Avery Barrel-Aged Series

I have yet to have anything from a Tequila barrel that really gained anything noteworthy or good from it. The fact that I don't like Tequila much doesn't help.
Myrcenario might be an exception, but I think it just tasted like straight oak to me. At that point, might as well just chip it like Great Divide does. Seems a lot cheaper and easier.

 

Opuntia?

 

I'm probably the only person...but I think it was nothing special. Good certainly, but not really my thing. I'm not a huge fan of the Avery BA sours. I like the more traditional spirits barrel big beers from them.
I've gotten picky with aged sours thanks to so many being available.

 

I feel like I am right here with you guys on the Avery special release sours. I have had I think 3 of the sour beers and honestly for the price I didn't think they were that great. It also doesn't help that one of the local stores price gouges on a lot of stuff including the Avery bottles. ($16-17) Opuntia was probably my favorite of them, but it was a little more puckeringly sour than I would have liked, which dominated the other flavors in the mix. I wish I had done a better job of keeping track of my "hads" before Untappd and BA.

 

Oud Floris might be my favorite sour beer I have tried. When bottles of that one re-appeared on the local shelves for the GABF six months after its initial release and I got to try that one for my second time, I thought it was fantastic. I never needed an Avery sour after that though. They seemed kinda generic to one another in a general/broad kind of way and they just became less and less interesting to me.

 

Can't wait for 30 and 31. Opuntia is the only sour I've enjoyed. Really like that beer.

 

I really enjoy Avery's barrel aging program, even if not every release is a home run. Going back to #10 & 11, the first of the series that I bought at release and tried at the time: terrific experiments with grape must and wine barrel aging. If sour beers are the wines of the beer world, what better way to explore that relationship? Going forward, I would put Oud Floris, Opuntia, Obscuro & Nimbosus, Rufus Corvus, Antonius Carmen, and Vallum up against any of the top AWA's in the country. Especially considering that they were trying to craft unique beers with cocktails, wines, and old world sours as inspiration. I can understand if they're not for everyone, but more hits than misses IMO. And that's only covering the sours.

But I also love the fact that I can waltz into shops or taproom well after a release and snag bottles that are in my wheelhouse. They're not cheap, but they're crafted with care and often very tasty.

 

Differing opinions/tastes are no fun

 

now we got a different #32...this is kinda confusing

http://mybeerbuzz.blogspot.com/2015/12/avery-barrel-aged-series-double-ds.html

 

Sounds kinda gross, but who knows? I liked the other 32 better. They must have a lot of BA stuff in barrels right now. I am pretty sure they do.

 

For the sake of convenience here are the most recent labels that were posted in this thread. Hopefully it's nothing more than just a change in the production schedule. It would be a shame if Old Perseverance pulled a Black Tot as it's the most appealing of the 3 IMO.

 

I kinda dig both of the last two. I'll hope it's just a typo/mistake!

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1710540452522612/

Guess that answers that.

 

I was just gonna post that.

 

Grrrrr. I'd try Double D but that Old Perseverance definitely sounded more appetizing. Hopefully it just needs more time and it will end up as #33.

 

Can anyone copy and past the Facebook post. NonFB user here

 

DUAL BREWERY RELEASE!
Bottles and draft will be available at 11am. Limit 1 case of each beer per person.

Fiel al Estilo - Ale brewed with Agave Syrup aged in Tequila Barrels with Chile Peppers Added
No. 31 | 9.9% alc/vol | Bottled Dec 17 2015 | 485 cases

Yeah it is! ¿Cómo? Seriously, in our new brewery there are no limits to what we can create. And styles? Just words. Hay que beberla, mis amigos. Just drink.

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Double D's - Ale aged in Bourbon barrels with Ginger added
No. 32 | 10.3% alc/vol | Bottled Dec 17 2015 | 633 cases

Yes, even lab geeks of the ginger variety can be creative.

 

Vanilla Bean Stout is finally being released this Sunday! Bottle sales start at 11. I'll likely stroll over there in the afternoon. Anyone else planning on going?

"A double dose of vanilla derived from both fresh Bourbon barrels and the trio of Tongan, Ugandan, and Mexican whole vanilla beans is complemented by essences of chocolate, caramel, and molasses to round out this luxuriously silky stout.

10.8% alc/vol & available year-round in 22oz bombers!

After the brewery release, this first round of Vanilla Bean Stout will make its way to AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, VA, WA, WI, and WY."

 

Price?

 

I'd imagine it'll be the same price as Raspberry Sour, so $12-13 range.