Sea Dog Riverdriver Hazelnut Porter

Brewed by Sea Dog Brewing (Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Style: Porter
Topsham, Maine USA

This is a true enigma beer. Its got an unbelievable smell of the hazel nuts. But after the first sip an unpleasant bitter taste comes at first taste. Still if you have a weakness for hazelnuts, this porter will leave you happy

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.

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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.