Sandy Paws
Heater Allen Brewing in McMinnville, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Baltic Winter|
Score
7.38
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fiulijn (28382) reviewed Sandy Paws (2016-) from Heater Allen Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Elizabeth Station, Bellingham, WA, via Sergey
Dark brown colour. This is totally a caramel beer, it has a good malt depth, moderately sweet, full bodied and sweet, with accents of dark caramel in the finish; it doesn't have the fruity esters of many American doppelbocks.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Sandy Paws (2016-) from Heater Allen Brewing 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Can. Pours near black with a light brown head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has a combination of sweet dark grains and roast with a bit of earthiness supporting. Flavor has earthy roast and sweet dark grains with a hint of chocolate underlying.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured from a 16 oz can dated November 16, 2020. Aroma is fairly malt forward, but balanced with quite a bit of fruity esters. Moderately strong roast and chocolate malt notes with lighter caramel, toffee and toasted bread. Moderate notes of fruity character with raisin, cherry and prune. Light alcohol notes. Pours black with dark brown hues on the edges and a medium sized, thick, light mocha head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers on the edges. Light lacing and small legs. Flavor is somewhat sweet with moderately strong notes of chocolate and dark caramel with lighter toasted bread, roast and toffee notes. Medium bitterness and light alcohol notes. Moderate notes of cherry, raisin, casual and prune. Faint herbal, woody hop notes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a solid Baltic Porter. Nice malt notes with balanced esters and a light hop note. Alcohol is well hidden and nothing harsh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 oz can poured, picked up in season, and for some reason saved until now. Canned on 11/12/19. It's a less than warm, rainy May evening, so it almost feels like winter again anyway. Loved the can, and I'd be lying if I said it didn't play a role in my purchase of this product, the other being that it's Heater Allen and they don't make bad beer as far as I've ever known. Dense appearance, near black pour, cola tan fizz head that sticks around. Soft cocoa notes, big malt roast. This beer seems to have gotten bigger over the years, but it's still super smooth and easy drinking. About as flavorful as you can get with a lager. Just a touch sweet, but it doesn't bother me. Delicious flavorful linger. Really like this one.
theisti (5540) reviewed Sandy Paws (2016-) from Heater Allen Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
500 ml bottle purchased as a single at the Made in Oregon shop at the Portland, Oregon airport. The pour is clear brown with ruby highlights and a one inch khaki head that is lasting. The aroma is a clean roast, toasty caramel malt and a grass mineral. The taste is the roast malt right away, followed by the slight sweet caramel, the grass, and moves towards a lager yeast and mineral finish. The palate is medium bodied, with active carbonation and the dry roast mineral finish. Exactly what I expect and want a Baltic Porter to be, tasty stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pretty good traditional style doppelbock lager however I wish they would have followed through in the naming of the beer to keep it fully traditional. Politically I am a progressive and so call me Square but still I like the traditional naming of things like this.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Sandy Paws (2016-) from Heater Allen Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from Corti Bros. Pours brown with a beige head. Aroma is rather dark and Plummy. Med body plus a little. Flavor is plummy, malty and a bit smoky. Not dry, but pretty tasty. Gets a bit of salt with time.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at the Tin Bucket. Pours a dark brown color, some red hints, a small off white head. A big malty chocolate nose. Rich toasted malts, dark toffee, molasses, light sweet chocolates, vanilla. Great beer.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Sandy Paws (2016-) from Heater Allen Brewing 9 years ago
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.
Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Sandy Paws (2015) from Heater Allen Brewing 9 years ago
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.