United Nations of Beer

Avery Sui Generis

by Steve LaRue
(Beer Delegate, UT, USA)

Avery Sui Generis (10.6% ABV)
No. 2 in our barrel aged series
Sui Generis-barrel-aged sour ale
39% aged in cabernet barrels, 35% aged in chardonnay barrels, 13% in port barrels, 13% in bourbon barrels
12 oz bottle
10.20 abv
Bottled 9/18/09
147 cases
Brettanomyces, lactobacillus, pediococcus

This is an extraordinary beer. Adam and his barrel wrangler got together to make this beer. They tasted beer from all the barrels and decided to use several. A total of ten different beers from ten different barrels and fermentation processes went in to this beer.

They tasted and blended and finally came up with one of the best sour beers I have ever had. Very sour but also very sweet. Extraordinary balance. Continues below

There was sort of a mini-fest surrounding the release of this beer and Adam also talked about ten minutes about Sui Generis and barrel aging. I did open a bottle to share with friends but I didn't really write anything down as I was too busy talking.

I have posted the entire speech that Adam made in two parts on YouTube. See below. If you want to know anything about sour beers and barrel aging it is a must watch.