3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: AUG 14, 2010 10/12/2008 Pours crisp dark orange tinted amber with a 1 finger off white head that leaves sparse lacing and lasts a while. Nose is floral hops, biscuity malt, and grass, a little grainy malt in there too. Flavor is caramel and biscuity malts, quickly accompanied by grapefruit and lime citrus hops, a little floral hops, and fresh baked bread. Finish is caramel malt coming back strong with the grapefruit and grassy hops, then fading to a slightly bitter but sweet aftertaste. Body is medium and somewhat creamy, not too sticky. Pretty light and clean, a good example of an American IPA that is fairly strong but not overly heavy.
Re-rate - 08/14/2010: Still pretty decent, knocked it back a bit as it’s a bit more medicinally bitter and has an odd, planty finish.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Draft at beer authority. Average big India pale ale. Mild aroma. Tastes a bit sharp & spicy. Not bad, but was hoping for better.
3.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Hazy yellow with off white thick lacing foam head. No aroma almost, taste is through bitter hops. Nice lasting bitter taste. (Zaandam 201205)
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3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Appearance is similar to the raging bitch IPA. Smell is faint; caramel, citrus and hops. Taste is bitter and sweet but not bittersweet. Good IPA.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle: Medium dark amber pour with a thin off-white head and lace. Aromas of hops, malt, vanilla, hint of citrus, grass, aluminium. Bitter from the hops, sweet from the vanilla and citrus. It's a reasonably mild IPA and the abv 7.1% is a little deceiving.
Good though.
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3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Amber coloured beer, the head should be a bit bigger, but it hold ok. good mixture of hops and malts. A nice amount of citrus, some caramel, slightly some spices gets trough, some pine also. Good mouthfeel, and a nice dryness at the end. Good mixture of hops, not bad.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Big citrus and hops. A dark orange colour with a frothy white head. Light sweet with a full hoppy bitter. Great beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle pours a dark amber color, nice white head. Aromas of citrus, pine and some sweetness. Taste is a nice bitterness with a little caramel. One of my favorite offerings from Flying Dog.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Flying dogs best brew. Smooth taste, great on the palate, and nice aroma.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Malty, with a decent hop backing. I’m a bit dissapointed in this one. Feels like a well bittered scottish ale. Caramel, toffee. And the bitterness.
-- rated with ’lankku’ (N9)
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Mostly bitter pine with some citrus. Decent price point. One of the few Flying Dog labels that manages to look cool and have a funny description, versus many of their labels that manage to just look creepy and vaguely off-putting, with descriptions that sometimes are the same. Also tastes better than many of their other efforts. Took me a while to warm up to it, but I’m getting there. Some IPAs at this price point lower the bitterness and the alcohol to the point where they are getting close to just being pale ales, whereas Snake Dog is clearly on the IPA side of the ledger. I’d generally prefer a Torpedo, but this is close. Generally would take this over the Sam Adams Latitude IPA or the Harpoon IPA at the same price (Though those beers have their place- especially when they go on sale, or when I am looking for something with more of a malt-hop balance).
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