Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Frederick, Maryland USA

Serve in Snifter

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Draft. Hazy amber color, medium white head. Aroma of figs, prunes. Taste is sweet, malty, fruity. Nice.

Bottle at North Bar, Leeds. I think this was my first barleywine, so I’m surprised I’ve not rated it yet. Pours a deep, ruby brown, small head. Aroma is red and dried fruits, big caramel, cinnamon and other spice. Taste is sweet (particularly for an American barleywine), with caramel, treacle, liquorice, sultanas. Full bodied, lasts forever, with bitterness finally showing up then. Oooh yes.

UPDATED: FEB 24, 2013 On draft at Churchkey DC on innauguration night. Pours black with a tan head. Sweetly caramel in the nose. Notes of toffee and dark fruits. Sweet finish. Update vintage 2011. On draft at the Mad Fox Barley Wine Festival, Falls Church VA. Pours a clear amber with an off white head. Aroma and flavors as above.

weird beer, very complex, dark fruits, weird malts, port?, licorice and something murky... alcoholic and far too sweet...

Malty sweet aroma, minmal head.... red brown. medium sweetness, lightly bitter. . Body: medium but sugary. I split sum and a bit sticky fr0m trying t0 f0rce carb. very little carb. long finish,

bottle @ Brewdog webstore Pours copper reddish with medium tan head. Aroma is raisins, plums, malts. Flavor is malts, fruits, alcohol, plums. Nice beer!

Pours a murky, deep dark brown color. Kinda looks like dark apple cider. Has a small light tan head. Aroma of grapes, dark fruit and a little booze. Taste starts with grapes, raisins and figs and finishes with a sweet malt, vanilla and light alcohol flavor. Hides the booze pretty well for the ABV. Mouth feel is medium bodied with a low to medium carbonation. Overall a tasty, balanced Barleywine.

355 ml bottle. BBE 29.04.2012.
Not as hoppy as it was fresh, no surprise there, there are some left still. Also lot more ripe fruits on the nose, plums and raisins. Taste is a bit rounder too and quite sweet with the caramel malts and some resin. Probably at it’s peak right about now.
355 ml bottle.
Originally rated on 20091211.
Pours clear dark amber color with a small head. Aroma of hops, ripe fruits, some caramel notes and light wooden hints. Subtle alcohol comes through too. Flavor of caramel, malts, ripe fruits, some toffee notes and yeast. Nice hoppy bw. Has maybe a bit raw feel to it though.
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12/06/2012. 12 oz bottle poured into a Duvel tulip. A: Pours a dark burgundy color with little specks of yeast floating in an otherwise clear body. The head is a two finger mocha color with fantastic texturing - it’s one of the thicker heads I’ve seen, and after several minutes, a thick collar remains planted on the glass. Lacing is spotty but beautifully uniform where it does appear. S: It’s a typical barleywine aroma - dried dark fruits, licorice, leather, tobacco, and earthy hops. Other notes include marzipan and perhaps vague peanut brittle. Well executed if textbook to a fault. T: Initially, the flavor profile is slightly nutty, and then the dark fruits make an appearance en masse. It finishes with lots of leafy tobacco and mild bitterness. The said bitterness helps cohesively counter what could have been a very sweet barleywine. Booze does appear to a degree on the aftertaste...luckily, the booze is pleasant instead of oppressive. Flavor-wise, it unfolds into something less sweet and more savory over time. It could use a little extra malt-driven complexity, but otherwise it’s hard to complain about this one. M: Wow, I’m impressed with how soft and delicate this is on the palate. A very syrupy and ’wet’ brew with a long, lingering aftertaste. Carbonation is only detectable when one concentrates for it - after all, isn’t that how it should be in something like this? Its texture inspires one to swish it around in the tongue rather than gulp it down. O: This doesn’t break ground, it’s just a rock solid no-frills barleywine. It hits a good balance between being easy to drink and easy to savor. Hey Flying Dog, can we get a barrel-aged version, like, right now?!

Pours darn mahogany with no head. The aroma is one dimensional and thin but sweat and heady. On the palate there's a ton of toffee, caramel, chocolate and oak. Overall it's a solid barytone but unfortunately unremarkable. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone