Bottle. Pours an amber body brew with a quickly diminishing head. Lots of caramel malt body with light etoh. Some light fruity esters and some light bitterness. decent.

12 oz bottle. Pours a rich amber/brown color with a big frothy off white head with great retention and very nice lacing. Aroma is very nutty and filled with malt. I almost get a sock smell but it is very, very faint. Flavor is a bit odd. Not bad, just odd. It has good balance with nice malt flavor and then some almost dark fruit flavors. It’s basically a mix between a Southern English Brown and a Belgian Dark Strong Ale. Very different. Not bad...it just takes a bit for me to come around.

Poured from the bottle into a pint glass. Pour produced a clear, brown body, topped by a thick tan head of foam, which was long-lasting. Some chocolate maltiness to the aroma, but also a hint of metal. Full bodied, with a moderate carbonation and a balanced bitter-sweetness. Chocolate is the main flavor note here, with a touch of warming alcohol thrown in. The aftertaste is of burnt nuts and metal. I thought this beer looked great, and had a great initial flavor. I think that this would be a fine choice for a winter ale. Not bad!

bottle, nutty amber color, head is strong with a malty nose, flavor is sweet malts and some dried fruits, light bodied with caramel finish

Flying Dog steps up to winter’s challenge with a flavorful, robust brew, though not with your typical serving of chocolatey malts. Instead, the brewers opted for a slight lean towards a lighter drink. A deep ruby red beer, the K-9 is practically overwhelmed with carbonation like a lively champagne, leading upwards to a thick, light tan head, marked with soft dimples but otherwise flat as a nail’s head. The aroma is wet and malty, gloppy in a way, with a touch of nutty quality to it, and a light milk chocolate adding a light sweetness that doesn’t turn the beer "rich." The flavor is, however, rich with an old and familiar flat malty taste adorned with decorative chestnut tones, a little plum and the always healthy presence of persistent tongue scarping alcohol. I find this better than most micro-brewery winter ales, but the nice touches, such as the chestnut and plum flavors, fade quickly leaving the same old bubbly malty flavors that I can find in any bottle of winter ale.