Anderson Valley Deep Enders Dark Porter

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Boonville, California USA

bottle pours a nice rosy brown with an erect tan head that won’t go down. aroma is sawdust like with a weak chocolate touch. flavor is seltzer, swiss miss hot chocolate mix without marshmallows. a biting pine-ish bitter that ain’t bad, but i really want more from this. the flavor just leaves me wanting. it is like a good porter drunk too cold, but this is not too cold. it is just hollow, so much so i think i hear an echo.

This opens a bit gushy, all tall mocha brown head that takes awhile to settle down and allow any additions to the glass. A pleasant mix of light chocolate and coffee dominate the aroma, and the flavor is exactly what was promised from the aroma. Nothing out of the ordinary, just a good middle of the road Porter.

Poured a nearly opaque dark brown, forming a tall soapy dark tan head. The nose was of The nose was of thick coffee, toasted malts and a hint of chocolate sweetness. The taste started with chocolate and a bit of coffee; cutting acidity and roasty notes battle from mid to end; bitter roasted chocolate, mocha and some smoke in the back. The feel is right at medium, a touch dry on the finish. Drinkability is pretty good on this beer. Its not my favortie porter, but it is definately enjoyable.

Bottle. Blackish beer with a cocoa head. Sweet roasty malt aroma with some vanilla. Roasty, slightly astringent flavor with a bit of nuttiness. Medium body. Roast lingers.

Couleur brune foncée aux reflets rouge, belle formation de mousse. Poudre de cacao, fruits foncés et levure sont sous une quantité notable de houblon très vert. Saveurs de noisettes et de malt grillées et de chocolat. Carbonatation piquante, corps semi mince à moyen. Étalement de durée moyenne se terminant par le des saveurs de malt grillé. Semble relativement houblonnée pour le style.

beer pours a very dark brown that glows a deep red when held up to the light. big puffy brown head that retains and laces well. nose is a good mixture of sweet maltiness and a rich, chocolatey roastiness. flavor is nice and roasty/malty, without and dry-roasted astringency. very easy and fun to drink. this is a really good porter, with a nice complexity of sweet-roasted malts, and a nice little hop bight in the finish (Northern Brewer?)

Deep garnet brown pour with a fluffy, off-white head. Burnt licorice aroma with a hint of cocoa. Slightly metallic caramel flavor swirls with bitter chocolate, coffee, some raisins, with a glean of pacNW hops lingering around. Some carbonation in the mouthfeel. All in all pretty decent. Thanks to DarkElf for the bomber.

Practically opaque dark beer with a twinge of red, tiny carbonation bubbles but not "fizzy". Strong coffee and chocolate flavour, subtle aftertaste of chocolate and caramel. Nice porter.