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    Chicory Stout

    January 25, 2010
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    Name – Chicory Stout
    Country – United States
    Type – American Stout

    Appearance – Pours a bubbly black color with some brown highlights.  The head is a finger width light brown one.

    Smell – Toasted malts, coffee and chicory gives it a great smell.

    Taste – More toasted malts with some sweet chocolate flavors in there.  You get a bit of the coffee and the chicory is there as well.

    I’ve had a small sample of this before and really needed to give it a proper tasting so I picked up a couple bottles before they were all gone.  Very well balanced stout here.  I loved the chicory in it to give it a little something different.  Here is another brew that I wish was all year round and not just winter.

    Overall Grade – A

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    Full Sail Wassail

    January 22, 2010
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    Name – Full Sail Wassail
    Country – United States
    Type – Winter Warmer

    Appearance – Poured a very deep reddish brown color.  It really depends at what angle you look at it that it will look more red or more brown.  Thin off white head is gone pretty quickly.

    Smell – Quite sweet malts with some spice being picked up.

    Taste – Sweet caramel and straight up maltiness.  There is not a lot of spices going on compared to most winter warmers.

    While it didn’t have as much spice to it that you would think from a winter warmer I still enjoyed the maltiness of this one.  It was sweet and enjoyable to sip on.  One of the better winter warmers I have had this season.

    Overall Grade – B+

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    Sea Dog Riverdriver Hazelnut Porter

    January 21, 2010
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    Name – Sea Dog Riverdriver Hazelnut Porter
    Country – United States
    Type – American Porter

    Appearance – Pours a pretty opaque brown with some lighter brown to red highlights along the edges of the glass.  Good sized tan head disappears quickly and doesn’t really leave any lacing.

    Smell – You do get the hazelnut right up front with some other toasted malts.

    Taste – Hazelnut, toasted malts, a little bit of chocolate and some hints of vanilla and toffee.

    I must say that they did a good job of having an easy time tasting the hazelnut.  Some beers you have to really search for the flavor of something that they put in the name but no problems with this.  I found it to be a little more sweet than I care for with a porter but not bad at all.  See, Sea Dog can make more than just fruit flavored wheats.

    Overall Grade – B-

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