Avery Out of Bounds Stout

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

Roasted malt aroma, dark black color. Burnt, bitter flavor, overpowers the maltyness. Very rich but a little bitter for my taste.

12 oz bottle. Noticed last reviewer said there was a frothy head. I didn’t get that at all... indeed very little head to speak of. The aroma was deep chocolate, which followed with the robust taste. The first taste was full of the alcohol, but second swallow mellowed nicely, definitely chocolate and roasted coffee. Very nice stout indeed.

12-oz. bottle. Pours black with a huge frothy dark brown head, mostly lasting with excellent lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (molasses, burnt, nutty), light hops (celery), average yeast (leather) with notes of tar and vanilla. Full bodied, sticky texture, lively carbonation and a chalky finish. Long duration, light sweetness and acidity, moderate bitterness; heavy roasted malt flavor with tar, molasses and dark chocolate.

12oz bottle, courtesy of Crosling. Thanks, Nick! Pours a dark black center with brown edges; medium tan head with patchy lacing. Light, chewy aroma: marshmallow, vanilla, and hints of milk chocolate. Medium mouthfeel: toasty vanilla, roasted malts, and creamy milk chocolate; citrus hops peeking through; not a lot of complexity, but very drinkable and well-roasted. Dry, milk chocolate finish.

12oz - Brown liquid with thin, limp tan head, no nose, noearly no carbonation. Smoke and tobacco notes. A second bottle was the same. I’ll stick with the Storm King or Frostbite.

Bottle from crosling. Black as can be with strong black bitter coffee aroma. Acually looks like black coffee. Tan head with good lacing. The taste was of strong bitter coffee with slight fizzy carbonation. Good body for a stout but just too bitter for me.

Pours dark brown/black, with a medium sized brownish head. Aroma is chocolate, cofee, and a slight sweet malt presence. The flavor is medium bodied with a decent amount of carbonation. Slight hints of a floral hoppiness is totally overun by the roasted malt and chocolate and toffee. A decent offering, but definately not great

Bottled. A pitch black beer with a bubbly thick dark brown head. The aroma is powerful with the strongest notes being chocolate and hops, but also with lighter notes of roasted malt, coffee, and hints of berries. The flavor is sweet and extremely dry, like ground cocoa beans combined with notes of dark bitter dessert chocolate, prunes, roasted malt, a bit of coffee, and citrusy notes from the hops. The end is quite bitter, both from hard roasted malt and the hops, and the cocoa and citrusy hoppy notes lingers for a long time. Nice.