Hazelnut Porter
Sea Dog Brewing Co. in Bangor, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Shipyard Brewing CompanyPorter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular
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Score
6.29
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This beer is one of a kind! 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 Williamette hop, this porter is a beer style unto itself.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours black with tannish head. Nose is nuts and chocolate malt. Taste is very dry malt with nutty finish. Rated 3/26/05
Tried
on 03 May 2010
at 21:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
not bad, not great, way too sweet for a porter, but this is ok probably because i wasnt expecting too much.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2009
at 12:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours black into a shaker. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes leaving sheet lacing to coat surface. Butterscotch, hazlenut and cinnamon aromas. Medium bodied with strong sour butterscotch flavors. Sour lasting finish.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2009
at 15:00
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with a red hue and a light brown head. This bottle was a gusher and it took forever to pour, odd for a porter. Aroma is full of malty notes with an undertone of hazelnut. Flavor has malt notes but is quite thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2009
at 19:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
September 2009 Beer of the Month Club, 11/6/09
Aroma: Fairly subtle nose that opens slightly as it warms, but does give off nuttiness, roasted notes, and some coffee
Appearance: This one pours a dark brown color with a red hue and a thick and foamy light brown head
Flavor: The roasted malty flavor is decent but a little on the thin side for the style
Palate: This one drinks pretty smoothly, and has a decent mouthfeel, even though it is a bit thin in body
Overall Impression: Overall, this beer was alright, but it left me wanting more. It was just thin in all aspects. If you let it warm and open a bit, it does improve, but it is still pretty thin overall.
Aroma: Fairly subtle nose that opens slightly as it warms, but does give off nuttiness, roasted notes, and some coffee
Appearance: This one pours a dark brown color with a red hue and a thick and foamy light brown head
Flavor: The roasted malty flavor is decent but a little on the thin side for the style
Palate: This one drinks pretty smoothly, and has a decent mouthfeel, even though it is a bit thin in body
Overall Impression: Overall, this beer was alright, but it left me wanting more. It was just thin in all aspects. If you let it warm and open a bit, it does improve, but it is still pretty thin overall.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2009
at 19:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a black color with a longlasting tan head. Has a malty nutty hazelnut aroma with some hints of coffee. Roasted malty chocolate flavor with some nutty hazelnut hints. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with some nutty hints in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2009
at 10:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle at Bishops Arms Vasagatan, Stockholm, on 2009-04-10) Very dark brown and almost clear. Huge tan coloured head. Roastedness, malts and nuts in aroma. Full bodied and lightly dry palate with medium carbonation. Malts, nuts, roastedness, hint of coffee and bitterness in taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2009
at 12:03
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle as shown. Pours a dark ruby with a medium frothy light tan head that lasts awhile. Good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a roasted malt with coffee and smoke. The taste is a roasted malt with caramel and a nice smoky dry finish. A good porter from Sea Dog.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2009
at 22:37
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 ounce bottle from Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, VA. Pours a very deep red color with a voluminous frothy head. Quite hard to pour, actually. Aroma is artificial hazelnuts with just a hint of roastiness. Taste is roasted malts, caramel and hazelnuts. The taste also comes across as artificial.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2009
at 22:53
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
bottle - Pours dark brown with a huge, lingering tan head. The aroma is really in your face hazelnut. I can make out a little roast malt in the background. The flavor was more hazelnut and very bland otherwise. It’s thin and has far too little roast malt character and nothing else besides those nuts. What are they thinking here? Not good. (weird, I just noticed I’ve had 3 Sea Dog beers and rated them all a 2.4 total. I guess they’re extremely consistent about not being good.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2009
at 21:25