[1] Review by oh6gdx from Vaasa, Finland who has tried this beer once. (3/1/2007 12:52:35 PM)
"Dark ruby red colour, small white head. Aroma of smoke and roasted malts. Flavour is very weird, sweetish plummy, candy sugary, nutty and caramellish. Only weak roastiness noteable. Watery brew. "
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
5/10
Mouthfeel:
6/10
Flavor:
6/10
Overall:
6/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.8)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[2] Review by ante from Stockholm, Sweden who has tried this beer a couple times. (6/8/2006 1:14:55 PM)
"Dark brown color with a small head. Aroma of coffee and hazelnuts... Taste: strong notes of coffee, brown sugar and chocolate. The hazelnuts flavour just feel strange. Too sticky and thin (Dr. Pepper) and not very drinkable"
Aroma:
5/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
5/10
Flavor:
5/10
Overall:
5/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(2.7)
Sampled: Bottle
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
[3] Review by FoamDome from Alexandria, VA, USA who has tried this beer once. (5/30/2006 11:13:19 AM)
"KCC Round 4. With "breakfast for dinner" (scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, fried potatoes, mushrooms, cheese). 12 oz brown longneck with burnt orange label. Best before Jan ?? (04, 05, or 06--we're in trouble!). Pours clear and dark midnight brown, with plenty of multivariate tan foam and lots of lace in the early going. The added hazelnut flavoring is predominate in the aroma, with its sweet and off-putting caramel smell masking what might have been a decent porter. There is a very high, tinny note to the flavor profile, experienced in the center of the tounge. A faint malt presence is detected way back at the base of the tounge. Strange mouth sensations. Almost made me want to rinse my mouth and dry off my tounge. The aftertaste is unpleasant and lingers like one of those penny candies after you spit it out. Honestly, rating this beer was more like a job than a hobby. Hesitate to post the rating due to uncertainty about age. Probably should check with my vendor, but I just don't think my main problems with this sample are about its age. I am not likely to really enjoy this hazelnut beer fresh from the vat. "
Aroma:
2/10
Appearance:
6/10
Mouthfeel:
3/10
Flavor:
3/10
Overall:
3/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(1.7)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $1.5 Unit Cost: $2 per Pint
[4] Review by rainman from Alexandria, VA, USA who has tried this beer once. (4/7/2006 10:24:25 PM)
"I dunno. It is a porter - not really getting the hazelnut connection. Pours dark brown with a slight tan head. Loads of chocolate and malt. All around Ok, but having had so many tastier...well, I dunno."
Aroma:
7/10
Appearance:
7/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
7/10
Overall:
7/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(3.5)
Sampled: Bottle Sample Size: 12oz @ $2.09 Unit Cost: $2.79 per Pint
[5] Review by EyeChartBrew from CA, Liechtenstein who has tried this beer once. (4/5/2006 10:24:25 PM)
"My second beer of the evening, while having dinner at the Topsham pub. (The first was the Old East IPA, which I've had more times than I can count).
I've always had good luck with the beers off the hand-pump at the Topshalm Sea Dog location, and this particular beer was no exception. Fresh off the cask, you just can't beat it. And this beer (which I've had bottled only once before) surely improves it's self-worth from the subtle nuances of cask-conditioning.
Nicely roasted, through and through, with a nice easy-as-you-please quaffability to this one. This is quoted to be around 5.88%ABV, but comes across much less than that, drinkability-wise.
Of course, cask-conditioning can not only highlight a beer's strengths, but also highlight it's weaknesses, too. And in this case, the "hazelnuty-ness" of this beer gives it something of a astrigent dryness in the middle, that may perhaps be hidden by a bit more carbonation. But with cask-conditioning, this sort of thing gets perhaps a bit too much attention. Not a huge fault, and not one that would be noticed in the bottled and keg-beer versions of this, but even still, a wee bit distracting.
But all told, still a nice porter, with enough positive points to wash-out the very few negatives. And nicely poundable, either way. A nice drop, while watching an early April snow flurries shower.
Music: Fall Of The Bastards' "Dusk Of An Ancient Age"
//TB"
Aroma:
8/10
Appearance:
8/10
Mouthfeel:
7/10
Flavor:
8/10
Overall:
9/10
Final Rating, by Style:
(4)
Sampled: Hand Pump
Value of this beer for its style: Not Sure
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