I was at the Flagstaff Quickstop for a Stone tasting this weekend*, that might sound weird but the little market's owner is working to make it one of the better beer shops in town. While I was there I noticed the Avery New World Porter and Out of Bounds Stout. Once I noticed the New World Porter was dry hopped I knew I'd be buying that first.

The beer has a very deep ruby color bordering on black. It was filtered at the brewery for while it was dry hopped it is a clear beer with none of the tell tale hop remnants in suspension. The chocolate and black patent malt make their appearance in the aroma and dominate, but the hop character is not really apparent. The flavor is really delicious, I am not a big robust porter fan normally but I'd make room in my frig for this beer again. The dry hopping gives is a bit of an herbal character and it balances out the stronger character of roasted character. The creamy brown foam of the head is long lasting in the glass and provides a pleasant creaminess to the palette. New World Porter is interesting in that dry hopping while not obvious in the flavor helps provide balance to make this a great sessionable beer.

* Just for the record I did also grab some fine Stone beer.