Flying Dog Road Dog Scottish Porter

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

Dark, dark reddish brown, cap was off white and thin but had good retention. Intriguing aroma, coffee combined with light citrus hops, not a bad smelling beer but was fairly weak and hard to detect. Bitter burnt coffee, with a touch of bakers chocolate, I really enjoy the nice light taste, its light enough you can have a few of these in an evening and not get bloated, to thin for a porter I believe, watery and a touch flat. This was a good beer but not a great one

(bottle from Weber Street Liquor in Colorado Springs). Pours a very dark brown color. Medium size tan head. Roasted malt aroma. Malt flavor with light hops. Avg duration. Slick texture. Fair lacing. Moderate carbonation.

Poured a pretty clear dark dark brown with a tiny light brown head..oh! it’s gone. Zero lacing..duhhhh. Smell was fresh and had a nice burnt roasted malt, light hops and something sweet. Taste was almost the same with only the burnt roasted malts making any sort of impression - they are really yummy. Good tasting hops and just a hint of alcohol - but it’s there. It does come across on the thin side. Smooth and tangy the mouthfeel was a bit drying, slight alcohol burn and a mild bitter aftertaste. I’ve had better and do not plan to get this again unless I can find a single to compare to other porters.

Pours brown with reddish tint. Nice white head. Malty beer here. But it was just lacking something that other good porters have. Taste was fine and drinkable, just a little weak in my opinion.

This beer had a sweet, malty aroma. It poured a clearer, rich brown for a porter, certainly not opaque. You could taste a bit of the sweetness of the chocolate as described as well.

I can’t believe this beer was rated so low. I thought it was the shit. Poured a dark, amber brown with an off white bubbly head. It definitely wasn’t as dark as I had expected it to be. Nice malty coffee aroma and taste. This was a little different than most porters I’ve had, it was very smooth and refreshing. This would be great on a hot day.

Forse non sarà poi così "scozzese", con una manata di luppoli così tipicamente americana, però è una splendida birra questa Road Dog di Flying Dog: comprata da Beer8 in Via San Vincenzo e poi bevuta - in bicchieri di plastica rubati al BerioCafè - sui gradini del portico poco più avanti, vicino alla Barabino.

Bottle. Hazy brown colour with medium creamy light brown mostly lasting head. Aroma and flavor is roasted malt with notes of coffee. Creamy palate.