Dogwood Brewing Co. (USA) Reviews

pinkzambia	3.7 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Bottle: Dark brown and mellowed out quite a bit. Tangy flavors with a coffee finish. Thin and slimy body. Tasty. Thanks Indiana_Red for pulling another oldie out of the cellar. Tuesday, June 23, 2015
valpoaj	3.9 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Bottle that got buried in my cellar - given I probably got this in a trade ~ 8 years ago, I can only imagine its true age. Looks as though it was handbottled and had an Avery label slapped on it. Ok, here goes nothing...after warning my friends that this could be unpleasant, a murky reddish brown liquid with very little carbonation is poured. Aroma is sweet and sugary, boozy, toffee, dark fruits...quite inviting. Flavor was actually pretty impressive...brown sugar, plums, toffee, and a strong bourbony/whisky feel to things. Palate was incredibly smooth, albeit with just north of zero carbonation. Very minor oxidization, and what was there did not detract heavily. Knowing I’ll never try this one again, I’m glad it was still well above drinkable when I finally cracked it open. Far from disappointing, this was quite a good drink! Saturday, February 21, 2015
bnokk	5 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Apparently this may be one of the last bottles in existence. And it's my first perfect rating. Everything from the initial pour to the aftertaste is downright outstanding. The flavor is deep and lingers on the tongue in a delicious way. The flavor is deep and and rich with a slight bit of malt sweetness near the finish. Friday, November 14, 2014
slowrunner77	3.1 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter a surprise wish list cross off that has been cellared by a friend since about 2003!!! after a tasting he busted out a 4 year old World Wide, this one (and from what i can gather this brewer doesn’t exist anymore) and get this - a 15 year old bottle of 12% Port Older Viscosity. the sample I had (in 2010) which obviously had some age on it but has been stored well. It was awesome to try, but a little muddled and unfocused. still lots of chocolate and roasted malt, little hop presence, and some warming anise like alcohol. probably better in 04-05, but I can’t go back in time, so i gotta rate it like i see it." Thursday, October 2, 2014
jredmond	3.8 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Bottle courtesy of Jimmack at Paul’s May 2014 tasting. Pours a deep, murky brown body with thin off white lacing. Aroma is dark fruit, oak, sweet molasses and malt. Mouthfeel is medium to full with notes of sweet dark fruits, melted caramel, molasses, dusty oak and maple. Great treat - thanks Jim. Tuesday, June 17, 2014
PhillyCraft	3.9 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure bottle at pauls, i believe it was 10 years old. Poured muddy brown with a tiny grey head. Notes are plum, marzipan, wood, malt, and vintage stuff. Complex and chewy on the mouth. Havent been drinking barleys recently but this one was a nice treat. Sunday, May 25, 2014
jtclockwork	3.8 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Unlabeled bottle shared by Jimmack at Paul’s. Pours dark amber with off white head. Nose/taste of sherry, sweet caramel, dark fruits, dark bread and toasty grains. Medium body. Sunday, May 25, 2014
beechner224	3.4 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Bottle share thanks to homer321. Pours a cloudy orange. Aroma is rich, malty. Sweet, with some fruits. Taste is very sweet, syrupy, burns a bit, malty. Saturday, December 28, 2013
DrewFace	3.8 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Bottle share thanks to Homer321. pours a very muddy dark amber color. Big caramel aroma, sweet malt, some booze. Big caramel flavor, some toasty and roasty notes, coffee grounds. Alcohol, sweetness, smooth overall. Saturday, December 28, 2013
Homer321	3.9 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Bootle. Thanks to Springslicker. Nose full of raisin and fig. Like a fruit roll up. Minimal white head. Cloudy deep red. Flavor is a little flat with some booze. Lots of oxidized alcohol but not papery oxidation. Pretty solid. Saturday, December 28, 2013
