Avery Barrel Aged Series

Sneek Peek: Avery Rufus Corvus

Avery Brewing (Boulder, CO) will be launching the 18th in their Barrel Aged Series Opuntia this week. The sour ale is brewed with prickly pears and aged in tequila barrels.

Number #19 isn’t far behind, called Rufus Corvus.

An artful and massively Continue Reading →

Avery Releasing Barrel Aged #18, Opuntia

Avery Brewing’s 18th release in the Barrel Aged Series is Opuntia, a sour ale.

As with each release in the series, this sour ale has been “dosed” with prickly pears, and aged in tequila barrels for 9 months. “Opuntia” refers to Continue Reading →

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Sneek Peek: Avery Rufus Corvus

Avery Brewing (Boulder, CO) will be launching the 18th in their Barrel Aged Series Opuntia this week. The sour ale is brewed with prickly pears and aged in tequila barrels.

Number #19 isn’t far behind, called Rufus Corvus.

An artful and massively acidic blend of two major projects and further enhanced with several orphan barrels from the corners of our barrel aging cellar. All ale involved was barrel aged for a minimum of 8 months and a maximum of 24 months. Pucker up, buttercup!

Style: American Wlld Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 12oz Bottles.
Arrival: TBA

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by Reid Ramsay
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Avery Releasing Barrel Aged #18, Opuntia

Avery Brewing’s 18th release in the Barrel Aged Series is Opuntia, a sour ale.

As with each release in the series, this sour ale has been “dosed” with prickly pears, and aged in tequila barrels for 9 months. “Opuntia” refers to the genus of catus that produces prickly pears.

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Prickly Pears. Barrel Aged. Tequila)
Availability: 12oz Bottles. Limited to 263 cases
Release: February 23rd, 1 pm

6.65% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
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Ross’s’s Melange to be Relased This Weekend

Avery is throwing a pretty big bash this weekend for their newest release in their Barrel-Aged Series, Ross’s’s Melange. Launching on Saturday you can also grab Tweak, Bolder Weisse, Ross’s’ Mom, Rumpkin, El Padre (Belgian Quad aged in a Tequila barrel), Eremita I, Bad Apple, Trogdor the Burninator, Amarillo-Cascade Dry-Hopped IPA, and Lilikoi Kepolo. Ross’s’s Melange is a wild ale is brewed with grape must, aged in Chardonnay barrels, with a blend of champagne and brettanomyces yeasts. Apparently brewed for eternal optimist, Ross.

No. 16. And we quote: Ugghhh…. You think you’re having a bad day, try having a bad life! The ocean is so boring you might as well be looking at the sky. All three of my bikes are at the brewery and I haven’t had water in three days.The best think about being a pessimist is getting to prove an optimist wrong. Life will be easier when I’m dead. 

Style: American Wild Ales (w/ Grape Must. Wine Barrel Aged. Chardonnay)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: Saturday, June 15 2013

7.89% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Avery Brewing, Coming Soon

Avery Barrel Aged #17: Thensaurum Barrel Aged Sour

Avery Brewing Thensaurum Barrel Aged Sour

There has been a lot of activity in Avery Brewing’s Barrel Aged Series lately. Early May saw the release of #14: Volunt Plus Erat. We now patiently await the June release of #15, Momi Hiwi.  On deck is #16 Ross’s’s Melange aged in wine barrels with grape must. Take a look at #17 in the series, Thensaurum, a rum barreled wild ale.

No. 17. No map required. Here it is matey. A treasure trove of exotic flavors unearthed from a year-long burial in exquisite first run rum barrels. Arrr you ready for the pucker? 

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Candi Sugar. Barrel Aged, Rum)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

8.54% ABV

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by Reid Ramsay
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Avery Barrel Aged #16: Ross’s’s’ Melange

Avery Ross's's' Melange Barrel Aged Wild Ale

There has been a lot of activity in Avery Brewing’s Barrel Aged Series. This month Volunt Plus Erat was released, and in a few weeks Momi Hiwi. Number 16 in the series will be Ross’s’s Melange. This wild ale is brewed with grape must, aged in Chardonnay barrels, with a blend of champagne and brettanomyces yeasts. Apparently brewed for eternal optimist, Ross.

No. 16. And we quote: Ugghhh…. You think you’re having a bad day, try having a bad life! The ocean is so boring you might as well be looking at the sky. All three of my bikes are at the brewery and I haven’t had water in three days.The best think about being a pessimist is getting to prove an optimist wrong. Life will be easier when I’m dead. 

Style: American Wild Ales (w/ Grape Must. Wine Barrel Aged. Chardonnay)
Availability: 12oz bottles
Arrival: TBA

7.89% ABV 

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by Reid Ramsay
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Remember Mounds Candy Bars? Meet Avery Barrel Aged #15

Avery Momi Hiwa Barrel Aged Coconut Porter

The rare and limited Avery Brewing’s (Boulder, CO) Barrel Aged Series is highly sought after. Unfortunately, the series is quite limited. In fact, the 14th release (arrived May 4) name in Latin meant “Wish There Was More.”  This is release #15, Momi Hiwa Barrel-Aged Coconut Porter.

No. 15 Much like a certain fabled two-piece candy bar of our youth, rich, dark chocolate notes accented with aromatic toasted coconut. What would ad depth and character to this already delicious combo, we wondered? The answer is time (6 months) well spent in the very best rum barrels available. 

Style: Imperial Porter (w/ Toasted Coconut, Turbinado Sugar. Barrel Aged. Rum)
Availability: 12oz bottles. 4,344 Bottles Produced. Brewery release only.
Release: June 9, 2013

16.19% ABV 

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by Reid Ramsay
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Avery Barrel Aged Release 14: Volunt Plus Erat

Next up in Avery Brewing’s (Boulder, CO) Barrel Aged Series – is Volunt Plus Erat. The follow up to Odio Equum, this sour ale is brewed with cabernet franc grape must, and aged for 14 months in neutral zinfandel barrels. A neutral barrel means the oak will impart little to no oak flavor to the beer/wine. Cabernet Franc grape must is fresh pressed grape juice, that contains the skin, juice, seeds, etc.

No 14 and by complete coincidence, aged to perfection for 14 months in neutral Zinfandel barrels. The time necessary for our culture of lactobacillus and pediococcus to fulfill their portion of the workload- to create massive amounts of subtler lactic acid and acetic acid to interplay with the fruity Cabernet Franc grape must

Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Grape Must, Barrel Aged. Wine Barrel)
Availability: 12oz bottles. Tap Room Release
Arrival: Star Wars Day, 2013. (May 4)

9.57% ABV

Volunt Plus Erat translates from Latin to “Wish there was more” 

by Reid Ramsay