Happy Dog Coffee Porter
Marshall Wharf Brewing Company / Three Tides Restaurant

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From:
Marshall Wharf Brewing Company / Three Tides Restaurant
 
Maine, United States
Style:
Baltic Porter
ABV:
8.3%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.07 | pDev: 10.81%
Reviews:
11
Ratings:
33
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 12, 2017
Added:
Jan 05, 2011
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  2
Green Tree Coffee used to be our neighbors, thankfully they are not far away now. We use their hand roasted coffee combined with the Wrecking Ball Baltic Porter to create this beer.
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Ratings by poolemhore:
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Rated by poolemhore from Maine

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%

Jan 12, 2014
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

4/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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.
Jul 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.94 by vabeerguy from Virginia

May 03, 2017
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Reviewed by Bierliebhaber3 from Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This Baltic porter pours a black color with a very slight red tint and a medium foamy tan head that leaves a nice lacing. The smell is very coffee heavy with some nice roasted grains as well. It’s a very appetizing scent for a coffee lover. Likewise the taste is mostly dark roast coffee and roasted grains with a little hint of chocolate thrown in. There is not a lot of sweetness and the coffee flavor, which is perhaps the most bold I have ever tried in a beer, gives it a fairly bitter finish for the style, but I don’t find it unpleasantly so. The coffee flavor is also very authentic and lacks any of the artificiality that sometimes plagues coffee flavored beers. The finish is semi-dry and pretty creamy also. The body is appropriately heavy. This big, bold porter is a dream come true for lovers of this style and also of coffee. I can appreciate it, but I think that the intense coffee flavor precludes some complexity that might emerge if some more subtle flavors could be heard. A pretty excellent porter though for my personal tastes from a brewery that I’ve come to appreciate.
Apr 15, 2017
 
Rated: 3.74 by mmorris15 from Maine

Dec 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.55 by braican from Massachusetts

Jul 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by hopley from Massachusetts

Jan 23, 2016
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Reviewed by sweemzander from Illinois

2.62/5  rDev -35.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.25
16oz can poured into a nonic
(A)- Pours almost pitch black with some tan froth and lacing
(S)- Good combo of creamy vanilla and roast meets soft coffee grounds. Hints of raisin
(T)- Huge profile of raisin. . mountains of raisins. ALL raisin
(M)- Mellow carbonation level. Very bitter considering how much raisin is in this
(O)- Was expecting better since it started out so well
Sep 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.86 by kbuzz from North Carolina

Jul 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.78 by SawDog505 from New Hampshire

May 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.34 by ILiveOffHops from New Hampshire

Apr 06, 2015
 
Rated: 4.58 by Cheld from Maine

Apr 03, 2015
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Reviewed by SomethingClever from Ohio

4.14/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
16 oz can poured into 8 oz water glass

A: Jet black with a nice thick tightly bubbled head that looks like nitro

S: pure coffee that's all I'm getting

T: huge dark roast coffee tastes with some sweetness s it's almost like drinking a black cup of coffee with sugar. Just pure coffee though

M: Nice feel for such a lower ABV porter very creamy and full

O: If you love FBS but are turned off by it's watery mouthfeel this beer will knock your socks off. It would be nice to taste the underlying beer more but I guess that's where the sweetness is coming from. Alcohol is nicely hidden fantastic mouthfeel for the ABV not much to not like about this beer.
Apr 02, 2015
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Reviewed by johnnnniee from New Hampshire

4/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
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.
Mar 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by jbarletto from Massachusetts

Mar 25, 2015
 
Rated: 4.06 by cp45 from New Jersey

Feb 22, 2015
 
Rated: 4.77 by Jonny41 from Maine

Jan 04, 2015
 
Rated: 4.42 by Lefty_P_Hand from Maine

Jan 03, 2015
 
Rated: 4.18 by ChrisinRI from Rhode Island

Jan 02, 2015
 
Rated: 3.77 by psdriscoll from Connecticut

Dec 28, 2014
Happy Dog Coffee Porter from Marshall Wharf Brewing Company / Three Tides Restaurant
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 33 ratings