deyholla	3.1 Dogwood Winter Ale 2003 Bottle thanks to Matt! Pours a near clear deep brown with a tan head that dissipates completely. Aroma has a good amount of dark fruits and an alcohol burn as well as some dark grains. Flavor has smooth sweet dark grains with a bit of toffee and a touch of fruits in the finish. A touch thin. Sunday, November 3, 2013
GH734uKzl	3.4 Dogwood Pale Ale Back from the dead y’all. Just drank this at the Brick Store Pub. It was specially brewed for their 16th Anniversary Party. Made me a touch wistful for the the excellent brews Dogwood used to make. Pours a hazy orangish gold with ample white head. Smell is a touch grainy. Flavor is excellent for style with light bitter mixed with sweet. Well carbonated. I only wish I could remember when I first had this beer so I might have a basis for comparison. Draft - Brick Store Pub - Decatur, GA Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Hophead22	3.5 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Bottle. Rating #220. This was still pretty nice. It has lost something, but the sweet toffee is still there. (2591) Sunday, December 23, 2012
thirdeye11	3.4 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter (Bottle during RBWG) cloudy dark brown with dark tan bubbles. Nose of oxidation (welcome here), cocoa, rich, and light raisin. Taste of raisin, paper, very oxidized, toasty and roasty finish. Sunday, September 2, 2012
PoeBoskie	4 Dogwood Stout Friday, August 24, 2012
PoeBoskie	4 Dogwood Pale Ale Friday, August 24, 2012
AmEricanbrew	3.6 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Bottle@rbwg2012. Dark brown color with tan head. Big milk chocolate, lactose aromas. Smooth medium body. Lightly sweet milk chocolate flavors with medium roast coffee, and mild oxidation--good Thursday, August 9, 2012
nimbleprop	3.3 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure 22oz bottle pours a mostly translucent, copper amber with two clumps of white head. Nose of toffee, orange, a little cardboard, brown sugar, caramel. Flavors of toffee apple, caramel chips, cookies, oxidized oranges. Medium bodied, sweet finish. The hops are totally gone from this 2005 bottle, but it is not bad. Saturday, July 7, 2012
Drake	3.6 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure 2005 vintage shared by CaptainCougar. Pours a dark brown color with a thin head. Decent head retention. Aroma of big toffee notes, citrus and candied citrus, and some oxidation notes. Very similar taste. Medium-full bodied. Wednesday, June 20, 2012
marcus	4 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure 2003 bottle shared by IrishBoy. Pours copper with no head and a fruity aroma. There is a sweet fruit and molasses flavor with a vinous finish. This barleywine has aged very nicely, with its originally well-defined characteristics melting together into a very pleasant mouthful. Sunday, June 17, 2012
bhensonb	3.9 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure 2003 bomber shared by IrishBoy. Pours murky ruddy brown Aroma is plummy/vinous. Typical of aged ales. Also a light pepper note. Full bodied. Flavor is lightly plummy with brown sugar. It’s just slight sweet. Has aged well. Sunday, June 17, 2012
Thorpe429	3.8 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Huge thanks to CaptainCougar for sharing this gem. Pours a slightly-murky caramel brown with a short off-white head that quickly recedes to a thin collar. Nose has plenty of malty richness and a nice complexity. There is a touch of fruit plus caramel, toffee, bread, and a general malty sweetness. Flavor is similar, though more focused on the malt sweetness and less integrated than the nose. Still quite nice. Medium body and sweet. Really glad to try this one. Tuesday, June 12, 2012
BrewDad	3.7 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Craft Brewers Conference 2012 Dark brown in color, clear with a thin tan lacy head. Super rich thick malt and dark roast flavor and aroma. Lots of chocolate and dark coffee. Super big beer. WOW Monday, June 11, 2012
MrChopin	1.8 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure transparent red-amber. Oteyj drain pours while saying "fuck this piece of oxidized shit." yes, oxidized, heavy stale toffee and cardboard, stinging sweetness, thin, hot. Yum. Saturday, June 9, 2012
ygtbsm94	3 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Sunday, June 3, 2012
