Avery New World Porter

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Boulder, Colorado USA

Poured from Bottle into Pint glass. Pours a dark brown with light ruby colored edges and has a finger of rich beige colored head that dissolves into a lasting layer around the glass. Very classy presentation. Aroma is full of roasted malts and a lot of smoke. Flavor is piney hop bitterness upfront with some roasted malts and ends up smokey with a light lasting bitterness. Its a light- to medium-bodied beer that is booming with flavor. There really isn’t any "searching" for flavors in this beer, its all pretty in your face. Just the way I like it. Very well done. The aroma almost reminds me of a light Alaskan Smoked Porter.

12 oz bottle purchased as a single at Metcalf 135th. Pour is deep dark brown, hazed with some ruby showing through. Well formed three inch khaki head is quite lasting. Falls with thick sheets of lace. Pretty in the glass. Aroma of toasted, roasty malt and a fresh dose of pine hops. Also some resin and light earthiness. Unique nose, for certain. Taste is big initial pine hops, leading directly into the roast malt. Really bright and clear flavors. Tast finishes with more hop bitterness, and the long after taste is really pronounced, almost like Gin. Hops are a huge component of this beer, for certain. The palate is medium to thin, really easy to drink. As mentioned, the finish is long, piney and dry. Fun beer.

On Tap. Very decent porter with good aroma and a great hoppy flavor.Caramel and chocolate flavors do not really come across as well.

Pours dark brown with thin white head. Smells of choc and coffee with some bitter hops. Tastes more of hops and bitter than choc coffee. Tasted side by side with Bells Porter and like Bells better.

This is a very interesting porter. I thought the agressive dry hopping would turn me off, as I like the traditional approach to this style, but to my surprise, it really worked. It pours a very dark brown with a small light brown head. The aroma is chocolate, fruit, yeast, coffee, and citrus hops. The taste is chocolate, coffee, and wood. The hops add a resinous, earthy quality that complements the roasted finish. I liked it a lot.

12 oz. bottle. Pours dark brown with a moderate-large tan head that lasted until mid-glass and left partial lace. Light aroma of roasted malt along with some pine notes. The flavor is mild roasted malt up front followed by a large dose of pine. Bitter hoppy finish. This one just doesn’t do it for me. There is not nearly enough of the traditional porter characteristics to carry this off. Disappointing.

Bottle. Pours a nice dark brown with a medium beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, mild caramel and burnt toast. Taste is pretty nice and complex. Chocolate, and burnt toast flavor with that nice hoppy presence. A very nice and complex palate, a pretty nice porter for the price.

12oz bottle 5/26/09 (Courtesy of RSRIZZO)-Pours black with a nice two finger tight tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, hops, and coffee. Taste of hops, chocolate, coffee, and malt. This medium bodied brew is very well balanced and a nice take on a porter.