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Signature Series Double Hazelnut Brown Ale
Dry Dock Brewing Co.
- From:
- Dry Dock Brewing Co.
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
Ranked #53 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #10,183 - Avg:
- 4.03 | pDev: 10.67%
- Reviews:
- 9
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 26, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 27, 2014
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 8
No description / notes.
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Ratings by beergoot:
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4.27/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Bottle label data: none noted.
A thin, wispy head sits atop a deep mahogany colored body. Big, rich nose of caramel and toffee with a smokey, bourbon-like undertone infused with roasted nuts. The flavor is a molten version of the aroma -- deep, heavy, incredibly complex. The feel is heavy, syrupy with a fuzzy smoothness; residual sugar raspiness with a dry edge.
A gargantuan toffee, caramel, and nut concoction, just as stated on the label. Nope, no false or misleading marketing hype here! Massively rich and potent malt bomb with cut-throat alcohol shark lurking in the depths...
Dec 06, 2014A thin, wispy head sits atop a deep mahogany colored body. Big, rich nose of caramel and toffee with a smokey, bourbon-like undertone infused with roasted nuts. The flavor is a molten version of the aroma -- deep, heavy, incredibly complex. The feel is heavy, syrupy with a fuzzy smoothness; residual sugar raspiness with a dry edge.
A gargantuan toffee, caramel, and nut concoction, just as stated on the label. Nope, no false or misleading marketing hype here! Massively rich and potent malt bomb with cut-throat alcohol shark lurking in the depths...
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Review from 2018
22oz bottle at share, 2015 vintage. Dark brown pour, rich nutty aroma, some bourbon notes. Taste is velvety smooth, sweet and nutty, and boozy too. It all comes together nicely, and some aging has made this a bit better.
Nov 26, 202322oz bottle at share, 2015 vintage. Dark brown pour, rich nutty aroma, some bourbon notes. Taste is velvety smooth, sweet and nutty, and boozy too. It all comes together nicely, and some aging has made this a bit better.
Rated by Kurmaraja from California
2.07/5 rDev -48.6%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2
2.07/5 rDev -48.6%
look: 2 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2
Infected? Flat murky mess that smells and tastes of dishwater.
Dec 18, 2015Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
2900th Review
22 oz. Bomber
Gold Foil/Capped
2015 Vintage
10% ABV
Pours a very nice cloudy brown color, very nice carbonation, with a nice small creamy off-white head, with some sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, with a pretty good dose of whiskey, sweet, nutty. The taste is malty, sweet, pretty big whiskey note, nutty like. Full body, ABV could be hidden better. Overall, a tasty brew.
Dec 15, 201522 oz. Bomber
Gold Foil/Capped
2015 Vintage
10% ABV
Pours a very nice cloudy brown color, very nice carbonation, with a nice small creamy off-white head, with some sticky lacing left behind. The nose is malty, with a pretty good dose of whiskey, sweet, nutty. The taste is malty, sweet, pretty big whiskey note, nutty like. Full body, ABV could be hidden better. Overall, a tasty brew.
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
3.44/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Because imperial stout is too easy, the Dry Dock brewers refuse to take the beaten path and embark upon an imperial-strength brown ale to engage the uniqueness of bourbon barrels for a complex palate spread that allows the bourbon to shine greater because of its calmer base style.
Their Double Hazelnut Brown Ale pours coffee-brown showing tawny margins and a dainty creme-like froth which quickly devolves back into the otherwise still body. Its bourbon-laden scent is lavish with hazelnut, coffee, chocolate and toffee, but with a vinous barrel-aged twang. Flavors are smooth, silky and sweet with creamy chocolate and toasted barley.
As the beer coats the palate, its under carbonated sweetness clings to the tongue and saturates it fully with long-lasting caramel, toffee, hazelnut and milk chocolate. Buffered with the mild vinous tartness, the oak and somewhat stale flavors add as much challenge to the taste as it does charm. Finishing just bitter enough to offset the cloying nature of sweetness, its fleeting flavors are nutty, toasty and broadly woodsy.
Full, lush but slightly lifeless, the still beer resists any fade toward dryness, crispness or clean flavor. Instead, it favors a long and saturated sweetness that dissected by red wine tannin, bourbon warmth and a hint of apple cider.
Sep 12, 2015Their Double Hazelnut Brown Ale pours coffee-brown showing tawny margins and a dainty creme-like froth which quickly devolves back into the otherwise still body. Its bourbon-laden scent is lavish with hazelnut, coffee, chocolate and toffee, but with a vinous barrel-aged twang. Flavors are smooth, silky and sweet with creamy chocolate and toasted barley.
As the beer coats the palate, its under carbonated sweetness clings to the tongue and saturates it fully with long-lasting caramel, toffee, hazelnut and milk chocolate. Buffered with the mild vinous tartness, the oak and somewhat stale flavors add as much challenge to the taste as it does charm. Finishing just bitter enough to offset the cloying nature of sweetness, its fleeting flavors are nutty, toasty and broadly woodsy.
Full, lush but slightly lifeless, the still beer resists any fade toward dryness, crispness or clean flavor. Instead, it favors a long and saturated sweetness that dissected by red wine tannin, bourbon warmth and a hint of apple cider.
Signature Series Double Hazelnut Brown Ale from Dry Dock Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
50 ratings
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