Chocolate Hazelnut Porter
Polar Park Brewing Company
- From:
- Polar Park Brewing Company
- Alberta, Canada
- Style:
- American Porter
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 3.3%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 07, 2017
- Added:
- Oct 08, 2017
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by Hardpromises from Canada (AB)
3.94/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A beautiful brew from Polar Park. I hope they will begin to brew it regularly.
Nov 03, 2017
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.97/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.97/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
20oz pint at Arcadia, they being the local darlings and champions of Alberta brew, anew. Apparently this one was contract brewed at Yellowhead.
This beer appears a near-black, very dark brown colour, with some prominent red cola basal edges, and a thin cap (no complaints here) of wispy and faintly bubbly off-white head, which leaves but a few instances of remote islet lace around the glass as things slowly abate.
It smells of semi-sweet, roasted caramel malt, bittersweet cocoa powder, some robust yet indistinct nuttiness, black licorice, a hint of cafe-au-lait, and faint earthy, leafy, and floral noble hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy caramel malt, a lesser biscuity toffee joint, medium dark chocolate, some candy bar-worthy hazelnuts, anise spice, day-old coffee grounds, and more plain earthy, weedy, and floral verdant hoppiness.
The carbonation is quite understated in its wan-seeming frothiness, the body a solid middleweight, and fairly smooth, with a pleasant airy creaminess pretty much there from the get-go. It finishes on the sweet side, all candy bar 'complex' in its bearing.
Overall - this is a well-made and very enjoyable flavoured porter, which thankfully does not delve into overly saccharine territory. Worthy of checking out, should you get the chance - I'm killing the last pint here, FYI.
Oct 08, 2017This beer appears a near-black, very dark brown colour, with some prominent red cola basal edges, and a thin cap (no complaints here) of wispy and faintly bubbly off-white head, which leaves but a few instances of remote islet lace around the glass as things slowly abate.
It smells of semi-sweet, roasted caramel malt, bittersweet cocoa powder, some robust yet indistinct nuttiness, black licorice, a hint of cafe-au-lait, and faint earthy, leafy, and floral noble hop bitters. The taste is bready and doughy caramel malt, a lesser biscuity toffee joint, medium dark chocolate, some candy bar-worthy hazelnuts, anise spice, day-old coffee grounds, and more plain earthy, weedy, and floral verdant hoppiness.
The carbonation is quite understated in its wan-seeming frothiness, the body a solid middleweight, and fairly smooth, with a pleasant airy creaminess pretty much there from the get-go. It finishes on the sweet side, all candy bar 'complex' in its bearing.
Overall - this is a well-made and very enjoyable flavoured porter, which thankfully does not delve into overly saccharine territory. Worthy of checking out, should you get the chance - I'm killing the last pint here, FYI.
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