Old Jubilation | Avery Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Avery Brewing Company
Colorado, United States
averybrewing.com
Style: Old Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 8.30%
Availability: Winter
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by BeerAdvocate on 04-05-2002
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Ratings: 1,708 | Reviews: 808
4.52/5 rDev +16.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
3.82/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.78/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -5.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Clear mahogany color with a tan film that reduces to a ring. Aroma has dark, caramel malt, dried fruits, mostly raisins. Taste follows with the caramel malt and brown sugar, light earthy bitterness on the finish. Light body and carbonation. Overall it's a decent but really simple old ale.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Clear mahogany color with a tan film that reduces to a ring. Aroma has dark, caramel malt, dried fruits, mostly raisins. Taste follows with the caramel malt and brown sugar, light earthy bitterness on the finish. Light body and carbonation. Overall it's a decent but really simple old ale.
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4.13/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 12 OZ can into a pint glass at Taco Mac in Atlanta. The appearance is a reddish brown color with a small tan colored head. The aroma is almost all malt with some nuttiness. The taste is malt with some molasses and some earthy notes.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 12 OZ can into a pint glass at Taco Mac in Atlanta. The appearance is a reddish brown color with a small tan colored head. The aroma is almost all malt with some nuttiness. The taste is malt with some molasses and some earthy notes.
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3.5/5 rDev -9.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.77/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.24/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
1/21/17...pours rich mahogany brown with a heady topper of white like foam. Cinnamon spiced malty nose. Raisins, plums, somewhat nutty. Taste is a mellowed malty sweetness with dark fruit layered throughout. Hazelnuts come through. Bittering is scattered. Quite complex and a tasty warmer. Not usually one for Old Ales but this one nailed it.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
1/21/17...pours rich mahogany brown with a heady topper of white like foam. Cinnamon spiced malty nose. Raisins, plums, somewhat nutty. Taste is a mellowed malty sweetness with dark fruit layered throughout. Hazelnuts come through. Bittering is scattered. Quite complex and a tasty warmer. Not usually one for Old Ales but this one nailed it.
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3.74/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Ruddy brown with thin white head that leaves strong lacing. Light cherry malts and some alcohol in the aroma. Same elements carry to the taste, with some cinnamon, a little orange peel, vanilla and very light hop bitterness added to the mix. Somewhat syrupy mouthfeel. Reminds me of a pleasant, Christmasy cough drop.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Ruddy brown with thin white head that leaves strong lacing. Light cherry malts and some alcohol in the aroma. Same elements carry to the taste, with some cinnamon, a little orange peel, vanilla and very light hop bitterness added to the mix. Somewhat syrupy mouthfeel. Reminds me of a pleasant, Christmasy cough drop.
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3.47/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.91/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz Bottle from 2010. so cellared fro 6 1/2 years. wow. Look: pours brown/ruby with a very thin tan head that vanishes quickly. it looks murky/opaque. Smell: dark malts and dark fruits (figs in particular) with some spices. there’s bit of yeasty autolysis present. its vinousy. Feel: a full bodied beer with a rich texture, light carbonation assertive astringency. Taste: strong toffee, molasses and caramel malt forward sweetness combines with figs, substantial alcohol warmth and a bitterness that hits the palate hard. the finish is sweet and short other than some lingering alcohol. - Overall: just what you’d expect from an aged beer of this type. I would not say it’s mellowed. still a strong and assertive brew for those who like them like that.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz Bottle from 2010. so cellared fro 6 1/2 years. wow. Look: pours brown/ruby with a very thin tan head that vanishes quickly. it looks murky/opaque. Smell: dark malts and dark fruits (figs in particular) with some spices. there’s bit of yeasty autolysis present. its vinousy. Feel: a full bodied beer with a rich texture, light carbonation assertive astringency. Taste: strong toffee, molasses and caramel malt forward sweetness combines with figs, substantial alcohol warmth and a bitterness that hits the palate hard. the finish is sweet and short other than some lingering alcohol. - Overall: just what you’d expect from an aged beer of this type. I would not say it’s mellowed. still a strong and assertive brew for those who like them like that.
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4.15/5 rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap in snifter at Red Arrow, Elmhurst IL
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap in snifter at Red Arrow, Elmhurst IL
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4.13/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.9/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours dark amber with a reddish glow. Sort of cloudy with a fair amount of sediment floating around in there. Thin off white head which diminishes to almost nothing. Small traces of lacing. Smell of dark fruits rich caramel maybe toffee and sweetness. Taste is very mild, sweetness and roasty malts with hints of figs, slight clove, light spice that adds to the winter warming taste. Very drinkable and well carbonated. Medium body thats super smooth.
Will age one to see what developes later on. Great brew!
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look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours dark amber with a reddish glow. Sort of cloudy with a fair amount of sediment floating around in there. Thin off white head which diminishes to almost nothing. Small traces of lacing. Smell of dark fruits rich caramel maybe toffee and sweetness. Taste is very mild, sweetness and roasty malts with hints of figs, slight clove, light spice that adds to the winter warming taste. Very drinkable and well carbonated. Medium body thats super smooth.
Will age one to see what developes later on. Great brew!
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3.92/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Nutty with a hint of raisin. Could be biscuit, special b, caramel. Touch of hop bitterness
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Nutty with a hint of raisin. Could be biscuit, special b, caramel. Touch of hop bitterness
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4.05/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Dark purple red color with a medium tan head that dissipates pretty quickly a little lacing on the glass.
S: Toffee and caramel, notes of nuttiness, some dark stone fruit including cherry and stone fruit, some notes of floral hops in the background. Lots of aromas melding together
T: Toffee and caramel, notes of nuttiness and darker malt, dark stone fruit including cherry and grape, notes of floral hops in the background. Booze is noticeable a little bit.
F: Heavy body and medium carbonation.
O: This is a great holiday beer, always good for Christmas Eve or Christmas day.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L: Dark purple red color with a medium tan head that dissipates pretty quickly a little lacing on the glass.
S: Toffee and caramel, notes of nuttiness, some dark stone fruit including cherry and stone fruit, some notes of floral hops in the background. Lots of aromas melding together
T: Toffee and caramel, notes of nuttiness and darker malt, dark stone fruit including cherry and grape, notes of floral hops in the background. Booze is noticeable a little bit.
F: Heavy body and medium carbonation.
O: This is a great holiday beer, always good for Christmas Eve or Christmas day.
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Old Jubilation from Avery Brewing Company
3.87
out of 5
based on 1,708 ratings.
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4