flatmatt (68), Northville, Michigan, USA
Jun 23, 2008
12 oz bottle from the Canis Major pack. Pours orange amber with a medium white head. Decent lacing. Aroma is somewhat weak, detectable citrus, grassiness, and sweetness in the aroma, maybe a little bready aroma. Flavor is dominated by bitterness, with grapefruit hop notes in there as well. Some alcohol presence as well. Fairly significant alcohol and bitterness in the finish. Not too bad, but I’d prefer some more in the flavor profile besides bitterness.
 MiP (4927), Flensburg, Germany
Aug 20, 2008 Bottle, 10.5%. Weak caramelly aroma, late pepper note. Cloudy dark orange colour. Nice stable white head. Caramelly flavour, distinct alcohol burn. Strange teaish veggy finish, but not unpleasant. The alcohol burns away most of the flavour. Very nice, but does get a bit rough after a while.
fredandboboflo (440), East Setauket, New York, USA
Aug 17, 2008 Ooh, the 800th rating for this beer! Exciting! Anyway, bottle, vintage 2008. Aroma of citrus, floral, and mango hops, definitely hop-forward but can still sense the sweet malt lurking. Flavor opens up with really juicy sweet malt and bitterness showing up afterward, lasting into the finish, yet even then a tantilizing almost sour sweetness remains as well. Great beer, been impressed with Flying Dog lately.
LilBeerDoctor (442), East Setauket, New York, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Bottle, 2008. Pours a brown/orange with a slight white head. Aroma of lots of sweet malt and citrusy hops. Flavor is quite bitter, with some sweet wheaty malt and citrusy hops at the finish. Slight acetone. Heavy palate. Good ASA, although I wouldn’t mind if the alcohol was toned down slightly. A slow sipper.
dornoy (619), Lyngby, Denmark
Aug 16, 2008 Long lasting head on an orange brown body. Despite its high alcohol content, there is no obvious alcohol taste and it’s an easy dring, quite refreshing too. I was pleasantly suprised by this US microbrewery beer.
RaginCajun (257), Dallas, Texas, USA
Aug 14, 2008 Aggressive hop aroma pulls you in. Very floral. Great hop profile w/ lots of different bitterness notes; reaches every point of the palate. Nice malts as well. This is a great beer; no doubt.
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