Flying Dog Road Dog Scottish Porter

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Porter
Frederick, Maryland USA

(Bottle from McKean and Charles) Labelled as ’’Road Dog Porter’’, they must have dropped the ’’Scottish’’...Pours dark brown with rubyish and brownish highlights. Two fingers of rather lumpy tan head. Rather mild aroma of chocolate. Mouthfeel kind of fizzy, a bit thin although I understand that’s OK for the style (but still). Nice light rings of lacing. Flavor is sort of milk and dark chocolate-y but on the weakish side. Meek tasting. Nothing to write home about. Perhaps there’s the faintest hint of peat and hence the whole ’’Scottish porter’’ thing.

12oz btl. Pours a really dark brown with a nice tan head. Not too strong of nose but the usual sweet, dark malty smells arise. Mouthfeel is medium with light carbonation. Taste is of mild toasty amlt, some sweetness, with a little alcohol on the end. The finish is short and sweet. Not bad. Hoping it was better but its hard to give a dark beer a bad rating.

meh, dull compared to other porters sort of bitter. It was ok I guess. Some chocolate and dark fruit. Would prolly get again if there wasnt much to choose from.

12 oz. bottle. Pours beautiful clear dark brown with a very light, extremely thin off-white head that all but disappears. Aroma is sweet with mild toasty malt. Flavor is sweet, toasty, and coffee. Decent balance of sweetness and bitterness. Light to medium body. Short sweet finish.

Dark brown, almost black. Thin head. Aroma is sour malt and chocolate. A hint of good espresso in there as well. Flavor disappoints a little bit. It’s kinda watery to be honest. But there is some nice complexity here. Coffee and chocolate are the predominant flavors, and it has a nice roasty-nutty flavor going on as well. Nice and smooth finish.

12 oz bottle poured black with a small tan head. Light aroma of toasted malt, as is the flavor accompanied with a small taste of coffee and chocolate. Not as bitter as it should be. Medium body, decent combination.

Light and mild. Roasty and fruity aroma and taste, slightly bitter finish. Interesting balance, not bad.

I guess I can smell a little chocolate in the aroma. Dark, opaque appearance, like most porters. Really pretty dull, nothing outstanding. Boring beer, no shit.