Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: California Common
Frederick, Maryland USA

Pours amber/golden from the 12oz. bottle: Nose is caramel malts, molasses, toasted grain, floral hops, and some brown sugar. Flavors of cinnamon raisin bread and other rich, crispy grains, florals, and little citrus. Medium-bodied, smooth overall. Drinkability: Conplements the originality of a steam ale, but lacks a satisfying taste overall. Rebuy: I could do without. #218 on 24112009, DG.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a copper color with a small frothy light brown head. Aroma is sweet, caramel malts, a touch of fruit, and a touch of grassy hops. Flavor is caramel malts, more fruitiness, a little buttery, and grapefruit/citrus hops. Mouthfeel is fairly carbonated, dry, and a solid bitter finish. Very drinkable beer and well balanced.

[355ml bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring] Pours a nice reddish amber with a moderate off-white head. Annoyingly fizzy. Sweet caramel malt at first, with an odd minty soapiness at the mid-point. Some grassy notes before a rather clumsy dirty bitterness in the finish (still more sweet than bitter though). It’s pretty average really.

A dull dark amber color with a very small off-white head that settles kind of quickly leaving just minimal lacings. The smell is of, malts, a note of bread, comparably big caramel aromas and a fair amount of leafy and spicy hops. Overall, the smell is mild and not very interesting. Sweet malts with some caramel character in the mouth. Perhaps a note of fudge. Very mild peppery hop flavors. The finish has a gentle bitterness to it with some citric and leafy hop notes and a note of minerals. The taste is by and large mild and thin, but clean and rather refreshing. Moderate body, well suited carbonation. An ok beer, nothing more, nothing less. It could really use more flavors and complexity, as for now, it comes out a bit thin. But still it’s quite refreshing. Serving type: bottle (Copy of old Beer Advocate review)

355ml bottle. Deep amber in colour with a small thin white head adn subtle aromas of malt, barley and grain. Nice mellow flavour with a well developed maltiness. Smooth and very enjoyable.

Poured pale copper and clear. Short white head. Aroma of malts and sugars. Flavor was malt, cereal and sugars. A touch of citrus hops towards the end. Thin body. Neither offensive or exciting.

bottle - amber beer with a thin white head. Very thin malt aroma. Nice smooth malty flavour with a moderate bitterness. Well balanced.

355 ml bottle. 5.3%. Finland. Clear amber colour with small white head. Sweet caramel/toffee aroma. Sweetness in flavour too. Hoppy bitterness. Soft carbonation. Not very interesting.