Flying Dog Double Dog Double Pale Ale

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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September 2004 Release, Bottle #3734, Sampled November 2004
Pours a lightly hazy amber-red color, it is topped by a frothy light tan head that is pretty thick. The aroma smells about right for a Double Pale Ale, it is redolent of malt, particularly of the crystal kind, with notes of biscuits and caramel. The hops are also here, witch combined with the malt form a sticky sweetish aroma of citrus fruit (grapefruit, and tangerine), and pine. The hop aromatics are not as strong as say the most aggressive Double IPAs, but I would not expect that in a beer billed as a Double Pale Ale, the hops are definitely here though.

Wow the hops are a bit more evident in the taste of this beer, though not enamel melting though. The beer is a little lighter (definitely a full mouth coating quality to it though) and not as sweet (though it has a definite sweet malt character to it) as I was expecting from the aroma either. The taste is thick with hoppy notes of ruby-grapefruit, tangerine, orange, an astringent herbal component, and pine. There is also some nice malty notes here, which mostly serve to pick up and accentuate the flavor hop additions in this beer, I get notes of sweet caramel, crackers, and biscuits. This has a nice low carbonation to it, which compliments the heft of this 9% alcohol beer nicely. The finish is solidly bitter, though not hugely so, but it strikes a good balance with the residual malty sweetness that is found in this beer.

This is quite a nice beer, certainly not something I could drink a lot of, but I highly recommend a 750ml bottle, especially if you can share.

Bottle. Dark amber with a small ring of off white head. Big resinous pine hop aroma, some caramel and a little alcohol. Similar taste, pine, caramel and alcohol. Oily with a long lingering bitterness and an alcohol warmth. Nice, not sure what separates this from a double ipa

Bottle from Alko. Red color, beige head. Intense hoppy taste with citrus, alcohol and some caramel. Very bitter finish. A bit too raw, but otherwise fine strong ale.

Dark amber fluffy cream head, Orange marmelade nose. Sticky Orange marmelade body, slight pithy bitterness. V drinkable for abv.

Tastes of bread, dried fruit, brown sugar, with pine hops. I like this beer a lot

Bottle sample at an Imperial Beer Tasting at the Norma Jean in Jaffa, hosted by beerandbeyond. Clear dark golden with off white foam. Sweet, honey aroma. Tastes rather bitter, slight skunkiness and some sweetness. Full body, soft carbonation, long bitter finish. Like it alot.

from notes: muted hop taste, balanced with a strong malt backbone. Long, bitter finish. Slight alcohol warming. Meh.

355 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 11.5%, 85 IBU. Amber colour, moderate off-white head. Strong sweetish aroma of orange marmalade, crystal malts, loads of American hops - and some alcohol. The flavour is sweet (orange marmalade again) and alcoholic, and very hoppy throughout, with a solid bitterness. Certainly not "easy drinking" - but when you finally admit that you have to drink this beer VERY slowly, it is not that bad. Just not Flying Dog’s best.

pours a nice red clear color. With a small foam collar. Has a very distinct IPA smell, very dry taste, kind of syrup/licorice like taste, very goey and has a bitter after taste. overal a nice beer! heavy alcoholic taste though.

Hazy orange/brown, thin head with a few big bubbles. Bittersweet aroma with a hint of orange and butterscotch. It is bitter to begin with but mellows out. Dry mouthfeel smooth taste but no hardcore.

Great double IPA. Pours an almost red with a fresh clean hoppy nose. The taste is grassy, citrus, and oh so wonderful hops. Didn’t linger too much but didn’t disappear. I fell in love with this and will always be close at hand for me.