Deviation
Avery Brewing Company
- From:
- Avery Brewing Company
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- European Strong Lager
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 13, 2008
- Added:
- Mar 13, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by ccrida from Oregon
3.88/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Deviation is a four-barrel one-off of the Salvation recipe, fermented with a lager yeast (the brewers at the pub I chatted with weren't sure which strain off hand). Served in a small nonic on draught at Avery's tasting room, Deviation is a cloudy pale gold with a medium sized white head that leaves heavy lace.
Smell is soft, this is a lager served on the colder side of course, grainy, some sugar, perhaps a touch of wheat. Also a whiff of alcohol.
Taste is pretty average strong lager, grainy but on the cleaner side, with a strong alcohol presence. Pretty good, but really lacking complexity compared to the Belgian yeast version, making the ABV seem a bit vulgar.
Mouthfeel is dry and a bit crisp, although make no mistake, it takes a lot of sugars for a beer this big. Still, it has a medium-light body.
Drinkability is good for a strong lager, but I can't help but constantly compare this to Salvation, in which case it is pretty much sub par in all regards.
Mar 13, 2008Smell is soft, this is a lager served on the colder side of course, grainy, some sugar, perhaps a touch of wheat. Also a whiff of alcohol.
Taste is pretty average strong lager, grainy but on the cleaner side, with a strong alcohol presence. Pretty good, but really lacking complexity compared to the Belgian yeast version, making the ABV seem a bit vulgar.
Mouthfeel is dry and a bit crisp, although make no mistake, it takes a lot of sugars for a beer this big. Still, it has a medium-light body.
Drinkability is good for a strong lager, but I can't help but constantly compare this to Salvation, in which case it is pretty much sub par in all regards.
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