Very psyched about a NA hazelnut porter. The concept is something i truly needed, lets hop it is as good as I hope ! Pours clear, dark brown. very small, slightly tanned head. Scent is roasty ( ashy / chocolate / dry ). Hazelnut is there, but mild. More like a nuttyness in a scotch ale, than your 'average' hazelnut pastry stout (or porter) . Taste is Light, bit bitter, sharp, roasty ( ashy , chocolate, coffee ). Hazelnut is mild. Not AS ashy as some of the (no good) NA Stouts / porters I had before, this is certainly better. However, the beer has no body whatsoever, and the hazelnut is quite mild. Again, more like a scotch ale than a pastry whatever; These factors give no balance against the bitterness, making that the primary taste of the beer. However, the aroma's are nice, and not absent. I like it, but I don't love it. I hope someone else might pick up the concept, or Big Drop improves it. It has a mild sweetness left ( this one) which could be amped up a bit (to my taste) which would help improve the body and balance.

Bottle from Honest Brew. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of hazelnut, verging on metallic though. Some nutty chocolate. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Clapton Craft. Pours clear reddish brown with a small, fading off-white head. Light to medium sweet flavour, vague roast, cocoa, a few dark berries, toasted brown bread, hints of earth and tobacco ash. Light bodied with delicate carbonation. Finishes with more earth, dry cocoa, ash. Decent.

Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Clear brown body with a thin beige head. Patchy lacing. Aroma of nuts and brown bread. Flavour of rust, nuts and weak tea. Thin body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. An interesting low ABV beer. There’s definitely a nutty vibe to this.

0.33 l bottle from 'Ace Drinks', best before July 2021. Clear, almost opaque, very dark brown to black with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, very nutty aroma of toasted hazelnut, Rocher and bread crust. Gently sweet, malty, minimally roasty and fairly nutty taste of lots of hazelnut, Rocher, bread crust and traces of burnt sugar, followed by a short, slightly bitter, minimally roasty and just a little watery finish. Thin body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Pleasant NA Porter, quite tasty.