Collaboration Not Litigation
Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.07
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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
Batch 4 (February 2010) - 8.91% ABV
Batch 5 (January 2011) - 8.91% ABV
Batch 1 (January 2007) - 8.99% ABV
Batch 2 (February 2008) - 8.72% ABV
Batch 3 (February 2009) - 8.97% ABV
Batch 4 (February 2010) - 8.91% ABV
Batch 5 (January 2011) - 8.91% ABV
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours almost clear golden orange with a lacing tan head. Aroma is dense hoppy with mild spice notes and seem rather dry. Medium sweet caramel malty base flavour with a solid hoppy fruity flavour on top. Mild wooden notes and lending towards a more spiced palate. Mild spiced finish with a little bite and alcohol warmth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2008
at 13:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
@Richmond/Williamsburg Gathering-22 oz bottle shared by LooseCannon/Ron-pours a light tan head and hazy amber color. Aroma is very sweet medium malt, fruit. Taste is dry with some sweet medium malt, fruit, copper hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2008
at 08:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
22 ounce bottle shared by LooseCannon at the 2008 Richmond Summer Gathering in Williamsburg. Thanks Ron! Brown pour with a medium head. Big malty aroma with dark fruits, caramel and grain. Malty taste with notes of dark fruits, chocolate, caramel and an understated hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2008
at 17:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Deep, slightly hazy, amber colour, mediumsized slightly off-white fluffy head. Aroma is caramel malts, some hops, slight notes of grass and overall quite sweet. Flavour is alcohol, caramel malts, some hops and mild notes of spices. A quite nice balance in the flavours.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2008
at 00:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle, 22oz, thx to Maria. A quite clear orange-golden beer, just some micro-floaties blurring it slightly. Nice, dense beige head. Caramel-sweet and slightly sourish on the nose. Sweet and fruity flavor with a lovely spicey touch, some beef-stock and a sourish flavor. Fullbodied and quite effervescent, and a sweet, fruity and a bit sourish (in a nice way) finish. Really pleasant one. (080412)
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2008
at 12:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur ambrée foncée et voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (agrumes, moyen de bananes), d’épices (clou de girofle, léger de coriandre et de poivre), malté de caramel et de sucre bonbon ainsi que moyen de houblon floral et légèrement herbeux avec des notes d’alcool. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture crémeuse. Goût de levures fruitées (agrumes, léger de bananes et de prunes, notes de raisins et de pommes) accompagné d’un goût assez épicé (clou de girofle, léger de coriandre) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel légèrement rôti, moyen de sucre bonbon et avec des traces de sucre brun ainsi qu’avec des notes de pain et de biscuits terreux. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve un léger goût d’alcool légèrement réchauffant jusqu’en finale, accompagné d’une moyenne amertume provenant d’un goût de houblon floral et herbeux ainsi qu’un léger-moyen goût de levures épicées (poivre). Post-goût long et moyen-sec, moyennement amer de houblon floral et herbeux, de levures fruitées (zest d’agrumes, pelures de bananes, de pommes et de prunes, petites notes de moût de raisins), léger-moyen d’alcool et avec des notes épicées (poivre doux).
Tried
on 10 Jun 2008
at 20:13
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 66cl @ Thisted Tasting by Maria.. Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, grape. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (120408)
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2008
at 07:17
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Batch #2. Feb 2008. Pours dark copper with off white head. Nice lacing. Aromas of Belgian yeast, candy sugar, some spices (clove?). Flavor is mildly sweet and malty. Finishes slightly bitter. Medium body with lively carbonation. OK for an American Belgian style ale. I was expecting more from these two brewers. I wouldn’t buy this again.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Mar 2008
at 21:31