Avery New World Porter

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

12 oz bottle. chocolate, tasty, some coffe, caramel, medium body. not a bad porter.

This is a delicious porter, the hoppy finish is very resemblant of an imperial stout. Very well balanced. It should be called an imperial porter

Pours dark brown, almost completely black in the glass, with a thin white head, good lacing. Odor of coffee, chocolate, caramel, pine and grass. Medium body, slightly crisp, and a touch dry. The flavor mirrors the aroma; lots of depth in the malt, well balanced by an assertive, but not overstated bitterness.

Darker brown with a roasty aroma that has some light hops. Flavor is roasty with some coffee and chocolate plus a decent hoppiness. Not bad, just kinda average for an American porter.

Dark brown with a creamy beige head, nice lacing. Nose has significant hop in grass, also some roasted oat, fruit, and licorice. Favor is equally as enjoyable, lots of roasted malt, sweet fruit, milk, and hints of smoke. The smoke and roasted malt continue through the long, milky finish. With warmth the hops emerge, combining with the roast bitterness to balance the creamy sweetness. Very enjoyable from any aspect, but I think it’s the complexity, not the balance, that sets it apart.

Pours medium to dark ruby tinted brown with a 3 finger chunky, tan head that has great retention and leaves nice lacing. Aroma is citrus, pine, caramel, chocolate, a little coffee, toffee, roast and a little vanilla. Flavor is roast, chocolate, pine, toast, dark caramel, a little citrus, some spice, a hint of char, dark coffee and grass. Finish is very hoppy with citrus, bitter pine and a little grass, along with some coffee and mince meat. Palate is medium to thin, somewhat oily and slightly over carbonated with an off dry finish. Not bad, really if you have ever wondered what it would taste like if you mixed a Porter and an IPA together to a, say... 3/2 ratio... well here it is. Doesn’t necessarily fit together all that well but it is pretty interesting.

What a beautiful, billowing, tan head of foam! Wonderful retention. The initial aroma smack me in the head with hops. Dry hopped IPA like hops. This is quickly followed by chocolate. Hops hit taste buds up front and are backed up by more traditional dark, toasty,robust porter flavors but the finish is hop. Quite a fun and tasty porter much along the lines of Sierra Nevada Porter.

Bottle. Almost black thin body, with a small brown head. Aroma is chocolate, hops, and roasted malts. Flavor is coffee hops, roasted malts. It has a nice bitter aftertaste. Smooth.