Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter

Bottle 33 cl. Apperance; Black with a short lived brown head. Aroma; Very sweet and hoppy with a sence of roasted malt and plumb. Flavor; The roasted malt comes more clear with a sence of chocolate and hops. Nice bitter ending.

This is my first Baltic porter and as such I wasn’t sure what to expect. Looks good and black with a nice creamy head. Smells hoppy as hell, unlike any porter I have ever had before. Nice and citrusy and floral scents dominate. Taste matches the smell as this reminds me more of an ipa than the porters I am used to. Mouth is thin and carbonated with quote a zing to it.

Incredible. Besides being a huge HST fan, I’m a huge fan of this beer. Has a terrific aroma of coffee and roasted malts. What makes this beer even better is it’s balance between it’s ABV and its flavor. What a great beer.

Bottled. Deep and dark brown, almost black colour. The head is minimal, beige in colour and somewhat creamy. The aroma is simply delicious! Deep, sweet maltiness is combined with milk chocolat and flowery hops. Plums, dates and such ripes have lots of sweet power. Gentle roastestedness lies somewhere on the background with a hint of vanilla. Roastedness and darker chocolate have more to give in the flavor. Thick, even syrupy maltiness and powerful bitterness shake hands in the middle. Dark chocolate and coffee beans give some sourness in the finish. The alcohol is totally absent. The palate is full bodied, oily and slightly carbonated. Overall it´s rich and powerful porter and best when at room temperature.

Bottled. Dark, Blackish. Light brown thinning head, thick at first. Unexpected smells of flower. lighter caramel notes--sweet. Very dry taste also of caramel burned malts with hops. Very tight/quick finish with big bite at end.

An interesting beer to be sure. Something is missing, but I can’t pick what it is, and to be honest, in trying to figure it out, I’ve decided I like this way more than I did at the beginning! It’s a flavour bomb, with a ton of roasted notes going on, ranging from slightly overextracted dark roast coffee, to dark fruit toast, to roasted kumara! The alcohol is very noticeable, but that’s not a bad thing. There’s a ton of hop bitterness too, and the hint of something that might have been hop flavour, but died quickly. The final impression is toffee and fruit toast. It’s a seriously complex beer.

Bottle. Pours black with a little brown head that quickly vanishes. The nose has equal parts coffee and toasty yeast. Medium bodied, this has a dry finish and a little bitterness in the end. The flavour has a little chocolate but more of the coffee and roasted malts with a lovely enveloping smokiness. Can’t wait to get my hands on the barrel aged version.

01.06.2008, 0,355l Bottle. Dark brown colour with pale brown head. Aroma is rich malty with a dry hoppy finish. THis is a tastefull and rich beer, really nice. Re-rate and new tasting 06.11.2009.