Avery Collaboration Not Litigation

	Percentile
	93
	overall

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
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on tap
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Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
723	3.63/5.0	3.63/5.0	Special	8.97%	83.1	Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Commercial Description:
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

Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?
YourDarkLord (1800), Urbana, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/10 3/5 6/10 3/5 11/20
Apr 21, 2008
Was not impressed. Nice backstory to the beer. Good to see breweries joining forces. Wish the beer was as good as the story. Cloudy brown body with a small beige head. Malt, brown sugar, alcohol, toffee in the nose. Same elements in the flavor with the addition of apple. Was not the sum of its parts.

tomciccateri (514), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/10 3/5 5/10 4/5 14/20
Apr 21, 2008
’07 bottle. smooth moutfeel, fruitycharacter with an even dry/sweet malt balance. Impressive compoments but no-impressive results this time.

kyzr (1123), Belgrade, Montana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/10 4/5 7/10 4/5 14/20
Apr 20, 2008
Thick brown pour with brown head. Nose sweet with fruit. Flavor is somewhat sweet with a little fruit and malt. Very smooth texture and was suprised by the alcohol. It is well hidden with the creamy texture. Nice clean finish.

dolemite77 (184), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/10 3/5 7/10 3/5 16/20
Apr 20, 2008
Pours muddy brown, with a quickly diminishing head... not the best way to start this one out, given as I was pretty stoked to try this gimmick from two great breweries. Aroma is sticky sweet fruit. Flavor is spicy, nice and tangy on the tongue. A bit too carbonated for me. The hops aren’t at the forefront, but there is an earthiness that you can attribute to them in there somewhere.

polomagnifico (534), Saginaw, Michigan, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/10 4/5 8/10 4/5 16/20
Apr 20, 2008
Big thanks to ucusty for this one. Bottle. Aroma has notes of yeast, malt, banana, bread, dark fruit. Above average sized off-white head that mostly lasted and left some lace. Deep amber brown hue. Flavor is sweet yeast, bread, candi malt, dark fruit, pineapple, spice. Palate is medium bodied with a little more than soft carbonation. A good one thats right on the money in every category.

chicagodri (1057), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/10 3/5 8/10 3/5 17/20
Apr 19, 2008
Had it on tap at Handlebar in Chicago . Pours a dark brown with an off white head. Mild aroma with typical Belgian yeast smell, some dark fruit, and spices. Goes down smooth and is very drinkable, especially for a 9% brew. Very good.

drjay44 (791), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/10 5/5 7/10 4/5 15/20
Apr 17, 2008
All the spice variables you could want. Allspice, mace, cardomon, nutmeg, they are here for you to identify. What a magical thing is a bit of sugar and the proper yeast.

ajm (932), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/10 4/5 8/10 4/5 16/20
Apr 16, 2008 Updated: Jun 9, 2008
Bottle at Lucky Baldwin’s. Last time, I noted "Pretty standard notes of lemon, yeast and candi sugar." The second time, I found a very likeable citric hoppiness, not unlike Dreadnaught. Very smooth, quite grapefruity (hint of blood orange), mild yeast for edge. Had the notable grungy flavor of a RR creation, which I appreciate.

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