Big Dogs Dirty Dog IPA

Brewed by Big Dogs Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Las Vegas, Nevada USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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UPDATED: APR 16, 2011
Date: December 15, 2004
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear amber, thin white head
Body: creamy body
Flavor: lots of hop and grapefruit flavor, sweet citrus
Overall: ipa as it was meant to be

Date: July 01, 2005
Score: ii
Words: sample
Appearance: big sweet aroma of grapefruit sprinkled with sugar
Aroma: sweet malt and tempered hop flavor, does not live up to the aroma
Overall: needs another review before being downgraded

Date: July 01, 2005
Mode: draft
too cold? bigger hops and bigger malt flavor, but not picking up the promise of the aroma or the wonder of the beer I had six months ago (after too many other stops that day, I confess), goes great with twice baked cajun wings

Date: January 03, 2006
Source: brewpub
Appearance: opaque rusty orange, frothy white head, nice lace
Aroma: huge sweet citrus aroma like sugar sprinkled on grapefruit
Flavor: sweet pine flavor with nice bitterness, the hop flavor saturates after a while until you need to scrape them off your tongue
Overall: back to greatness

Name: Small IPA?
Date: April 04, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: slightly hazy copper, creamy beige head, solid lace
Aroma: big sweet orange citrus aroma, sweet crystal malt, lots of orange with a dash of orange rind, crystal and orange combine for a orange candy character
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of citrus hops, just enough bitterness to balance the sweet crystal malt

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4

Date: April 05, 2011
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
inconsistancy is the way with this beer, still a good citrus and grapefruit character but not the special batch that shows from time to time, maybe it’s all about freshness and timing, later I found out it’s about getting the beer you order,

Date: April 10, 2011
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
so this was the wonderful orange citrus laden IPA I had on my first visit this trip,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4

Growler from Khoury’s Liquors in Las Vegas. Not usually excited about local brews, but this is a very drinkable IPA. Darker than Gold, but still lighter than most IPA’s I favor, and suprisingly tasty. Citrusy [grapefruit], nice after taste. Not bold, at all. But, I’ll have no problem finishing this growler.

Sampled at the Brew’s Best Beer Fest on my trip to Vegas. Slightly hazy golden colour with a small head and medium lacing. The hop is nicely blended with the malt grain aromas. The taste is decent with a medium hoppy bitterness. Well-balanced overall and an easy-drinking IPA.

Growler. Rating #43. Dark gold, light amber color with a decent white head. Light aroma, citrus notes shining through. Flavor us a bit more intense, more citrus, grapefruit. Pretty nice drinker. (1841)

Draft at the brewpub. Clear medium dark gold, white head. Grapefruit, bitter hops, slightly sweet malts, and light tropical fruit. A nice drinkable IPA, probably one of this brewery’s best, but not excellent for the style.

I’m not an IPA fan so this beer actually was given a higher score then I would normally give. Light amber coloring was hazy with small head. Aroma and finish and everything else was like eating Cascade and Centennial hops from the plant. IPA lovers should be happy with this beer.

GLBN IPA Challenge 2011, another winner from Big Dogs. Nice agressive hop flavor, little hop harshness inthe finish. Correct dose of malts to ever so lightly cut into the hop burn. Big IPA with big hop flavor. Nice one

Sampler at Big Dog’s Brewery. This was the highlight of the day! Huge hops in the nose and massive grapefrui throughout the sip. Bitter through and through. Nice.

Poured a dark gold color with a small head. Aroma of fruit, grapefruit, caramel, bread and sugar. Flavor had a nice sugary hop mix. Not bursting with flavor, but nice.

Big Dog’s Dirty Dog IPA is a crystal clear and lively orange-golden ale with a big, frothy white head that’s very persistent and leaves nice lacing on the glass. A huge, citrusy aroma fills the room with orange and grapefruit smells upon pouring it. It’s a very resiny aroma when it’s up close. It has a super smooth medium body and it leaves the mouth a little oily. There’s plenty of bitterness but, moreover, plenty of hop flavor. Orange, grapefruit and pine dominate the taste. There is a touch of sweetness that’s probably from the malt, but it may be an illusion caused by the candy-like hops. There is a long, bitter aftertaste that continues the resiny, citrus flavor. Wow. This is a bang-up American IPA!

On tap. One of their better beers. Clear amber golden body with a white head. Pine and slightly herbaceous aroma with some tropical fruits as well. Taste is tropical fruits, citrus and light table sugar. Medium bodied, well attenuated finish.