Mike Loves Beer

Name – Collaboration Not Litigation Ale
Country – United States
Type – Belgian Strong Dark

Appearance – Poured a hazy rusty red color with a nice sized head that laced the glass a great deal.

Smell – Very sweet malt smells picking up apples, raisins, caramel and grapes.

Taste – Pretty right on with the smell.  Mostly the same sweet flavors and really no noticeable hop taste.

This was Batch #2 and bottle in February 2008 from Avery and Russian River for this collaborative brew.  Very complex smell and taste with a lot going on.  Probably the fact that it is already over a year old the hops have just kind of died off in the beer.

Overall Grade – B+