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Sea Dog Riverdriver Hazelnut Porter

Sea Dog Riverdriver Hazelnut Porter - Porter

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 Percentile 
71
overall
Brewed by Sea Dog Brewing (Shipyard Brewing Co.)
Style: Porter

Topsham, Maine USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2753.27/5.03.26/5.05.6%52.1English pint, Stem glass
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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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 GarethYoung (1110), Glasgow, Scotland
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/59/20
Sep 7, 2006  
[Bottle from RBESG] Roasty, spicey, dose of smoke. Slightly sweet on the palate, watery, not great.


 jpm30 (1588), East Central, Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Sep 5, 2006  
From a 12 oz. twist cap brown bottle with an unnotched freshness date. Poured a ruby hued brown with a foamy off-white head that settled into a thin lacing. Aromas of roasted barley and hazelnuts, floral, a light vanilla and cocoa powder. Medium carbonation and a softly crisp, slick and smooth light-medium bodied mouthfeel. Pleasant, but average porter taste, roasted barley malts, a powdery chocolate that has a little bark to it, citrus hops that are quite soft in their bitterness, more malty crisp, the hazelnuts have a bit of an artificial taste, and a dry citrus and malty finish, decent affordable drinkability. Purchased at Trader’s Joe, a cheaply price and drinkable porter.


 beaconstreet (811), Washington DC, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Sep 4, 2006  
A bit spicy and hoppy for my taste for a porter. But decent. Goes to thine head.


 RobertGBG (109), Göteborg, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 3, 2006    Updated: Nov 14, 2006
Very strange smell, at first almost disgusting but then the smell of hazelnut. Taste like hazelnut, slightly watery.


 oh6gdx (8798), Vasa, Finland
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Aug 30, 2006  
Bottled. Dark ruby red colour, small white head. Aroma of smoke and roasted malts. Flavour is very weird, sweetish plummy, candy sugary, nutty and caramellish. Only weak roastiness noteable. Watery brew.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/517/20
Aug 24, 2006  
Only the 2nd hazelnut porter I’ve had. The 1st, from Bethlehem Brew Works, is one of may favorite, if not my favorite, porters of all time. Matta sent this, and he seems to be clairvoyant, sending me an Impy Nut Brown, nut brown being a favorite style, and now this. Outstanding! The pour is burnt umber with gigantic tan head. Aroma of roasty malt, rich choclate syrup, espresso, ovaltine, hazelnut, almond. I have to pat myself on the back and state that I noticed the hazelnut aroma dna flavor prior to reading the label description. The flavor was rich, roasty malty, with chocolate syrup, coffee, big hazelnut. Medium palate, that drops off a bit in heft toward the finish, but this one excited me and thrilled me. Please beer mail me if you have more.


 SledgeJr (2957), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 23, 2006  
In the bottle from HyVee CB. Pours very dark sepia brown to black with a tan overflowing head. Strong aromas of hazelnut and roasted malt. Flavor is a sweet vanilla, licorice and dominant hazelnut. Finish is far too sweet and the beer lacks a bit of body as well as some balancing hops.


sirsirus (60), Boston, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/513/20
Aug 19, 2006  
A strong aroma with coffee aromas and a coffee flavoring. The palate suffers from a stale consistency; the beer doesn’t differ in taste to finish. High carbonation, seems to mask some flavors. Nice little head and strong ruby black colouring.



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