oteyj	2 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Clear brown pour with no head. Oxidized bread and caramel. Gross. Syrupy and sweet. Very awful. Sunday, June 3, 2012
GT	3.4 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure 651mL. Low haze orange amber. Weak head formation. Spotty lace. Orange mint and tawny nose with strawberry and sugar. Big orange peel and old toffee taste with big orange mint. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone Sunday, June 3, 2012
puzzl	2.5 Dogwood Winter Ale 2002 Bottle given to me by rciesla, because he didn’t want it. I don’t blame him. I’m only rating this for the scavenger hunt. It’s terrible. Completely flat, dull, spent yeast, overwhelmingly oxidized. A note of celery, bandaid, and... 7up. Dumping this down the drain, which will get me more points. Thursday, April 19, 2012
phaleslu	3.7 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter 22 oz. bottle from TheBeerSommelier- thanks again, Matt! I think this was a 2004 vintage. Pours an opaque brown with no head. The aroma has some initial metallic notes, but beyond that is tobacco, charred wood, cola, and a lot of dark chocolate. Flavor of roasted malts, cola, charred wood, dark chocolate, and molasses. Nice. Light-medium bodied, with low carbonation and a smooth, roasty mouthfeel. Not bad at all; I can vouch that STLWill liked it a lot, too. Friday, April 6, 2012
phaleslu	3.6 Dogwood Winter Ale 2003 12 oz. bottle from TheBeerSommelier- thanks again, Matt! Pours a cloudy dark brown color with a small off-white ring for a head. Aroma of caramel and chocolate malts, molasses, brown sugar, dried berries, cardboard, and dust- yeah, some oxidation, but not too bad. Flavor of just barely smoked wood, caramel malts, molasses, brown sugar, dried fruits, and peat. Drinks a lot like a Scotch ale, actually. Medium-bodied, with low carbonation. These Dogwood beers are holding up all right after all these years, not that I’d sit on them any longer. Friday, April 6, 2012
phaleslu	3.5 Dogwood Winter Ale 2001 12 oz. bottle from TheBeerSommelier- thanks, Matt! Wow, first rating in over three years. This one pours a cloudy, deep gold color with a white ring. Sweet aroma of toffee, cookies, brown sugar, honey, and a coppery metal note. The flavor also has that copper note finishing toffee, brown sugar, apples, and honey. Light-medium bodied, with low carbonation and a sticky mouthfeel. This one is not bad after 11 years. We all enjoyed it. Friday, April 6, 2012
djd07	3.1 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Bottle as shown. Pours a dark brown with a small quickly diminishing tan head. The aroma is roasted malt and chocolate. Thin mouthfeel with a smoke and vanilla. Easy to drink a good Baltic porter. Saturday, February 25, 2012
drowland	3.4 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter 2/25/12. Bottle shared during RBWG 2012 by Walt. Very dark brown pour with a small brown head. Dusty chocolate aroma with a touch of oxidation (reminds of an old ale a bit). Sweet chocolate entry with lingering bitter roastiness. Saturday, February 25, 2012
Rosebud butternuts	4 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Saturday, February 25, 2012
diabel	4.1 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Black muddy body. Brown creamy head. Quite nice aroma of chocolate, coffee and some caramalts: not overwhelming, but interesting aroma. Moderately sweet, lightly bitter flavour: well balanced, nice complexity. Monday, November 14, 2011
Blazer06	5 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Monday, October 10, 2011
Blazer06	5 Dogwood Winter Ale 2003 Monday, October 10, 2011
BMan1113VR	3.7 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Older bottle thanks to cquiroga. Pours with a black body and a lasting deep brown head. Good lace. Aromas are very vinous and estery, big fig notes, brown sugar, plum, dark fruit, roast, fudge and milk chocolate. Flavors are somewhat oxidized. Roast, vanilla, lots of raisin notes, dark fruits, fig and milk chocolate. On the sweeter side of things. Creamy, mellow and light oxidation. Low carbonation. Good, but was probably better a few years ago. Saturday, September 17, 2011
