol, and I got a little breadiness. Aroma still seemed pretty hoppy for being 3 years old. Flavor was a little bitter, hoppy, and just seemed a little off. I wish I would have tried this in the prime.
Eleven? That’s one hoppier than ten, right?
Pours a hazy copper color with an 18" thick clump of frothy off-white suds. Excellent thick lacing throughout the bottle. Smell the glove to pick up a mild but complex aroma with peach, caramel, and hops both floral and piney.
Solid caramel and toffee malt up front, with licorice coming in at mid-sip and into the finish. On top of, behind, in front, and all around the malt, there’s hops, and lots of ’em. I am knocked out by their exuberance, their raw power - and their punctuality. Pine and citrus mainly, bold and bitter, then also a soft herbal flavor hops. The hops seem to grow in intensity as the bottle drains.
For such a bold beer, the mouthfeel is quite smooth. Medium-full body, and the soft but prominent carbonation spontaneously combusts. Reviewed at a bit cooler than cellar temp in a St Hubbins goblet.
So, are we doin’ Stonehenge tomorrow?
Hops and lots of sweet malts in the aroma.Pours very cloudy brown.Sweet malt stand out in the flavor.Very thick mouthfeel with a sweet finish.
From bomber. Pours a murky brown/orange with tan head. Nose is a spicy, syrupy, orange peel mixed with light caramel malt. Flavor follows with lots of bitter. Syrupy palate.
Bomber with gputty. Murky golden brown with an off white head. Sweet floral orange nose. Sweet malty orange, tangy at times, a tad sticky.
From 04. A citrus aroma and taste. Creamy mouthfeel. Orange taste. A hot sauce without the spice.
Deep hazy orange color with thick slighlty off-white head. Intense citrus aroma with lemons, orange and a hint of grapefruit, some malt hidden under all those hops. Flavor is very malty, carmelly with just a touch of toasty flavors. Strongly bitter and great citrus hop flavor. Great balance of malt and hops with just a touch of alcohol, mostly in the warming finish. What a great beer; ugly in appearance, but tasty as can be.
Shared this bottle with Duane a few nights ago. Poured a hazy orange color with a two finger head and some huge floaties. Aroma was very malty, with some hops in there as well. Flavor was the same way. Still very good, but the citrusy hop flavor seemed subdued for an IIPA. I’m sure it would have been much more prevalent had this beer been fresher. Thanks for sharing this bottle with me!
thanks to Styles for this retired bomber. pours a hazy amber with lots of big floaties swirling around. huge head fading to some lace. still plenty of hop character, but I can see where this has started on a downward turn from when it was fresh. very tasty with citrus and piney hops and enough malty sweetness to lend some balance. probably a little past its prime, but still very enjoyable, thanks Chris.
i knew that there was a good chance that this bottle was just a little over the hill but i was still excited to find it on the shelves at a local shop. slightly hazy orange with a nice tan head that settles into a thin film. decent lacing. malt and alcohol dominate the aroma. caramel toffee a hint of pine chocolate and alcohol. sweet toffee flavor seems a bit weak. finish bittersweet dry and warm. something slightly tart on the finish....hmm cherries? full bodied....but it still seems a bit thin. slightly sticky. lively carbonation. im glad i got to try this one but the hops seem to have almost disappeared. i wish i could have tried one of these fresh. hmmmm....now do i go back to the shop and pick up the last two avery 10s?
Bottle. A deep amber color with a strong grassy, grapefruit aroma. Intense hops with a bitter bite and a hop filled aftertaste. Quite nice. Rating from notes 2004 notes.
Bottle purchased at Party Town in Florence, KY. I know this bottle is past its prime, so take this rating with a grain of salt. Pours amber orange with an off white head, some floaties. There is still some citrus hops in the nose, but there is much more malt and alcohol. Initial flavor is sweet with lots of caramel, toffee, and orange notes. The bitterness comes out in the middle. Finish has a very small alcohol bite an earthy chalky texture. Some cloying sweetness as well. As a beer, this has held up as a sweet barleywine or strong ale. As a double IPA, its past its prime. Not bad. Glad I tried it.
