Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

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

Serve in Snifter

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This stuff looks great, dark mahogany with a sweet nose. The malts are really smelly/good. The taste is like better than say? totally sweet messes like MM Charley-wine. As good as bigfoot. Not quite the genius of Hog Heaven. Dark fruits, chocolate covered raisins galore. A bit of a cognac hit in the trailing off. Ends like a sweet worn-in fender reverb amp. This is a really good beer. Highly recommended.

12 oz bottle pours a copper red without any head. Faint aroma of banana. Malty, sweet and licorice flavors. Noticeable alcohol.

I’m not a huge fan of barley wines, but this stuff is pretty good. It has a sweet, floral aroma. The finish lingers and reminds me of honey with a bit of toffee and browned fruit. It definitely packs a wallop of alcohol but theres barely any booze on it. I don’t think mine was oak aged, but I do detect a hint of vanilla or wood on there.

Láhev 355 ml. Příjemné aroma švestek, vlašských ořechů a sladu s doprovodem alkoholu, tato kombinace velmi připomíná sladké švestkové víno s ořechovicí. Pěna je nízká zlatohnědá, jemná na rtech sametová bohužel rychle mizící barva piva je měděná až tmavě hnědá proti světlu jsou znát odstíny tmavě ametystové. Chuť piva je nasládlá, vzdáleně připomíná švestkové víno je doprovázené ořechovou hořkostí a alkoholem. Velmi zajímavá kombinace chutí a vůně. Musím přiznat že je dobře pitelné oproti třeba Anochor Old Fogrhorn který je spíše vhodný k pomalejšímu a klidnému vychutnávání.

Pours dark mohagony with little head. Smekl is sweet and fruity with a hint of alcohol. Taste is sweet, hint of cherry and chocolate. A taste of pepper. A good barley wine for the money.

355 ml bottle at home, poured into a snifter glass. ABV 10,2%. Deep amber brown colour on the body, with just a thin line of off-white foam, but this may be because I opened it too cold. I’ll let it warm up a bit for the second pour. Very nice aroma of sweet milk chocolate, some hints of the alcohol but very pleasant ones, like a good brandy, a bit of vanilla too, dark fruits as well. Strong taste with obvious alcohol, very sweet. Dark fruits here too, molasses, spices. Great aftertaste, less sweet, it tastes a bit like brandy too. Thick body, light carbonation, sticky palate. This is my first barley wine and I don’t have anything else to compare it with, but it was a damn good beer.

Bottled 0,33L. Dark amber/brown color, much charged and fraught aspect, very resistant and foamy head of long resistance. Whiskey, malty and caramel aroma, much perfumed with pleasantly notes of aged stum, alcohol and marc. Round and solid taste, full bodied with a prominent vinous and aged grapes and stum content. Sweetish and alcoholic final. I’m not a barley wine lover but this beer it’s surprising.

Bottle. Vintage 13BB (2013 I am assuming. Pours deep red-brown with a very thin beige head. Aroma is excellent; fruity, dark fruits, vanilla, alcohol, bread, floral, touch of bubblegum. Taste is nice, big, aggressive; dark fruits (plum, raisin, prune), grapes, alcohol, bread, hints of chocolate; finish is bitter fruit skin. Little lacing. Mouth feel is thick and oily. Carbonation is a bit higher than expected; medium-high with some very aggressive bubbles. Overall, I really enjoyed this. While alcohol is evident, the particular strength is well hidden. Full-bodied; flavorful.

Dunkelbraun mit rötlichem Schimmer und leichtem Schaumrand. Schweres und süßes Aroma dunkler Malze, auch leicht fruchtig nach Brombeere. Im Antrunk und Geschmack wie ein süßer Dessertwein, minimal fruchtig und wärmend vom Alkohol im Abgang. Mehr als ein Glas garantiert Kopfschmerzen, garantiert!

beautyful ruby colour, minimal brownish off-white head; aroma of dried fruits, oak barrel, intensive malty sweetness and spicy alcohol; taste is fully dominated by malty sweetness with fruity notes, alcoholic warmth and some bitterness; lots of sweetness with bitter notes and alcohol - it’s really like a great liqueur