Collaboration Not Litigation Ale

Release Party is Friday, February 5th and features a FOUR YEAR VERTICAL TASTING!

It all started back in the early aughts, when Vinnie Cilurzo, of Russian River Brewing, and Adam Avery, of Avery Brewing, met at the Great American Beer Festival. After becoming friends the two soon realized that each brewed a beer called Salvation; Avery’s a Belgian Golden Ale and Cilurzo’s a Belgian Strong Ale.

Preferring a creative solution to their naming conflict, the two brewers chose to blend their respective brews together–and continue with brewing the brews individually, we should add–to create a new and increasingly complex libation that captured the unique qualities of each beer. After a collaborative brew session in late 2006, Batch #1 of Collaboration Not Litigation Ale was born and bottled at Avery Brewing in February of 2007.

Separate brews of our respective Salvations–each brewed and fermented in strict accordance with the brewers original recipe–were blended and bottled earlier this week as Collaboration Not Litigation Ale.

A Tapping Party and four-year vertical tasting is scheduled for Friday, February 5th from 5-8PM to mark the release of Batch #4 and to celebrate the fruitful relationship between Avery Brewing and Russian River Brewing. Rob Rosser will be on hand serving his famous fish tacos ($4 each) and we’ll be unveiling another Friday Special Tapping, so plan to spend a whole night at the Avery Tap Room!

Look for Collaboration Not Litigation Ale in 22oz bottles and on tap throughout CO and across the nation beginning in February 2010. Suggested retail price is $8 per bottle.

Collaboration Not Litigation Ale Tapping Party: Four-Year Vertical Tasting At the Avery Tap Room
Friday, February 5th, from 5-8 PM
FREE ADMISSION!