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Avery Collaboration Not Litigation

Avery Collaboration Not Litigation - Belgian Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
93
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Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7183.63/5.03.63/5.0Special8.97%83.1Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
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Salvation. The name of two intricate Belgian-style ales created by us, Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing and Adam Avery of Avery Brewing. After becoming friends a few years ago, we realized that we both had a Salvation in our line-ups. Was it going to be a problem? Should one of us relinquish the rights? "Hell no!" we said. In fact, it was quickly decided that we should blend the brews to catch the best qualities of each and create an even more complex libation. In April 2004, in top-secret meeting at Russian River Brewing (well actually it was packed in the pub, and many were looking over our shoulders wondering what the hell was going on), we came up with the perfect blend of the two Salvations. Natalie, Vinnie’s much more significant other, exclaimed, "We should call this Collaboration, not Litigation Ale!" "Perfect!" we shouted. We celebrated deep into the night, (or is it morning?). Fast forward to November 14, 2006. After talking about it for over 2 years we finally decided to pull the trigger and Vinnie flew out to Avery to brew his Salvation exactly as he does in his brewery. This was blended with Avery’s Salvation December 11th, 2006. We hope you enjoy it as much we enjoyed brewing and blending it.

Batch 1 (January 2007) - 8.99% ABV
Batch 2 (February 2008) - 8.72% ABV
Batch 3 (February 2009) - 8.97% ABV
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 Lagunitasfan (432), San Diego, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/516/20
Mar 22, 2009  
22 oz bottle. Sweet nose. Dark amber with a nice head. Cloves and other spices. Fluffy off white head. Sweet belgian yeast in the mouth. Lots of sweetness going on. Big roundness in the mouth.


 paiste2002 (148), Saugus, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Mar 21, 2009  
Batch # 3. Pours a dark ruby with a smallish tan head. Aroma is roasted malt, bread, banana, dark fruit. Flavor is caramel, malt, bread, dark fruit, yeast with a touch of bitterness in the finish. Ok beer, nothing special.


 scoth (267), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 20, 2009  
Batch #3. Pours slightly cloudy, light-amber, with a medium white head, good lacing. Smells of barley with lots of fruit - banana, citrus, and apple. There are also some caramel and hay notes. Medium-thin, crisp and velvety body. Lots of malt up front, banana bread, and caramel apple. Some pine and citrus bitterness. Well balanced.


 angrypirate06 (680), Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 19, 2009  
Pours a nice hazy brown, with a nice foamy head. Smells of bread, bananas, clove and caramel. Creamy yet pleasantly fizzy mouthfeel. Tastes yeasty, with an almost smoky end.


 lemasney (398), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Mar 15, 2009  
Style; glass: Belgian Strong, Trappist, Snifter 22 fl oz x 8.72% ABV = 191.84 / 60 = 3.19 beers * 150 C = 478.5 calories (est.) Purchased at: Canal’s Lawrenceville, NJ for $8.99 Avery’s LNC is a Belgian IPA moshpit of flavors, with banana, peach, cloves, and hops all battling, and I’m the winner. It’s a beautiful mixture of flavors, an enjoyable layered voyage.


 hallinghansen (263), Odense SV, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Mar 14, 2009  
Bottle. Dark copper body, with a medium off-white head. Aroma is candy sugar, malt and some spices. Flavor is candy sugar, yeast, dark fruits and malt. A really good brew.


 Jukkabro (2983), Tampere, Finland
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 11, 2009  
Dark coppery colored with cloudy appearance. Little yellow head. Chocolaty-licoricy aroma with mild cardboard, lemon and mild alcohol also here with thin spices. Medium bodied. Flavor dries strongly with some licorice, some salty note also here. Some caramel also with toffee and dryness in aftertaste with thin alcohol.


 Swalden28 (1442), McKinney, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/56/104/514/20
Mar 10, 2009  
Bottle from Market Street in McKinney, TX. Pours a cloudy dark gold with off-white fizzy head. Aroma of barnyard, some wild cherries, coriander. Flaovor is sweet, some funk, coriander. Mouth feel is medium-heavy body with high carbonation. Overall, not bad!



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