New World Porter - Avery Brewing Company

Dantes

New Jersey

4.2/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Package: 12oz. crowned brown bottle. No date or ABV information on label. Blurb describes beer as “A traditional porter- big, black and bold- with a twist...It’s dry-hopped!” The label also depicts an “antique-style” map of North and South America.

Cost: Acquired via trade

Presentation: Shaker pint at ~50º

Appearance: A very dark brown body with ruby tints when held to the light. Generates quite a generous, rocky head, that’s surprisingly light-colored.

Smell: Strong but balanced, with a dark roasted grainy framework, with substantial hoppy notes, tobacco tar, and coffee bitterness. Quite complex.

Taste: There’s quite a lot going on with this beer. First, the dry-hopping really seems to work, with much of it appearing in the nose, while just the right amount finds its way into the symphony of flavors. This beer is founded on the substantial, roasted malt base, yielding nice coffee-like flavors, with hints of chicory, nuts, tarry tobacco, and blackstrap molasses. Heaped on top of this is the expected hoppiness tempered with some gentle, fruity, almost brown-ale-like sweetness. Maybe I didn’t find the hops so strident or citrusy because I love fuggles (an ironic hop for a “New World” porter). Finishes strongly like a porter should.

Mouthfeel: Perhaps a bit too carbonated for me, resulting in a little thinness. In this respect, it fails to match a world-class porter like Fuller’s.

Drinkability: A really enjoyable, nice-drinking porter. Little alcohol impact. One of the better choices in one of my favorite style categories.

Backwash: I’m very surprised that so many people find this to be so hoppy (or too hoppy); or think it is so stout-like. I found this to be the opposite. It’s not as viscous or sweet as Fuller’s or as hoppy as Smutty’s Robust Porter. Maybe it's the technique, or the blend of hops; but the dry-hopping works for me here. A nice blend of the old and the new.

Serving type: bottle

06-15-2004 21:22:07 | More by Dantes

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