Heater Allen Brewing Sandy Paws (2016-)

Sandy Paws (2016-)
(Batch of Sandy Paws)

 

Heater Allen Brewing in McMinnville, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter - Baltic Winter Out of Production
Score
7.36
ABV: 7.8% IBU: - Ticks: 16
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."
 

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7.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

16oz @ Ryan's (thx for the beer, man!). Appearance: black with a beige head. Aroma: roasted malts, coffee, dry, some roasted seeds. Taste: along the same lines, good body, a bit crispy, roasted malts and seeds. Finishes with hoppy bitterness. Overall: pretty good.
Earlier Rating: 5/21/2022 Total Score: 3.6
16oz on Alex's porch. Appearance: brown with a tan head. Aroma: lots of caramel, some dark fruits and roasted malt. Taste: along the same lines, with quite high bitterness. Overall: ok.

Tried on 06 Mar 2024 at 07:36


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Poured from 473mL can (thanks mcberko; canned 11/13/23; 7.8% abv). Very dark brown with beige head. Nice mild roast malt, hint of chocolate, simple, but enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2024 at 07:20


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 ounce can from Tavour. Dark brown color. Rocky tan head. Sweet roasted malt aroma hints at brown sugar. Flavor mirrors nose. Dark roasted malt , brown sugar, dark dried fruit, dark chocolate and resiny pine hops. Rich and decadent. Smooth and flavorful.

Tried from Can on 06 Feb 2024 at 04:34


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can from Tavour. Dark brown pour, rough pour yields a two finger fluffy beige head, which settles out to a filmy tan covering, ring around the glass, lacing. Beautiful so far Aroma is chocolate, licorice, roasty malts, woody, sweet. Taste is woody, roasty, chocolate, licorice subsides a bit, sweet but not overly so. Creamy feel, nice heft. So damn good...

Tried from Can on 04 Jan 2024 at 06:18


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

From Good Times Oakland, canned November 13th 2023.

It pours black but not pitch black, small off white head of foam that disappears quickly, no lacing.

The smell is roasted malt, dark chocolate, hint of coffee, chocolate of the sweeter kind.

The taste is roasted malt, has some nutty notes, toffee, dark chocolate, pretty well balanced between bitter and sweet.

Mouthfeel is okay; not much carbonation here but not flat.

Super delicious Baltic Porter.

Tried from Can on 10 Dec 2023 at 15:39


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

(Can) clear, bright, medium dark amber brown with a medium tall brown head; aroma of toffee, brown sugar; balanced flavour with a long, medium bitter finish; creamy palate

Tried from Can on 16 Mar 2023 at 02:20


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Black body with off white head. Strong malty aroma. Chocolate, toffee and caramel taste with a bready finish
Earlier Rating: 12/14/2019 Total Score: 3.3
Black body with tan head. Syrup and malt aroma. Sweet malt taste. Light malt finish. No alcohol burn
Earlier Rating: 12/1/2018 Total Score: 3.7
Black body with tan head. Chocolate nut bar aroma with a hop edge. Chocolate and malt flavour with long chocolate middle of the tongue finish. Big bodied.

Tried on 20 Dec 2022 at 04:40


7.4
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.

Tried from Can on 19 Jun 2022 at 03:48


7.2
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.

Tried from Can on 04 Jan 2021 at 02:20


7.6
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.

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2020 at 01:31