Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Review: Avery Maharaja

The description: Has a wonderful aromatic floral and fruity hop nose with notes of tangerine, peach, lemon and fresh cut flowers. Its strong, sweet malt body with its nutty, subtly roasty backbone helps balance the copious amounts of sweet and bitter hops. Simcoe, Columbus, Chinook, and Centennial hops provide this ale with plenty of tangy grapefruit, woody pine, and peach tinged flavor with undertones of sweet tangerine and black pepper. 10.24 ABV
Analysis:
This brews claims to have a ton of hops and it sets a new bar for a ton of hops. Hop flavors from bitter to floral and extremely floral pop out endlessly from start to finish. It also has a fantastic balance which had to be a real challenge. Nice nutty and roast flavors manage to keep this beer in control.  The best Avery beer I have ever had hands down!

Analyst Score: 8.5