Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

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

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: JUL 29, 2008 Vintage 2003B. Originally rated March 14, 2005. Deep ruby brown pour, with no head and weak lacing. Practically still. Sweet plain malt aroma. Very sugary with a musty background. Finishes grassy. A little bit of raspberry chocolate. Alcohol is a little too strong on the tongue. Not very much hops profile. Re-rating another slightly older bottle. I’m more impressed this time around, it’s a very honorable English-style.

Cellar rating. 12oz Bottle. 2003B. Purchased in February 2005. Tasted on July 28, 2008. Light spritz and then a pour into the glass of red ochre, with a fringe in gold and a rim in off-white. Aroma is oxidized, but maintains some very pleasurable caramel, ripe plum and pear, and a bit of cheap brandy. Not bad. Flavor holds spiciness, heat, and a rich caramel body. More complex cocoa powder dust, almond paste, and sponge pudding hold up the majority of the body. A bit of dust, oxidation and celery seeds feel out the depth of the flavor. Still hot and burgeoned with a bit too many esters. Yet, the prickly carbonation keeps it alive and lets the well-melded malt character show. Palate is fairly balanced, but edges sweet and warm. Interesting to try at five years, but nothing I’d get overly excited about hanging onto.

(bottle) pours a slightly hazy dark ruby colour with a frothy beige head. aroma of herbal hops, burnt toffee and treacle, with hints of apricots, cherries, straciatella and light alcohol. flavour is caramel, brown sugar and raisins, though with surprisingly little sweetness, some dark fruits and a hint of alcohol in the finish. heavy-bodied with fizzy carbonation.

Smokey caramel flavor, nice tang, and solid name baby..............................

Bottle. Dark amber pour, negligible head. Toast, malts, nuts, caramel. Medium carbonation, medium-strong body. Without the carbonation to rough it up, it would be less drinkable (too sweet).

Very smooth and nuanced. Flavors were more mellow. Alcohol was in balance with the sweet character.

Nip sized bottle. 2008 Vintage. Poured an amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of nuts, toasty, some caramel, and some oxidation. Tastes of nuts, caramel, toffee, toast, some chocolate, and some dark fruits. Lighter alcohol in the finish.

355ml bottle. Poured deep ruby in color with a thin white head. Aroma has sweet fruits, raisins and dark bready malt. Flavor has raisins, figs, alcohol and is overall quite sweet. Long fruity, tasty finish. Very tasty barley wine, well balanced, full bodied. Alcohol coming through little too much.

Pours a deep copper color with a brown hue to it. Aroma is of heavy malt and mild chocolate. You can taste the high alcohol content but it is well hidden amongst the hops and sweet dark licorice flavor. Overall the best barleywine I’ve tasted.

36cl, American brew, from Geers Oostakker, complex brew, malty/sweet and slightly alcoholic/spicy, not too heavy, balanced, hazy, good head, good brew

Didn’t know this was still around, grabbed a bottle at the beer store. Poured a dark brown, small white head. Aromas of sweetness, malt, fruit and toffee. Taste is malty, spice, plum and caramel. A pretty good Barley Wine, enjoy getting this when I can.

Az árpaborokért nem vagyok oda annyira. Túl testesek túl édesek. Színébe, habjába nem lehet belekötni: szép konyakos, sötét borostyán, a hab meg sűrű és homogén bézs. Egyből támad az alkohol szinte könnyezik a szemem tőle mögötte meg ott kiabál az aszalt illat amit ugye a sok maláta okoz. Van még kevés vaniliás virágos felhő plusz enyhe fanyar citrom. Émelyítően édes egyből a korty elejétől bár kapaszkodik hozzá egy eléggé markáns keserűség de mégsem tud elvarázsolni (max. 3-4 üveg után...) Sűrű és ragadós állag. Ááá, nekem ez sok(k).