Sandy Paws
Heater Allen Brewing in McMinnville, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Baltic Winter|
Score
7.39
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When Rick started the idea for the brewery he was living at the beach. When trying to come up with a name for the Holiday beer he pictured his dog coming back from the beach with her paws covered in sand. Thus the name Sandy Paws was born. Sandy Paws is typically a Baltic Porter, rich and malty with slightly spicy notes. This is one of our beers that we will change the recipe from year to year, it is also one of our beers that can be aged and is usually better after a year. In 2015 we switched the yeast we were using on the Sandy Paws; rather than using our house lager yeast, we decided to try fermenting it with the German Ale yeast we use for our Kolsch-style and Sticke Alt, which is probably more historically accurate for a Baltic Porter anyway. Also the TTB decided to not allow us to use the term "Baltic Porter" on our label, so although the 2015 is done in the style of Baltic Porter the label says "Dark Lagered Ale." (2015 Sandy Paws: 1.024 FG, 7.25% ABV, 36 IBU, 28.6 SRM)
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Loyal Legion, pours a deep dark mahogany with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lager yeast, followed by toasted caramel and bready malt. Flavour is rich and rather sweet, with lager yeast, sweet malt, and dark fruits. Very sweet and distinctly lager-ish. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Dec 2016
at 19:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from City Beer. Big, chewy fidge nose, chocolate. Dark brown with pretty lace. Chewy malts, rich, juicy fudge, rich and tasty, full-on malt flavor and body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2016
at 00:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Mahogany beer with a dark cream head. Light roast and caramel aroma. Caramel and dark fruit flavor with light roast. Medium bodied. Caramel and dark fruit linger with light dried fruit and light roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2015
at 18:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber shared by Marcus. Pours brown with a slight tan head. Aroma of dark fruit and dark malt. Not a very sweet aroma. Med + body. Flavor is dark fruit and dark malt. Maybe a hint of smoke and or coffee. Nice drink, but it might be fun as an imperial.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2015
at 14:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
The beer is coffee black. Dark brown at the edges. Smallish tan head. Dissipates to a film of bubbles after a couple minutes. Some lacing. The aroma is cocoa powder, caramel/toffee and some dark fruity flavors. There’s a pleasant nutty character with mild spice. Roast is quite mild. The taste starts sweet with rich toffee-ish maltiness. Milder chocolate than in the aroma. More fruitiness - apples, grapes. The beer is nice and clean and stays well away from cloying territory. Mild roast acidity and a touch of hop bitterness in the finish cuts off the sugary flavors. Smooth and full. Lots of flavor for the abv with well-hidden booze. Very well made. Heater Allen is an excellent brewery.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2015
at 23:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Belmont. Pours a deep brown color almost black with a small brown head. A sweet nose with toasted malts, caramel and some metal. The flavor is more sweet toffee, caramel, almost something akin to sweet candied fruit, dry toasted malts, chocolate. Pretty light but good.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2013
at 23:56
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
22 oz. bottle, pours a red-tinged dark amber brown with a small beige head. Aroma of light caramel malts, toasted nuts, some dark fruits - very light notes. Flavour is a bit metallic, with light notes of dark fruits, toasted nuts and caramel. Very weak, with a thin palate. Uncomplex in all aspects. Drinkable, but nothing more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2012
at 22:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught. Poured dark brown/black with medium white head. Pleasant roasty aroma. Much ringed lacing. Full body, roast malt and chocolate, with a bit of milk flavour. Lingering half sweet chocolate finish with toffee notes..
Tried
on 14 Nov 2010
at 14:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught. Pured black with medium ecru head. Aroma is malty toast and caramel. Roasty full body, with toffee and caramel notes. Smoky finish, as if some barrel aging had taken place. A difficult beer to place, not really a bock, not a porter, not a schwarzbier.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2009
at 15:47
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours very dark brown with a four finger tan head. Sort of smokey chocolate aroma. Medium body; foamy carbonation. Flavor is mildly smokey and somewhat burnt malt. No chocolate. Finish is like some sort of bakery dessert flavor. Then maybe some chocolate. Or not.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2009
at 20:38