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Avery Collaboration Not Litigation

Avery Collaboration Not Litigation - Belgian Strong Ale

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93
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Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale

Boulder, Colorado USA

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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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 ksurkin (354), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 5, 2009    Updated: Nov 7, 2009
22oz bomber, batch 3, from grape & gourmet. pours a very nice copper-orange with a short, bubbly, off-white head and solid lacing. aroma is damn nice and quite unique with notes of belgian yeast, cinnamon, nutmeg, spicy clove, roast pumpkin, and hints pumpernickle bread and orange peel. flavor is great as well with big, dark, toasted pumpernickle malts, cloves, coriander, spiced pumpkin bread, walnuts, green apple, and orange citrus with hints of vanilla and caramel on the back end. palate is bright, spritzy, and medium bodied with a lingering, spice cake finish. overall, a very good, underrated brew from two great brewers.


 glennmastrange (805), hobe sound, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Bottle. Moderate malt and yeast aromas of caramel and musty/moldy, light orange for the hops, and a hint of date, brown sugar and band-aid. Head is small, wispy, slightly off-white with a little lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is murky, dark orange/tan with lots of tiny particles. Flavor is moderately sweet and acidic to start and the long finish is lightly sweet and moderately acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, oily and has a lively carbonation. Great balance in the flavor, and the aroma’s complexitymakes this an excellent Belgian Strong.


 DeadGirl (192), West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 29, 2009  
Pours a hazy, light golden amber (with Lots of random sediment swirling) from the 22oz. bottle into a chilled, pint glass: Flavors of yeast, white wine, sweet caramel malts, bananas, almonds, toast, vanilla and ripe citrus (lemon). Drinkability: Multi-dimensional and smooth. Rebuy: Yes. #172 on 29102009, DG.


 potbeercollege (246), Boulder, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Oct 22, 2009  
Draught from avery tap room. Amber golden color with thin beige head. Aroma is dog food mixed with big malts that provide sweet caramel. Also grassy smell. Flavor is burnt toasted malts that resemble candy sweetness. Flavor is also lighter citrus. Sugary candy flavors also help provide the medium thick texture. Flavor overall is sweet but finishes bitter hop finish. Unique


 stobbe74 (655), Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 20, 2009  
Bottle, 12 fl. oz. Pours a golden beer with a small offwhite head. The aroma is hops and sweetness from malt, notes of caramel.. The flavor is malt, yeast and caramel. The palate is dry and slightly bitter. Overall a soft and pleasant drink.


 MIBRomeo (1962), Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 19, 2009  
Colaboration 08 Dark straw pour whispy white head murky viz carb. Awesome spiced aroma, cloves, white pepper, some light bread, complex i’m missing some spices here, hint of grass came in. Full well coated creamy pal. Tastes well spiced lots of white pepper, corrainder, lemon zest, bread, honey, sweetness beyond that hints of almost a maple syrup after the spice finishes w/ a dry grass and oak very cleanly. Awesome beer.


 GAManiac (1120), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Batch 3 bomber. Pours a hazy caramel brown that shows a bright orange when held up to light. The head is tight and creamy, leaving spotty lacing along the sides. The aroma is very sweet with tons of candi sugar and dark fruit, especially raisins. There is also a toasted bread malt present mixed with some caramel and vanilla. The taste is sweet as well with a sugary fruit presence up front which gives way to the big caramel malt backbone. The finish is sticky with some vanilla and even some spices. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with good carbonation and slightly slick, coating the tongue with the sugary flavors. All in all, it’s a decent Belgian style ale but not one I would go back to again.


 killjoy966 (215), Washington, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 16, 2009  
Batch 3: Clean and pleasant-looking. Nice copper color. I’ve never had either of the two Salvation beers this is made up of so I don’t know how accurate a blending this is, but tastes good enough to stand on its own. It’s funny that I thought this was a sour (or at least half-sour) ale. Lots of warm fuzzies in my mouth. Banana, caramel, almost creamy texture. Tastes pretty good.



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