1001 Beers

Beer No: 63
Page No: 89
Category: Amber

Well, this finally finishes off my Avery beers.  Truly a sad day.  Luckily, I have many more Maharaja's in the fridge and storage, so Avery will not be forgotten.

Today, I made my way out to my temperature-controlled storage to see what I had sitting there waiting for me to drink.  And while I'm happy all my Vertical Epics are sitting there, aging perfectly, I found some other, lesser beers that most likely did not age well at all.  It's these beers that I brought home with me to sample over the next few days.  Plus, I took one of the AleSmith Speedway Stouts from the early 2000's (I think it's either 2003 or 2004) (I have 3), and brought it home for the Stout Party on June 12th.

Back to this beer, it's got a really cool story behind it.  Both Avery and Russian River had beers named Salvation in their line-ups.  But instead of suing each other for the name, they got together, blended the two Salvations, and came up with Collaboration Not Litigation.  The resulting beer is a fruity marvel with a wonderful complexity and 9% ABV that really hits you (not in taste, just in warmth).

My review, cross-posted at RateBeer.com:

Avery Collaboration Not Litigation

Aroma: 7/10
Appearance: 4/5
Taste: 8/10
Palate: 4/5
Overall: 15/20

Rating: 3.8 / 5.0

Had from bottle from BevMo - Batch #4. Pours hazy orange / brown with slight white head. Aroma is very fruity - oranges, sugar, and malts. Flavor is more fruits - slightly alcoholic, strangely able to feel the ABV after a single bottle of beer. Had no idea why it was called Collaboration Not Litigation, but love to read the cool story. Very tasty, drinkable beer.