Flying Dog Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Frederick, Maryland USA

Clear amber color with a small but somewhat persistent head and nice lacing. Nose of malts with some grassyness. Taste is OK, but it has a rather up-front sourness that’s just plain sour, without being terribly interesting. It’s sort of like the beer contains lemon juice. Subtle short-lived hoppy finish. This is certainly better than almost anything a giant macro puts out, but it’s below average for an American craft brewed pale ale.

This pale ale has a sour malt with hops flavor. The hops has a fruity-soap taste. Average head. Won’t purchase again,the competition is better at the same price.

Bottle (part of a mixed 12 pack): Pretty good american pale ale. Aroma and flavor of citrus. Very drinkable. I would gladly drink again.

Bottle from Harris Teeter Charlottesville. Pours a deep copper red with a thin head that disappears quickly. Nice hop aroma with a honey-sweet background. The taste has a slight metallic tinge to it but is otherwise pleasant and fairly well balanced. Very drinkable.

Pours deep amber color with fast receding beige head. Hoppy aroma, piney and citrusy like an IPA. Flavor is excellent balance of the bitter hoppiness of a pale ale and the sweet finish of the malt. Easily the most enjoyable beer of the 6 variety Flying Dog mix pack.

(Bottle on 2008-05-02) Small head. Dark amber colour. Clear. Hoppy nose. A bit dry palate. Hops in taste. Some malts.

Fad: Udmærket pale ale, meget drikbar med en tydelig smag af cascade. Ikke så bitter som nogle typer, men derfor også klart en PA og ikke en IPA som visse af de mere ekstreme pale ales er i dag.

Attractive deep amber in color with a pleasant aroma for a pale. Stronger hops flavor than with most pales - maybe a little bit too strong for me. I want to try it again though.