Avery Salvation

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

Aroma is all Belgian yeast. Clear golden body with dissipating white head. Flavor is spicy and yeasty; with contrasting malt sweetness. It’s a bit thin on the tongue, not at all sticky or heavy, with just enough carbonation. The 9% is lost somewhere in all of this; its only appearance is in its effect. Delightful.

Shimmering gold pour with a creamy white head. Funky, spicy Belgian yeast aroma is quite fitting, but overpowers the sweet fruitiness that is present as well. The body is rich and thick, heavily malted from beginning to end. Baked apples, cinnamon, sweet pears are all there. There is a bit of an overload of hop bitterness in the finish, which seems a bit out of whack for the smooth style. Otherwise, pretty solid stuff that I would like to throw in the cellar for a few years.

Robe blonde dorée surmontée d’une mousse blanche en dentelle qui persiste. Arômes de levure, de sucre candi et de houblon aromatique. Saveurs de sucre candi, de levure, de fruits rouges, de pain et de houblon amérisant.

The aroma of wheat with a tangy citrus smell rises from the glass. The color resembles pumpkin cream and the head is nice sized. The entire mouth is seized by the bitter tangy wheat and grapefruit mixture as it flows over the tongue. The palate is reminded of the taste it just had for good portion of time.

(bottle) A cloudy orange beer with a small lacy head. A musty yeast aroma bright with sweet fruit (peach) and spice (nutmeg). Strong, multi-faceted flavor is very sweet with fruit upfront but it dries out with hops and alcohol on the way back; yeast and spice (pepper, coriander) are strong throughout. Full bodied and carbonation gives a soft mouthfeel. It’s definitely"big", but I like it.

Poured out a nice golden/orange with a decent size head.Aromas of fruit and yeast,also in the taste.This to me was a well done Belgian.

(05.28.06) One pint, 6 oz brown bottle from DiCarlo’s, Mundelein, IL. Poured hazy orange with small white head. No discernable carbonation. Fruity honey aroma. Medium-to-full bodied ale that starts with light malt sweetness and fruity/spicy flavors. Finished with light malt fade and some bitterness. Alcohol dangerously well hidden in this more-ish beer. Smooth and flavorful, this is an excellent ale.

Thanks to maniac for supplying some of this. Aroma is very tea like, light malts show through in the ending. Nice orange-brown colored body with a light white head. Taste is outstanding, great spices and lovely honey, light fruits as well. Hops and malt are present but they don’t define the taste characteristics. Excellent ending, tea characteristics show up again with some light hop endings.