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Sea Dog Riverdriver Hazelnut Porter

Percentile
72
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bottled
common

on tap
unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2763.27/5.03.26/5.05.6%52.2English pint, Stem glass
Commercial Description:
Four different malted barleys combine to create a distinctive, full-bodied beer with a roasted nuttiness, uniquely enhanced by a hint of hazelnuts. Smooth and creamy with the nose of the Willamette hop, this porter is a beer style unto itself.
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 nick76 (2656), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/512/20
Dec 10, 2006  
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.


 Cletus (5052), Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 5, 2006  
Pours brown with a tan head. Smells of coffee, chocolate and soy sauce. Tastes of hazelnuts and sweet malt. Relatively well balanced.


 Foxbush (456), Richmond, Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Nov 29, 2006  
This Sea Dog Porter was a great experience. The aroma of hazelnut was pleasant and inviting. The jet black porter had a medium body. The hazelnut aroma would back up into your nose after every drink. There was a very thin head. I would have this again.


 sneagrams3 (1747), St. Louis, Missouri, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/101/57/20
Nov 26, 2006  
12oz bottle. Mixed six from TJ’s. Brown and clear with a reddish highlight. Smokey vanilla aroma. Buttery vanilla diacytl. Blah! Burnt coffee and buttery popcorn. Slight cola note. Bad batch!


 LiebeBier (791), Annapolis, Maryland, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 21, 2006  
Bottle - A dark brown color with a thin head. Aroma of coffee and chocolate. Flavor is decent with chocolate, nuts and coffee. Too thin and watery for me to really enjoy.


 tiggmtl (4311), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/58/20
Nov 14, 2006  
Mildly nutty and chocolatey aroma is pleasant if unexciting. Opaque brown body with ruby highlights topped by a low off white head that recedes rapidly to ring. Butterscotch and caramel are strong with some suggestion of chocolate in the aftertaste. Light body is rather slick on the teeth with strong, sharp carbonation that slices the tongue and fills the belly. Sampled at Mondial 2006.


 DrnkMcDermott (1846), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 12, 2006  
12 oz. bottle from Trader Joe’s. Hazelnut in a porter? Not too sure about that. Pouring shows a properly porter-colored beer, but with an anemic. I let the bottle sit open for a few minutes as the Bears took the lead away from the Giants… oh, wait, the Bears scored again as I type this… and I just picked up a basic beer smell. Taste is okay, though. A nice roasty malt with a touch of coffee. There is a bit of nut brown ale quality here, but I guess I really don’t know from hazelnuts. Turns out to be a nice beer, but needs a little backup at the finish… oops, the Giants just pulled back to within 4 points…


 shadey (1496), Rochester, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Nov 10, 2006  
Black color with a dark cream thin layer. Aroma is nicely roasty. Flavor is dry and roasty The body is right for a porter. Good example of a standard porter.



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