Anderson Valley Deep Enders Dark Porter

Brewed by Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Style: Porter
Boonville, California USA

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.

Growler from Half-Time. Pours a brown dark enough that it borders on black, without much of a head. Wonderful aroma including ample smoke, toasted malt, roasted coffee, and chocolate notes. Body is a little thin, but still ample enough to support the reinforcement of many of the aromas present, finishing lightly bitter almost like a high cocoa chocolate. Excellent stuff.

On tap at Bier Stein. NIce brown color with a small white head that wasn’t long for this world. Nice coffee aroma with a malt profile to it and some chocolate as well. Flavor was more chocolate, a little too much malt and carbonation and very much thinner than I would have liked from a porter, but not a bad outing. Second straight dissapointing beer from AV though after a long string of winners for me.

22 oz bottle poured into a snifter has a brown color and a thin fizzy head that fell quickly. aroma has light burnt coffee, roasted malt, dark chocolate, and faint alcohol. soft light mouth feel with minimal carbonation. flavor has minimal roast with the coffee and chocolate, slight bitters, and a little figs. a little underwhelming and lacking in the porter department.

Pours a deep brown/black with a creamy long lasting head that leaves streaks of tan lace. Aroma of dark roasted malt, light coffee and chocolate. Flavor of all of the above, with some dark ripe fruit. Sweet chocolatey finish. Creamy and palate coating. Pretty good stuff!

22 ounce bottle on clearance at Half Time (for who knows how long) split in pint glass. Black with nice puffy tan head and lotsa lace. Mild roasted chocolate aroma with spicy fruit. Mild roasted chocolate with very fruity fig and spicy flavors. Medium-light body and medium -low carbo excellent mouthfeel (drank warm). Fairly complex but a little extra fruity.

Pours dark borwn with a nice tan head. Smells of chocolate, earthy, some roasted malt. Tastes chocolatey and spicy with some with some nice roasted pepper hints. Very enjoyable.

Brown with a thin tan head. Aroma of deep roasted malts, coffee and a touch of sourness. Taste of roasted malt, mild chocolate with a lasting bitter finish. Nothing special here.