Happy Dog Coffee Porter
Marshall Wharf Brewing Company in Belfast, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Baltic Regular|
Score
6.79
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draught at 3 Tides, since debut, most recently 2010 or 2011
Small, charred-beige head sits atop a dark ebony body, with indeterminable clarity. Retention is fairly strong.
Coffee in the nose is complemented by vanilla, sweet caramel and a spicy/floral blend of hops. Fruitiness is quite high, and there’s a very livelly roastiness emanating from both the malts and the coffee infusion. I like how even MW’s darkest, roastiess beers have a very piquant, playful fruitiness to them. Alcohol is free from the aroma and no flaws as always.
Soft, creamy malts add light fudgey-laden cocoa notes to the palate, as a bitter roast emerges and deepens, being joined by plums, dark berries and plentiful acidity from both coffee and barley. Coffee is certainly present, though no where near dominant. Thick, medium-full body nonetheless does not cloy, as attenuation is good. Very assertive vanilla, caramel and dry, bitter coffee notes all build on the palate in a fairly good balance, though I will say the bitterness/acidity probably wins out. A bit too much for my weak tastes, but massively flavorful and good on a cold night.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can from the Bier Cellar Solid black color with a decent sized long lasting tan head. Chocolate and coffee with hints of vanilla and light fruit. Pretty tasty stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
on tap-pours no head and mahogany color. Aroma is coffee bean. Taste is coffee bean, some dark malt, some earthy hops.