Sea Dog Riverdriver Hazelnut Porter

Bottle. Sweet, syrupy, dusty nose, a bit cloying with smoky notes on top and very strong, very distinct hazelnut. Deep ruby-amber body with a creamy, lacing light brown head. Watery body has some toffee and light chocolate notes, some syrupy nuttiness starting in the mid-body and only increasing. Lihgt red berry and man, those hazelnut fumes are cringe-inducing if you go too fast. Worthy of drinking once, I think, but seems rather like a sugar cocktail with lots of mandated preparation than a bottled beer.

12 oz bottle. Pours brown with a large fluffy tan head. Taste is roasted malts, some chocolate, and coffee. On the thinner side. Good, but a forgettable porter.

Bottle. Pours brown. Decent head. Smells of roasted nuts and caramel. Flavor is weaker. Tastes like coffee and some chocolate.

En fût. Verre de dégustation à l’établissement de Bangor. Arôme: Odeur de caramel et de noix. Apparence: La couleur est brune fonéce. Présence d’un moyen col beige mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de céréales grillées avec une pointe de chocolat aux noix. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Présence de noix au caramel en arrière goût. (Rating #1793)

Appearance: Pours a clear, dark brown body with a small, fizzy, off-white head. Rather cola-like in appearance. Smell: Chocolate, roasty maltiness with a mild scent of roasted nuts. Taste: Sweet-tasting cola and cocoa blend with the underlying taste of roasted hazelnuts. Slight spicy hoppiness, very minor bitterness present. Slight astringency creeps into the drying finish upon warming. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation, though a bit fizzy. Drinkability: A simple porter with a hazelnut twist. Fairly easily drinkable though.

Pours a dark brown color with a tan head. Aroma is of chocolate, roasted malts, slight coffee, caramel malts, and hazlenut. Flavor was thin with mostly chocolate and hazelnut. Not much of a lingering flavor. Not really that good.

(bottle, thanks Lawstudent09!) Pours black with an off-white head. The aroma is pretty bizarre, I smelled a lot of caramel corn along with the hazelnut, but it wasn’t offensive. The taste really didn’t hold anything but some light chocolate flavor which yielded to an astringent finish of dark roasted malt. Mouthfeel was pretty thin.

Root beer brown pour with a dirty finger thick head. Aroma of Godfather’s pizza crust with popcorn. Dry mouth feel with a flavor of stale bread and burnt malt.