Odell Cutthroat Porter

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

Bottled. Near black. Rich aroma of licorice and aniseed. Earthy and dryish, wonderfully concentrated flavours of coffee, juice and dark chocolate. The soft mouthfeel makes all the flavours melt on the tongue. All this is accomplished despite the low gravity, making it a very drinkable beer. Possibly my favourite on Stockholm Beer Festival 2005!

dark black in color, nice lasting creamy off-white head that leaves a sticky lacing in my glass, roasty chocolate-coffee aromas. Roasted burnt chocolate coffee flavors, nice bitter-sweet flavors, good roasted bitterness in the finish. Medium body with a full, soft and creamy mouthfeel, I am really impressed with this brewery so far, a great porter.

It it wrong to love a beer? I hope not. I think I’m in love. A clean, thick pour from the bottle (thanks Slothgar T!), with a dark tan head that’s thick and sits. Opaque plum-black in color. Hints of dark rye, mild coffee, and dark chocolate on nose. Flavor is a crisp dark chocolate. A great dark porter.

Weird: has the beer changed or was I loony in my previous rating, waxing of vanilla, caramel and fruit? I still think this is great but my current sampling is nothing like that (Personally I think the beer is the same I was the who was off). Near opaque but showing a dark red, with med beige head that lasted well, with light lacing. Aroma was moderate, but hinted at bittersweet chocolate and roasted malt. Flavor is more bittersweet chocolate, perhaps a hint of smoke or tobacco to go with roasted malt, and a definite dry finish - as dry a beer as I've had. Very drinkable, a great session porter.

This is an awesome porter, a must for porter fans, like me. Smooth and velvety full-bodied mouthfeel. Plenty of rich chocolate and coffee flavors, nicely balanced with bursts of hops. Funny, it’s geographically brewed between the East and West coasts. Stylistically, that makes sense, since it fits between a drier, maltier Eastern style and hopped-up, bigger Western one.

Looks beautiful, smell beautiful, coffee, chocolate, malt, roasting love, tastes great, better than most porters, dark and rich - the best porter in Colorado. In winter, it’s in the top 5.

Jet black with a highly viscous pour to it. Attractive 1/2’ thick tan head. Aroma of chocolate and caramel with flavors of cocoa and espresso. Very rich and this porter is a borderline stout. Thanks Indra!

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.