Avery Salvation

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

Bottle at The Avery Experience. Pours gold with a small frothy white head. Banana yeast and wheat with grain malts and fruit hop, some apricot notes. Sweet caramel malt and banana yeast with a cinnamon and nutmeg spice and fruit hop finish. Medium bodied and fizzy.

Poured a clear golden with a small head. Aroma of floral hops and tea. Flavor of alcohol and some tea. A bit dry with some orange as well.

Clear copper color with smallish sized white head. Very mild for a Belgian Strong where upon the taste is more malty than yeasty. A lot of funky flavors going on here and most are hidden behind the big alcohol flavor. Tastes more like a barleywine than a Belgian.

A very good and recommended Belgian Strong Ale. A medium sized off-white head that was creamy and smooth with fine-small sized bubbles that mostly diminished. The body was slightly hazy and softly carbonated with an orange-golden hue. The nose was malty, fruity, banana, spicy, cinnamon and some clove notes. The flavor was malty, spicy and fruity with a smooth and slightly thin mouthfeel. This was a medium bodied beer with good lacing.

Pours a rich golden brown. Small off-white head. Nose has hop pininess, ripened fruit, and spice. Definite malt and fruit notes interspersed with hops in the taste. Maybe peach mixed with light pine. Pleasantly smooth mouthfeel. Indeed this is hoppier than any Belgian style beer I can think of off-hand. This would be NICE if aged for a few years. Nevertheless, quality stuff from Avery!

Picked up at Whole Foods in Austin, Tx. Dark golden to light amber colored pour, solid, thick white head. Aroma of spearmint, cotton candy and bubble gum. Flavor has some of the same accents wirh some toffee like malty sweetness - quite delectable. Mouthfeel is thick and creamy, coats the mouth. Finish is strong - lets you know you just had a 9% ABV beer, but is hidden well. Another stellar product from Avery.

22 oz bottle. Clear light orange color with a foamy white head that laced the glass. Smells of banana, nutmeg, alcohol, and dried fruits. Sweet, vinous, and effervescent. Flavor follows the aroma with the addition of yeasty bread dough and a sprinkle of black pepper. Only detractor is a slight metallic note at the end.

22oz bottle. Pours a light straw with a generous foaming head. The arroma is light and fruit filled. The taste is smooth and light with a hoppy finish. Malt is almost absent from this brew, which clearly makes it a golden belgian strong. The smoothness of this beer is only interuptted by the slightly off putting bitter aftertaste.