Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter

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

Bottle. Black with a biege head. Aromas are earthy coffee with herbal notes and liquorice. Very, very floral with smoky notes and peppery pine. Some chocolate malts. Flavours are roast malts with peppery, bitter pine. Woody with lavender. Some winter fruit. Good.

Thick black beer, coffee, oak, smokey taste. Very good beer, easy to drink after the first few drinks.

Bottle at home. Black colour, beige head. Aroma of bitter roasted coffee, musty earthy yeast, molasses. Flavour is bitter coffee and hops, raisins, wood. Earthy flavours are a bit too apparent in this brew.

poured dark with a light brown head that didn’t last very long. Aroma was very nice. Taste is bitter (but a good bitter) and has a nice aftertaste that stayed with me. I would drink this again for sure.

Black with dark beige head.Aroma of earth and dark berries.Flavor of rosted malt and light smoked.Mild well balanced and with a nice finish.

12 oz. bottle (2008) into sniffer (why does RB suggest a trappist glass?). I have had this brew a few times early in my micro drinking days and a good while before rating, so here it goes. Rich black pour with a light brown, tall head. Lots of hops on the aroma upfront with a nice roasty malt character beneath. The flavor is very bitter and dominated by roasted dark coffee notes with a bit of hop bitterness on the finish. Pretty rich with notes of oak and vanilla. The more it warms, the more pine hop I am getting in the flavor. A smokey finish is starting to develop too. Pretty bold brew. Medium to heavy bodied; pretty chewy and coating. Overall: this stuff is even better than I remembered. I would be interested to age some though and see what happens when the bold hop characters settles down a bit.

Has a very pretty head and a dark body. Strong chocolate with bitter alcohol goodness. The alcohol content makes up for an otherwise average porter. although the pale ale is good, I hope to one day find the flying dog beverage that does mr. thompson justice. it really should have whiskey in it, though...

Pours a thick and viscous motor oil, decent tan head. Aroma of malt, hints of chocolate. Flavor is very malty, traces of alcohol. A little thin on the palate, but a very nice porter.