Avery Experience, Nashville, TN
Whew. That’s all I have to say about the Avery Experience here in Nashville…whew.
Ok, so it’s not all I have to say, but it’s a good start. I’m still attempting to recover from last night’s antics. On with the play-by-play.
The Avery Experience is just that, a chance to experience almost all of Avery Brewing’s offerings. Over the course of about 2.5 hours, we tasted 15 different beers, in five flights of three. The event was hosted by Adam Avery, founder and president of Avery Brewing Company.
The night was a blast. Adam Avery is a great guy, very friendly, and very passionate about his beer (and craft beer in general, for that matter). The beers were fantastic, and ran the gamut from a witbier to a couple Imperial Stouts, with all sorts of interesting offerings sprinkled in between (the Imperial Oktoberfest and Belgian Dubbel IPA come to mind). Small hors d’oeuvres from Flying Saucer were served, and were a nice complement to the meal (yes, these beers together could very well be considered a meal).
The beers sampled were as follows:
- American Brown
- Wit
- IPA
- American Porter
- Weizen Doppelbock
- Belgian Dubbel IPA
- Belgian Strong Golden Ale
- Belgian Quad Dark Strong Ale
- Hog Heaven American Barleywine
- Maharaja Imperial IPA
- Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest Strong Lager
- Russian Imperial Stout
- Grand Cru Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- English Oak-Aged Barleywine
- Belgian Imperial Stout
Among the standouts were the Weizen Dopplebock, the Dubbel IPA, the Barleywine and the RIS (which was vintage 2003…very nice). All were great beers, and we’re very excited that Avery is finally going to be coming into the Nashville market. If you get a chance to go to this tasting somewhere near you, I highly recommend you check it out. Below are a couple pics from last night:
Me, Adam Avery, Mollie and Neil McCormick from Lipman Bros Distributing:
A fuzzy shot of Adam talking a bit about the beer:
Big thanks to Adam Avery for coming all the way out here to Nashville to do this tasting, as well as to Neil McCormick, who is largely responsible for Avery finally coming here and has helped Mollie and I out immensely. Thanks Adam and Neil!
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