Avery Out of Bounds Stout

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Dry Stout
Boulder, Colorado USA

Pours a deep, dark, mahogany/black with a creamy, khaki head that settles rocky and laces well. A thick, milkshake/milk chocolate aroma complements the roastiness of the malts. A little thin in the mouth but silky nonetheless. Flavor shows more coffee than anything, with bittersweet chocolate chiming in at the end. Much better as it warms, so don’t be too hasty in drinking this one.

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Bottle. Poured a dark thin black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate and coffe. Taste is sweet with a coffe finish.

Pours dark, but not so much that it wont let light pass through. Aroma is soft, and suttle with chocolate, coffee, dark malts. Flavor is the same but, again, not heavy. I like this because it doesnt drown you in an excessive amount of alcohol.

Pours black with a light, large head. Strong aromas of coffee, cream, and chocolate. Relatively light mouth feel with a creamy, mouth feel. Strong flavors of coffee, chocolate, and hop bitters blast forward. Pretty heavy-handed, not the heaviest thing I’ve ever had, but not bad.

Bottled. Beer is very dark brown,nearly opaque, head is large, frothy, light brown. Diminishes mostly into a cling of lace, a ring around the glass and a mist.<P> The aroma is malty with a moderate note of smokey roasted grain, chocolate, dark coffee; Hoppy with moderate notes of resin/pine; Yeasty with light notes of dough, basement, trace of dirty dish rag; Nice, chewy and warm.<P> The flavor is moderately bitter, moderately sweet, lightly acidic with a long, lightly bitter, lightly sweet, lightly acidic finish.<P> The body is full, the texture is velvety and the carbonation is lively.

The 12 ounce bottle poured an almost black beverage with a smooth creamy average sized tan head that was mostly lasting and left great lacing on the glass. The aroma was big. There were prominent notes of roasted barley and cherries with more subtle hints of leather, grass and molasses. The body was medium with a slightly sharp carbonation and a somewhat watery texture. The flavor starts lightly bitter and the bitterness grows through the middle to a moderate level and then stays there through the medium finish.

Black, with slight brown edge and a fine and nicely tanned head. Classic stout with coffee, bitter chocolate, hops and slight taosted taste. Very nice balance between bitterness and sweetness. Almost english in style!

Pretty dark, but not super thick or chewy. Really not much sweetness in this brew, just some coffee or dark chocolate hints. Very straight up roasty flavors with a hop kick. Finishes extremely dry. At times almost seems a little watery. It is an alright stout, but definitely is not my favorite.