Flying Dog Road Dog Scottish Porter

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

Earthy chocolate and coffee aroma. Flavor follows suit. Like most things I’ve had from Flying Dog, it’s a pretty good porter, but far from my favorite.

Brewed August 2006. Aroma like something left on your shoe, and also malt. Great white head on brown in my anti-gravity glass. Taste is chewy tobacco, smooth and malty mildly hoppy finish. Good drinking, I could have two, that’s it. Thanks Tomthompson98.

Wow! The head on this beer is insane! Froth galore. Classic porter taste, coffee vibe going, my only problem is that the post-porter bloating.

12oz. bottle into pint glass. Pours a deep, dark brown with a thick tan colored head. Heavy aromas of roasted malts, coffee, butter and earthy hints. Flavor is of chocolate, malts, and coffee with some smokey hints. Mouthfeel is very thin and light, almost un-enjoyable for a "porter." Very average porter.

I was disapointed with this brew from the pour. It has a thin head with no retention and the aroma give me much of a hint of what I would be drinking. For some reason the carbonation level on this porter was super high making me feel like I was drinking a trappist ale but without the complexity. Needless to say I was disapointed.

Very dark, mildly thick porter. Not much carbonation. Bold malty taste with more than a hint of chocolate. Small hints of coffee as well. Nice beer and a good change from the usual.

Not what I like. I was ready for the Scottish influence, but this is more like a dark ale. This is like Fat Tire without the focus. A generic bitterness tinged with the faintest roastiness and black licorice.

Pours cola brown, starting with a nice stand of tan head that dissipates. Aroma is of roasted malts with some nuttiness and dry hops when swirled. Flavor is a bit bland and weak for a beer with such a descriptive name. Taste opens with the bitterness of weak coffee; otherwise, some chocolate notes and roasted malt. Palate is light, moderately carbonated, reasonably smooth. Nothing really wrong with this - it is drinkable, but rather lackluster. Seems more like a brown ale.