Happy Dog Coffee Porter
Marshall Wharf Brewing Company in Belfast, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Baltic Regular|
Score
6.97
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured into an English pint glass, the appearance was a dark black color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a gentle pace. Sly stringy lace.
The aroma had some swift sweet dark fruits, milk and dark chocolate, little bit of earthy hop spice, grassy sweet hops, sweet coffee notes, roasted coffee beans and a touch of vanilla at the very end.
The flavor slyly moved the sweetness into the roast and pulled out a little bit of clean driftwood to touch the aftertaste in the same semi-sweet to roasty way. Finish was somewhat smooth and lenient towards the dark fruits.
The palate was about medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine. Pretty smooth along my tongue.
Overall, pretty nice American styled Baltic porter to me. Need more trips to Maine!
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.