Odell Cutthroat Porter

Brewed by Odell Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

An average porter: roasted malts, a little too sour. Dark body, small head. Good cocoa-notes in the aroma, but it doens’t come out in the flavor much. Generally pretty bland, but it will work pretty well with food, say, with dinner (supper).

Mountain Brewers Beer Fest 2006. Lack of appearance judging reflects opaque plastic sampling cup. The good news is that it smells and tastes very much like coffee. The bad news is that’s about it. Too thin for a porter.

Good looking very dark brown beer. This one is very close to being black. Decent sized head with thin webby lacing. Not a ton of stick. Sweet coffee smell and dark chocolate smell and taste. Good hoppy balance in the finish. This is a highly drinkable porter.

Courtesy BeerandBlues2. Rich looking very dark beer with a thin cream head. Aroma is very chocolaty and sweet with a hint of bitterness. Roasted and chocolate flavours. Like the aroma the flavour is skewed strongly to chocolate. Probably needs a tray of cheese to go with it. Creamy mouth feel. 2007 sampled another bottle and lowered the rating seemed thin and light, more of a sessional brown than solid porter.

Thanks to beerhandy for this one - a pretty standard porter - roasty, with a dry, mineral quality - lactose, some hints of cocoa - light bodied for a porter - a good session beer.

Courtesy of Schwaiger. <!-- P --> Roasted malt, chocolate, some very mild burnt grain notes and an even milder smoked elelment. Dark brown body holds a mostly lasting thumb thick and creamy tan head. Fore is roast-bitter with an almost lactose/oatmeal creaminess, mild chocolate notes, faint coffee and some trace candy caramel notes. Pretty tasty and well done.

12 oz bottle. Spend some time with this beer and you’ll appreciate a lot more of what’s there. Lovely aroma. Typical chocolate and coffee (some espresso), but there’s so much more in there. Old saddle soap, and some smoldering leaf piles. Not smokey per se, but this definitely gives the impression of fall, the earthy smells of a quite midwestern town on a rainy Sunday morning before anyone wakes up. Add a slighty burned oatmeal cookie with chocolate and butterscotch chips and you’ll begin to understand what this beer is all about. Black with a large, mostly diminishing toasty head with excellent lacing. Flavors of chocolate and coffee and smoked meat. Very smooth and drinkable, but would have scored higher if it was a bit thicker. My first thought with this porter was, "Wow, that’s really something." A fine example of a classic porter that does everything well.

On tap at their tasting room. One of my favorites by Odell...smooth toasted malt taste. Not too heavy, very drinkable. Slightly bitter finish.