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Hazelnut beers

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Hazelnut beers

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I first ran into a stout with hazelnut added when one won at FoBAB the one year I went which was ages ago now. There were a lot of them there, and it really felt like the hot new emerging trend. For whatever reason, that tend never emerged in Canada at all.

There's a chocolate hazelnut stout from Whitewater in the LCBO right now, so I gave it a try. The hazelnut addition is interesting, and really distinct. I can see why this was a mini trend. I'm not sure this will be a style I gravitate to, but are there any other Canadian or Ontario beers with hazelnut flavouring? I'd try a few more.

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I've had quite a few -- the only one I really liked (and I LOVED it) was Rogue's Hazelnut Brown Nectar. All others varied from meh to bad...

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Went to my archive list; here are hazelnut beers that I have had.

Publican House Hazelnut Coffee Stout
Sawdust City Lusciousness Hazelnut Latte Imperial Milkstout
Waterloo Chocolate Hazelnut Porter
Wellington UVB-76 Boris Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout with Hazelnut & Vanilla
Whiprsnapr This Sh*t is Bananas Banana Hazelnut Wheat Ale
Whitewater Chocolate Hazelnut Stout
Refined Fool Cross Country Sniper Hazelnut Espresso Porter

Pretty sure they were all one-offs. The Whitewater is indeed current at the LCBO. The Refined Fool beer is current from the brewery. I have them in my stock, but haven't tried either one yet.

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Chris wrote: Mon Jan 09, 2023 12:16 am I've had quite a few -- the only one I really liked (and I LOVED it) was Rogue's Hazelnut Brown Nectar. All others varied from meh to bad...
Did really enjoy that Hazelnut Brown! I think Rogue Dead Guy is still available, haven't seen the Hazelnut in many years. I kind of miss Rogue's screen printed bombers...very unique!

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Similarly, I fear these are one offs but they do feature hazelnuts:

Evil Twin - Imperial Biscotti Chili Hazelnut Break
Third Moon/Volo collaboration - Il Bacio Della Morte
Wellington - Compromise

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Barncat has a hazelnut beer release this weekend: https://barncatales.com/2023/01/18/beer ... y-20-21-2/
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MatttthewGeorge wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 8:50 am Barncat has a hazelnut beer release this weekend: https://barncatales.com/2023/01/18/beer ... y-20-21-2/

Jackass has a hazelnut Porter right now as well.
To be honest I’ve never really had anything that good from Jackass, but it may be worth your while heading to C-bridge and hitting the two breweries at once. So long as the Barncat stout Barncat doesn’t sell out too fast.

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MatttthewGeorge wrote: Wed Jan 18, 2023 8:50 am Barncat has a hazelnut beer release this weekend: https://barncatales.com/2023/01/18/beer ... y-20-21-2/
Sipping on Barncat’s Mother Night right now after wrapping up brewing more American brown ale…simply phenomenal beer, great use of hazelnut, excellent work Matt and team.
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Post by shintriad »

So...Mill Street Brewery has come out with a hazelnut brown ale. Would I recommend it? No, not really. But it might scratch a certain itch!

https://millstreetdelivery.com/products ... -brown-ale

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Rogue's Hazelnut Brown has been my favourite over the years.

I had the Whitewater one last night. Very nice! I'd buy that again.
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Post by cannondale »

I recall a BYO clone recipe for the rogue hazelnut ale....this chat inspires me to order some hazelnut flavouring and brew some up...
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Should you be in the Greater Toronto Area good news is at hand: https://www.canadianbeernews.com/2023/0 ... -hazelnut/

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