Flying Dog Wild Dog Schwarz

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Poured a dark mahogany with a frothy tan head. The aroma is of smoke and peat that almost defies you not to take a sip! The flavour is strongly bitter, but not overpowering, with a lots of liqourice and dark chocolate and plenty of spice on the palate. Smoked "double lager" ?? Really? This is a superb beer and I could drink this all night long if it were not for the 7.8% ABV, which is incidentally very well controlled and does not dominate the beer.

Been a while since I had this but, what a good beer. Full smokey aroma, malty and roasty. Well balanced body, with a bitterness to finish. Great beer.

Bottle. Pours deep, dark brown with average, frothy tan head; decent retention and lacing. Aroma is roast and caramel malts, smoke, earthy hops, plums, figs, and light leather. Flavor is roast malt forward with dark fruit esters, earthy hops, and smoke; dry finish. Medium body and low carbonation.

Bottle. Pours black with a medium, frothy tan head, medium retention with good lacing. Aroma is smoke, meat, roast and chocolate malt with earthy hops. Flavor is malt dominant with smoke, chocolate, roast malt, earthy and herbal hops with a sweet finish. Medium body and carbonation.

Sampled bottle at GBF 2012. Almost black with a brown tinge. Aroma: licorice, smoke, salami. Taste: salami, smoke, milk chocolate, mackerel (jägar-). Medium-bodied. Yeah, pretty good.

355 ml bottle @ Tap East, London. Dark brown, almost black body with a nice beige head. Aroma of dark, roasted malt, bitter chocolate, mild coffee and a light hint of smoke. Flavor is sweet, light roasted malt, mild coffee, hint of smoke, pleasant bitterness and some dry fruit. Very smooth and pleasant. Medium body, actually a bit surprised that this is such light and easy to drink in body. All in all a very pleasant beer.

23rd December 2009
On tap in the Rake. Opaque black beer. Semi soft palate. Minerally malt with a smoke streak but also a lacto sweetness. Mild hop. Finishes light and soft. Hangs together well.

Wonderful smoke, a little bit grass taste. This one expired 6 months ago, now it is sweeter than before. Still an awesome beer!

Tasted in 2009. Black in color with an average sized off-white head. Aroma is of roasted malts, smoke, light vinegar. Taste is of vinegar, smoke, bitter chocolate and roasted malts.

Bottled. Black color with a small brown head keeps a lace. Aroma is smoke, roasted malt, some coffee. Flavor is balanced, smoke wood, roasted malt and hops. Finishes with an smokey bitter.