5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
First I thought I’d like it but now i see it is hazelnut. Not sure why brewers ruin good porter with nuts. Has a fairly good smell, sweet and a little nutty. Very nice attractive pour. Thin creamy head stays. Yez, it is a good porter and it would be better without the nut thing. I’m just curious if it really haz nuts in it. Goes down fairly easy but gets a tad cloying at times with that sweet nut thing. Some sizzling co2 in there, but just enough to know its there. Mildly old burnt wet campfire wood finish. Porter is certainly better without any flavors added.
Tried
on 22 Jun 2012
at 12:51
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Ironically, from PA, I went to fla to finds this beer. Decent somewhat artificial raspberry aroma. Not as sweet as I would like it to be tho the raspberry makes it tolerable; I like anything raspberry - especially lindermans framboiuse. Look is fairly like any ubiquitous ale or lager. Had these fruit sea dogs beforeq; you know apricot & blueberry and they are all about the same in manner. Finish is average fruit beer experience but not fru-fru-fruity fer sure, or I would like it.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2012
at 14:52
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
smells a little old, not very floral. nice head. perhaps a yellow iced tea color. Oh my, taste is remeniscent of older lager. STRONG FER SURE. seems like much more than 6%. fairly rude in its medicinal presentations. now a long nagging backdrop of rubber cutain lingers in the back of my throat. what a finsh.....soapy
Tried
on 09 Jun 2012
at 10:25
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
355ml bottle, label says Sea Dog India Pale Ale. BBE 10/2012. Poured amber in color with a frothy white head. Aroma was bready and sweet malty, caramel and dark fruits. Flavor has caramel malt, some fruity notes and light bitterness, more hoppy towards finish. Average bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2012
at 04:24
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Refrigerated bottle that says Sea Dog Apricot and 4.7% poured best enjoyed before (March 2012) into a white wine glass. Pours pale golden with white head that dissapates quickly. Little lacing, medium/light body, thin texture, and light apricot aroma. Taste is light apricot.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2012
at 18:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Clear golden color, small off white edge head. Aroma of fresh fruit and a bit of lemon. Taste is sweet and bubbly and easy to drink. Slight bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2012
at 17:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle, newer labeling simply states Hazelnut Porter dropping the “Riverdriver”. Ok, I used a English pint, showing Dark brown liquid with red highlights. Thin white head. Light lace. Subtle nose of hazelnut, roasted notes, and light coffee. Taste follows the nose. Hazelnuts throughout. It’s really nice if you like hazelnut. Body is a bit thin. Mouthfeel is dry and roasty. It does have an underlying sourness hiding in the background. It takes away from it just a tad. Overall I like the flavor. I could drink more of this. Would love to try on draft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2012
at 16:17
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Refrigerated bottle poured into a shaker. Pours dull clear golden with small white head that dissapates fast. Little lacing, medium/light body, and really nice blueberry aroma that last about a minute then the aroma is just light and sweet. Taste is slightly grainy malty wheat. Pretty good, but kind of boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2012
at 18:10
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
12 oz bottle purchased as a single at the Trader Joe’s in Kansas City, Missouri. Purchased as "KBC IPA" Brewed by Pugsley Brewing, Portland, Maine. 6.2% abv. S 12 notched on the label as "best enjoyed before". The pour is a mostly clear copper ruby with a two inch light tan head that was quite lasting. Head falls with sheets of lace. The aroma is sort of a resin, peanut shell odor which was a bit odd. Under that is grassy caramel, not much else. The taste is lightly bitter, light pepper spice, resin, and a small amount of caramel malt sweetness. As the beer warms, a vegetal aspect comes out. The palate is medium to light bodied. The carbonation level is pretty low. The after taste is dirty, a bit carboardy. Not very good - though to be fair, I guess its probably 6 months old.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2012
at 06:04
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
After having just rated the blueberry I feel I could just give the exact same rating for this one, just substitute the word raspberry for blueberry. In short: dull appearance, insipid base beer, fake strawberry flavors.
Tried
on 15 Nov 2011
at 20:00