Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
Frederick, Maryland USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle sample at a Beer & Beyond strong beers tasting at Norma Jean. Black with a light brown head. Nice roasty aroma. Sweet thick flavor with chocolate, roasted malt, fruity hints and a drier finish. Full-bodied.

Svart som fan med latteskum. Doftar kaffe, lakrits och en aning frukt. Smakar först sött men slår snabbt om till besk, kaffe dyker klart upp liksom lite rökig ekfats smak, typ whisky vibbar utan spriten? Kanske lite mer kolsyra än vad man förväntar sig men det funkar helt ok!! Bra skit får man helt enkelt säga. Jag brukar ju alltid ha någon hemma, najs till tårtan liksom.

Bottle from the Offie, Leicester. Black, with receding beige head. Smells pretty hoppy with a malt extract warmth. Initially has the feel of an Imperial Stout - warm, sweet, hoppy. Really dries out on the finish, leaving an almost liqueur like alcohol finish. The finish doesn’t quite do it for me, but otherwise it’s very good indeed.

In two minds with this one. Looks and smells impressive, but to me the underlying hop bitterness did not do it for me.

March 2008: Brown 12 Fl Oz bottle, my second Flying Dog beer ever. Poured into a Corsendonk stemmed tulip glass. Beers don’t get much darker than this do they? No light gets through this beer, the head is also dark, a deep brown foam sits on top. The aroma is monopolised by toasted/burnt malts, nothing else gets a sniff. The taste goes along with the smell, malty almost to a fault, nothing else stands a chance of being found. Fairly thick in its mouthfeel, watery it is not. The maltiness obviously stays in the mouth and the alcohol doesn’t push its luck, although you can feel it. My bottle had an ABV of 8.7% and it was a very enjoyable experience, one I would gladly do again.

I’ve had this on tap and from the bottle, I’ll do this review from the bottle at home. Poured into a sniffer glass, very dark with off-white head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, caramel and roasted malts. Nice complex taste, on top of the aroma tasted some vanilla, smoke and oak. Aftertaste of hops completes everything. My favorite local brew, love finding it on tap.

Black pour creamy dark tan/orange head orange hue light lacing .... aroma is of bitter dark chocolate, roasted malts, light coffee and caramel malts ..... taste is of dark chocolate, caramel malts, bitter hops, roasted malts and light coffee .... the ibu’s are definitely noticable ... mouthfeel is lively, oily and slick with a tingling bitter hop bite and a full body ... finish is bitter dry and lingering ... drinks like a stout and has a very nice hop bite to it ... abv hidden well .... well done loved it

330ml bottle. Black with creamy brown head. Aroma is sweet with dark fruit aln malt. Taste is sweet with caramel and coffee.

Excellente apparance and palete. Smoke, vanilla, sweet biterness. No taste of alcohol what so ever.

Pours dark brown with low brown head Aromas of oak some coffee and alcohol Thin palate. A bit watery. Taste of some vanilla oak and coffee. An ok porter.