Hempen Ale

Formerly brewed at Wild Goose LLC (Flying Dog)
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Frederick, Maryland USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

Rating from memory, had a few years back. wanted it to be my 420th rating. Never found this beer to be hoppy at all. It had a sweet after taste almost like bottled iced tea. Aroma was sweet malty with some lingering hop aspects. Don’t know what hemp seeds taste like in order to say if i could taste it but like others have said it is a novelty beer.

Bargain bin at my distributer for $0.79 for a 12 oz bottle. I dont really know what hemp seeds are supposed to taste like but if they did substitue all the hops for hemp bitterness and flavor it kinda tastes just like a regular ale. This is not to say it is bad however, I actually enjoyed it. Deep amber color with a pretty good head. Some spice in the aroma, which is otherwise dominated by malt as is the flavor profile. You can clearly tell they used lots of crystal and caramel malts as well as a hint of chocolate. Just a brief hint of those cascades in the aroma as it warms. Different in its approach, yet very middle of the road as far as overall taste and uniqueness.

Interesting to say the least. The beer poured a dark orange color with suspended yeast in the glass. The taste was slightly hoppy and the finish was rather pleasent.

Just sort of tasted like a nut brown type ale here. I haven't had a bottle for a few years but i remember not disliking this brew. I also did not taste any hemp.

Bottle, cellared 4 years. Like most of the aged beers I've been enjoying, this one opened with a dark, syrupy smell. Pours a very dark brown body, with a few tiny particles of stirred up sediment, under a thin, clingy head. Nice molasses malt flavor with a café note. I could catch the herbal spiciness of the hemp more than I could any hoppiness, possibly because of its age. There's also a nice alcohol warmth that slowly insinuates itself.
I notice the link for Frederick Brewing is no longer active. Anyone know if they're still in business? Oh, and here's a <a href="https://www.jatox.com/abstracts/1999/oc to a research article that suggests drinking this won't fail you on a drug test.

From 2000 Notes - Dark ruby. Sweet roasted malt aroma. Tastes like a brown ale. Did not taste the hemp difference.

Novelty beer, to say the least. amber in color with a bitter hoppy nose. Light and crisp. Decent beer but not that great.

Whatever happened to this beer? Hoppy aroma with a bitter malty taste similar to an APA. Why do they use Hemp? This could cause you to fail a drug test or something.