Sea Dog Riverdriver Hazelnut Porter

2006 x-mas gift from Amy. pours dark brown with a huge tan head that takes up 2/3 of the glass. the head settles down quickly and sticks around forever. aroma mostly frangelico and piney green hops. aroma doesnt blend to well. sweet hazelnut flavor with a hint of chocolate and spicy piney hops in the background. bitter spicy piney finish with a bit of chocolate and nuts. thin and fizzy. interesting beer...just not done very well.

12 oz bottle into an English Pint glass. Pours a mily dark brown to black color with a tan head. The aroma is incredibly sweet in the artificial hazlenut field with a bit of dark chocolate roastiness inside it. The flavor is better than expected. Starting in a sweet dark malt world, it brings out a fairly sweet hazlenut roasted sense before pushing into a lightly bittered hop and tiny coffeeish end. Kind of roasted/burnt aftertaste. Much better than expected, though I’m still not one for artificial flavoring.

Pours a clear, dark mahogany (more red than brown) with a khaki head that is thick but appears a little oily when it settles. Aroma of chocolaty breakfast cereals (like Cocoa Puffs and Cocoa Krispies) before a stronger roastiness pushes through. Flavor also finds a background of chocolate, but the fore is all burnt and nutty tasting. Could be hazelnut... hard to tell.

<font size=-4>Single 12 oz. bottle from <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/><a href=http://www.traderjoes.com/index.html>Trader Joe’s, Orland Park, IL 60462</font>

Bottles. Billowy froth laden dark tan head. Aroma roasty malt. Flavor was akin to a brown nut ale more than a porter. Definitely full bodied mouth feel. Nice dry crisp roast hazelnut aftertaste. Very enjoyable. I’d drink it again.

very rich color as it poured created a very substantial head. I can’t really smell the hazelnut and can’t really taste the hazelnut. A very fine porter

Pours pretty much black with a decent off white head. Aroma is very nutty with a light mix of coffee and chololate. Flavor is bitter roasted nust and mild coca. Seemed a little watery.

bottle. Pours clear dark brown with a medium tan head. Aroma of toasted malts, hazelnut and a bit of chocolate and coffee. Hits the front pallete nicely with a creamy nutty flavor but then quickly goes downhill with burnt malts and stale coffee with a bit of acidity hitting at the end. A little runny.

The aroma is very nice. It’s incredibly nutty with lots of hazelnuts and toasted malt. There is also chocolate which adds to the sweet nose. The appearance is red-brown with an average head. The flavor is bitter but it’s mostly sweet with lots of nuts and chocolate. The palate is thin with a hazelnut coffee finish. This is a really good porter except for being thin on the palate. I love the addition of hazelnut flavor.