hellbilly	3.6 Dogwood Winter Ale 2003 bottle at dak’s 1/2/11. dark brown pour with a small tannish off white head. smells like whiskey and dried fruit... razz cherries, barrel-y spices and brown sugar. the flavor is the same along with a touch of ashiness on the finish. it is a little flat but otherwise kinda neat-o that it’s held up. 7/4/7/3/15 Thursday, July 21, 2011
Ibrew2or3	3.7 Dogwood Winter Ale 2003 (Special Edition) Courtesy of Blazer06. It pours ruby deep red with mocha head. The aroma has some spiciness from yeast and winter like spices but seems to roll quickly into full rich sweet dark fruity esters. The taste is even more so with the dark fruitiness with smooth sweet blueberries and ripe dark grapes mixing with thick sticky malts and smooth mellow spiciness. Nice. Friday, July 1, 2011
Koelschtrinker	3.9 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Süßlicher, stark malziger Antrunk mit leichten, kaum erkennbaren hefenoten. Weiter sehr aromatisch malzig, vollmundig, zum Ende auch etwas scharf, dafür aber untypischerweise kein bisschen bitte. Gelungenes aromatisches Bier! 12/12/10/12/11/12 Sunday, May 29, 2011
nimbleprop	3.7 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter 22oz bottle pours an oily, opaque black with a thin, tan head. Nose of molasses, a little oxidized, raisins, coffee liqueur. Flavor is sweet, brown sugar, molasses, light coffee, thinning coffee, toasted bread. Medium bodied, dry finish. Starting to fade out a bit. Tuesday, February 22, 2011
dionysus	4 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Thanks to daknole. Bottle pours deep brown with a khaki head. Aroma shows some oxidation as well as notes of roasted malt, coffee, and chocolate. Flavor shows basically the same, and the slight oxidation is working. Overall body is moderate to full and somewhat sweet. I would have loved to see this in it’s prime. Thursday, January 27, 2011
daknole	4.1 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter Bottle thanks to springslicker. What a great guy! Super dark brown with a rich tan head. Aroma is a bit metallic but has lots of coffee, chocolate, roast. Flavor is awesome. Roast, chocolate, prunes, hops. Good! Wednesday, January 26, 2011
dionysus	3.8 Dogwood Winter Ale 2003 Bottle pours deep brown with a khaki head. Aroma shows notes of bourbon soaked razzcherries and a touch of vanilla. Flavor shows the same with additional notes of brown sugar and plum. Overall body is moderate and finishes with some nice warming booziness. Sunday, January 9, 2011
SuperDave	3.7 Dogwood Winter Ale 2003 Pours dark brown with a small head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, fruit, and roasty malt. Flavor is the same as the aroma with a hint of hops on the finish. Good. Sunday, January 2, 2011
daknole	4.3 Dogwood Winter Ale 2003 From springslicker. WOW! What a gem! Brown pour. Small head. Dried fruit, rascherries, malt, molasses. Flavor is molasses, brown sugar, spices, raspberries, cherries, booze. Good stuff! Sunday, January 2, 2011
legion242	2.1 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Copper in color, medium and soapy head. Super sweet nose. Very sweet and hot with the alcohol. Tuesday, November 16, 2010
alexsdad06	3.8 Dogwood Youngbloods Imperial Porter 22 oz. bottle shared by shigadeyo. Pours very dark brown almost black with a small disappearing soapy beige head. The aroma was sweet malts, chocolate, ripe dark fruits and a touch of espresso. The flavor had a big roasted quality that borders on char that lingers into a general bitterness toward the finish. The ripe dark fruits, chocolate, espresso and hints of oxidation all blend well with this beer. There are no signs of alcohol at all. Creamy smooth. For being 6+ years old, this has held up extremely well. Sunday, October 3, 2010
vyvvy	3.5 Dogwood Mark and Ted's Excellent Adventure Big thanks to xmarcnolanx for sharing this rarity. Pours tawny brown with a small off-white head. The aroma has toasty malt, alcohol, caramel, light fruit and a vinegar trait that isn’t sour. The aroma hides the age quite well. The body is thick and chewy with a fair amount of gentle sharp carbonation. the flavor starts out with cobwebs, dry caramel, alcohol and spice. The finish really shows the alcohol. This was good, but probably better a bit younger than it is now. Sunday, September 5, 2010