Venn Brewing American Porter

Venn Brewing Batch 107 (return of batch 9) American Porter. 6.5 % ABV. Venn Brewing, Minneapolis, MN.

Dark brown, nearly black, cocoa-tinged head.

In the nose: coffee, cocoa, rich dark malts. Right on the money for the style. Or, as they say these days, "on point."

In the mouth: Nice hop forward flavors up front, bright and citrus-y, up against the roasty dark malts. More cocoa, more espresso, much more malts. Little bit of dark fruit lingers below, cherries and berries and such. Medium body. Easy drinker.

Absolutely lovely porter, finished that crowler in no time.

I was a little confused about whether I'd had the beer before. Now that this brewery has reached it's goal of producing 100 individual batches of 100 different beers in under a year, they are returning to re-brew some of the old ones. And using current batch number, but letting us know which batch it's repeating. That's helpful. And it seems that I have had this before, on my initial visit, in late December. I called it "nearly perfect." I still think so.

Milk chocolate, coffee, nuts.
Venn’s take on a traditional American Porter.

Malts: Maris Otter, Munich, Pale Chocolate, Oats, Caramel 60, Chocolate, Victory.
Hops: Warrior.
Yeast: American Ale.