I’ve been wanting to try this one for awhile now. I’m glad I was able to find a bottle of it this past August...
Avery 11 has a very murky amber orange color with a dense, light orange colored head. Its a roma is sweet orange, slightly foral, with some underlying malt. The flavor is quite malty and initially sweet with some candied oranginess to it. Then it becomes more port-like with flavors of aged grapes and apricots. Some of the orangy hop bitterness finally comes through in the finish, along with a bit of alcohol (that becomes more noticeable as the beer warms up). The aftertaste reminds me of dried apricots. The mouthfeel is a bit more full than average, but its not overly syrupy.
This brew is going on 2+ years old at this point and might be a bit past its prime. I think the hop flavors and bitterness have probably mellowed out of this beer due to its age. However, it has held up much better than the Avery Ten I had a few months ago. I bet this beer was really good a year or so ago!
Not as good as I had hoped--possibly past its prime. The Eleven poured out a nice copper color with a frothy off-white head. The aroma was of floral hops and caramel malt. The mouthfeel was medicinal and something about the flavor was too. Lots of malt backbone and a good hop presence--but a definite off flavor made this a dissapointing experience for me.
Pours a yeasty cloudy brown with a light tan head. Melot wine aroma; complex vineous sweet malt taste. Flavor of prunes, too. Substantial; very very good.
I wish I would have had this far before now, but I picked it up anyway. Pours clear orange / bronze wtiha light tan head that’s surprisingly big for the age. It also gives very nice lacing. The aroma still had grapefruit hops and musty malt. Medium to full body with soft carbonation. Taste has musty malts with a good amount of caramel. Finish has the malt, but it is joined by some spicy hops and bits of grapefruit. For the age this has held up very well, it is still drinkable; although I wish I could have tried this fresh - so it goes.
this beer would have been better tasted at an earlier date, but still was quite good...dark apricot puree body with no head..aroma of peach, floral hops, sweet sugars...flavor is mostly malts (hops died off by the time i drank this), yeast, and a slight bitter, hoppy finish..nice palate
A big thanks to Sean for this rare ass beer now that it has been released more than 2 years ago. Pours out a brownish color with a thick yellow head. Smell is sweet, malts, some remaining hops, and dark fruits. Taste is sweet, (very sweet) and somewhat hoppy. I can certainly imagine this being alot better then than it is now. It is very drinkable still, and it actually has become alot more drinkable to me now that I have been drinking it for an hour or so. Pretty nice beer, certainly wish I could have had this fresh.
Pours a cloudy dark golend color. Aroma is citrusy and VERY malty. Taste is very sweet with malts dominating. Very little hop bitterness in this brew. Not very well balanced, but still very good. Mouthfeel is chewy.
This is probably my favorite of the Avery anniversary beer. I enjoyed the battle between the malt and hops with the malt giving the overall flavor a slightly sweet (but not cloying) edge.
Bomber. Pours cloudy orange with thin white head. The aroma is strong and sappy, with some hints of honey and olive. The flavor is very, very hoppy, but without being terribly bitter. A very toasty and malty foundation keeps up the hops. The finish is woody with some brown sugar and a bit of hop bitterness. The mouthfeel is kind of oily.
This vintaged bottle aged 1 1/2 years poured a large sized head of foamy finely sized white colored long lasting bubbles on top of a copper brown colored body. As it was sampled, the head left a thick lacing around my mug. The aroma was mildly hoppy and the mouth feel was tingly from start to finish with a strong hop flavor that lingered around for a while.
The IIPA fails on all fronts. It is very muddy looking and probably needs to be aged in the fridge for a couple of weeks to be able to be poured and still leave the yeast in the bottle. Aroma is ok, very citrusy and oragey, but not all that pleasant. The hop character is almost sweet, all that citrus really gives a sensation of sweetness. Combine that with an already sweet malt flavor and the hop presence is almost lost. Bitterness is almost non-existent for the style. Too sweet, not enough bitterness, and a hopelessly lost hop presence make this beer a disappointment on all fronts. It’s a beer that couldn’t decide whether it was a double IPA or a barleywine, then failed at both.