Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter

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

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Complex aroma, appealing appearance and a wonderful taste! [short review due to it coming from my backlog]

35,5 cl bottle @ Kaisla, Helsinki. Rated on 03.07.2009
Aroma is sweetish with roasted malt, syrupy notes, some cocoa and dark chocolate. Flavour is sweet with syrupy notes, raisins, cocoa, licorice and semi‐dark chocolate. Sticky palate. I find it quite confusing that the sweetness here does not disturb much.

Bottle @ Tilt Bar,Oslo February 10,2013 Beer tasted from a tulip glass Black as a winter night in Northern Europe Aroma is coffee,chocolate,hop and smoke A bit hoppy and bitter finish Hidden ABV

Bouteille 12oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry ou Blankboy. De couleur brune très foncée et opaque. Nez malté de café noir et de malt rôti, moyen de chocolat noir, moyen de houblon herbeux, aux notes résineuses, légèrement fruité (raisins, notes de cerises) avec des notes d’alcool doux et de mélasse. Ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture moyennement crémeuse et huileuse. Léger goût fruité (raisins aux faibles notes vineuses) avec des traces de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût moyennement amer de chocolat, de malt rôti (à la limite du brûlé) avec des notes de mélasse. Parallèlement l’on retrouve un goût moyennement amer de houblon floral et légèrement résineux ainsi qu’un léger goût de café noir jusqu’en finale, oùs’y retrouve également des notes d’alcool doux-moyen. Post-goût long aux notes sèches, moyennement amer de de houblon légèrement floral aux notes herbeuses et résineuses, léger de café, de rôti et de chocolat.

Very interesting beer. Aroma very similar to an IPA with some piney, citrus notes. Has a nice hop presence that is finished with a very smooth malt character with notes of cocoa and coffee. Very, very smooth... Hardly noticed the 9.2%...

Pours black with a foamy light brown head that slowly dissipates and leaves a decent lacing. The nose is surprising - blindfold me and would have guessed it was an IPA with the piney smell. It even tastes a drop like an IPA with very present hops, before finishing more porter like with roasted malt/coffee notes. Not what I expected, but really good. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Very black in color with a beuge head. taste og sweet chocolate with some bitterness

Drier and easier to drink than I thought it might be. I loved this. The flavours are quite complicated. Coffee, burnt chocolate, but some summer grass and smokey woodlands, and the tiniest wipe of lemon freshness. Brilliant. I loved every drop.

It pours jet black leaving a half inch white foamy head that fades fairly quickly to a film covering the top of the body inside my nonic. Minimal lacing is left. The smell has some coffee, chocolate, alcohol and light malts up front. The taste is bitter and boozy with the coffee and alcohol coming in strong. It leaves a dry aftertaste and has a bitter finish. The palate is about a medium with nothing harsh on the tongue. Overall, I like this as a Baltic Porter. I’d have this again.

12oz bottle. Pours a thick black, light tan head. Aroma is chocolatey with a hint of alcohol. Taste is chocolate, sweetness, finishing with some hops and bitterness. Not much alcohol to be detected in taste, goes down easy. Pretty complex little brew. Thoroughly enjoyed.