Anderson Valley Deep Enders Dark Porter

Pour is a black with a little red shining thru. Aroma is had you coffee-chocolate combo but very faint. Flavor also has some earthyness and roasted malts but oveall quite watery. Very easy to drink with nothing offensive. I’ve had better.

Bottle. Pours black with a nice frothy tan head. Nose is roasted malt, coco powder. Sweet roasted malt flavors with s nice dark chocolate tone. Medium bodied smooth beer. Enjoyable.

MN Ratebeer Winter Gathering, January 10, 2009. Black color with a thin head. Light malt and sugary aroma. Taste is about the same. Much sweeter than most porters.

Black. Standard roasted malt aroma with a medium palate. A very drinkable, and ordinary porter. Well roasted malt.

Tasted 1/8/09. 22oz bomber. Dark and opaque with a layer of khaki head. Fudge and caramel in the nose with a touch toast and earthy. Medium bodied with a good malts and a mildly dry finish. Toasty and a bit buttery. Rather smooth with moderate acidity. A pleasant sweetness in the mildly cloying, sticky finish. Just not quite enough body. Not bad, just not enough...

Last beer sampled at MN Gathering II and shared by Badgerben. From a 22-oz bomber pours a dark cola brown brew with a thin off-white head that quickly dissipates to a fine film and white ring. Aroma of toasted dark malt, chocolate, a hint of roasted coffee and even some smoked wood. Taste is medium bodied, some carbonation with flavors of roasted dark malt, chocolate coffee and some dark pitted fruits. Finish has a light bitterness with a toasted dark malt and floral hop aftertaste.

22oz bottle. Very dark pour, a little red showing through with a light tan head. Light roasty aroma. Light roasted flavor as well, very drinkable, but not much else going on here.

Bottle from Monument. Pours a cola brown with tannish head. Flavor is slightly sweet, roasty and malty as a good porter should be. Ends on an almost smoky note.