Dionysian Series #4: Terpsichore
Avery Brewing Company

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Avery Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
10.1%
Score:
+8 ratings needed
Avg:
4.18 | pDev: 5.02%
Ratings:
2 | reviews: 1
Status:
Retired
Rated:
May 16, 2019
Added:
Sep 09, 2016
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 3.97 by curlybird from Pennsylvania

May 16, 2019
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Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia

4.38/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
On tap at brewery:
Pours an enticing deep amber, half ruby/half deep golden. Let it rest, and there is still a thick collar of off-white head and a continent of surface coverage.

The wine is evident in the nose early. Later on the nose combines with the beer nature and seems a bit of the hybrid it is. Grape musk, red wine, tannins are all evident. Random guess: this would seem like a cheap wine to a wine afficianado on smell.

The taste is probably a little on the tart side for a wine. But the wine qualities are unavoidable. More fizzy? Yes. But not destractingly so. Red wine is evident, but grape skin and tannins come along. A "weak" (completely relative) red wine flavor comes across, mostly. The weakening note is beer, which on this site could be a good thing.

Really enjoyable hybrid. The style is chosen because it was the best option. This is a tad more wine than beer in flavor and impression, but is a very, very good hybrid.
Sep 09, 2016