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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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 Tripplebrew (486), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 24, 2009  
Pours a very hazy orange amber with thick white head. Aroma is citrus and yeast-lemon. Flavor is very yeasty with candi sugars. Hints of coriander. Palate is creamy with medium carbonation.


Argentine (9), Walla Walla, Washington, USA
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Sep 23, 2009  
Avery tap room 9/22/09. Aroma; citrus peel, yeast. Taste; frothy cream, apple cider, bread, orange juice, with a little frothy toothpaste.


 Haslinger (640), Syracuse, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/513/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Cool illustration on the bottle. Sweet, complex flavor some spice/banana/. This one goes down real smooth. Nice sipper, as it warmed up the flavors became much more pronounced.


 Anker (305), Hillerød, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 14, 2009  
Shared by hallinghansen. Pours an amber colour with a tan head. Aroma is sweet malt, caramel, chocolate and hops. Flavour is sweet malt and caramel with weak notes of chocolate.


 RedSox2004 (353), Pacific Palisades, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Sep 12, 2009  
Pours clody orange brown with a generous vanilla-colored head and very nice lacing. Bananas, yast, clove, and pepper in the aroma. Complex flavor profile includes bananas, figs, spicescaramel, yeast and sweetish malts. Effervescent carbonation, medium body and a clean aftertaste tat features a residual sweet maltiness. Very good, but not up to the hype.


 jeremytoni (1069), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Sep 12, 2009  
Batch two from a bottle poured brown with a small head. Nice strong sweet malty flavor with a lingering finish.


 popery (132), San Francisco, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Sep 5, 2009  
Having heard the back story on this beer, I was quite curious to try it. I can’t say that it wowed me, but it’s an interesting combination of styles from two distinctive and excellent breweries. Ultimately, my opinion is simply that each brewery does a better job on their own than in collaboration. This beer pours a lighter than expected though still quite dark golden brown color. The aroma is of nectarines and earthy yeast. The flavor is quite fruity but doesn’t pack enough depth for me to really enjoy it. The caramel malt character is good as is the blending of yeast flavors. The flavors just come out a bit too close to a bubblegummy weizenbock for my taste in Belgian ales. The feel is strong and drinkability is pretty good.


 plovmand (1590), Helsinge, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Sep 4, 2009  
Bottle. Hazy amber body with a medium off white head. Fruity and quite spicy aroma with notes of yeast and caramel. Flavour is spicy and malty with light yeast. Medium bodied.



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