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Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine - Barley Wine

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 Percentile 
87
overall
Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Barley Wine

Frederick, Maryland USA

bottled
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on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9813.49/5.03.48/5.010.2%47.4Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Big malty flavors, including licorice and chocolate, are balanced with a moderate hop profile. Brewed with copious amounts of prized malts and flaked oats, the Barley Wine is so strong that it has to be aged for several months before we can bottle it. Like a fine wine, it will continue to improve with age up to 2 years after bottling (If kept cool).
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 shawnm213 (884), South Bend, Indiana, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/514/20
May 16, 2009  
pours a deep red . very malty sweet. sticky mouthfeel. soem toffee, caramel, and medicine notes.


 satan165 (541), River Grove, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/103/517/20
May 9, 2009  
when it comes to the strongly malt based beers, i always prefer crunchy toffee malt character to sticky sweet sludge. so often i encounter the latter, but not tonite. this beer is wildly dark for its style, and contains none of the overt sweetness that often leads me away from a brew. just like double dog, flying dog has again created a beer that is so wildly drinkable considering its ABV it should be illegal -- its certainly dangerous.


 JohnnyJ (1283), Carlsbad, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
May 7, 2009  
A below average barleywine. Dark orange pour, thin head. Caramel, sweet malt, hints of chocolate, fruit, and slightly hoppy. Pretty boring.


 MennoO (112), Haarlem, Netherlands
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 30, 2009  
bottle, dark with reddish glow, bitter, chocolate, alcohol. nice beer! will not become my favourite, but quite a nice brew.


 ansermadide (496), Kyle, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Apr 28, 2009    Updated: May 10, 2009
7oz bottle from Canis Major box on April 28, 2009. Surprised I haven’t rated this yet. Light mahogany color with a thin head. Yep... gimmie that 10%! Light hop aroma, mostly malty flavor. Very sweet, not very hoppy. I’m almost sad. A little thin on the palate. Light mouthfeel, clean, non-lingering finish. Too easy to drink this.


 Muggus69 (500), Sydney, Australia
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/513/20
Apr 28, 2009  
355ml bottle. BB 15.04.10 Served with only a light chill. Pours fantastically with a big thick light caramel head atop a copper-highlighted mahogany body. Aroma is liquorice and leather straightup, banana and raisin come through with a spicy vanilla oak character. Hint of bitter chocolate, grass, toffee and citrus hang in the background. Creamy body, seems somewhat subdued for such a strong beer, very smooth for the most part, sticky texture. Bitterness manifest itself towards the finish. Rich chocolate and burnt toffee malt upfront, bit of creamy cereal leads onto more complicated flavours of green banana, unripe peach and melon, leafy/grassiness is quite prominant. Woody spice lingers on the finish, reasonably smooth, bitterness is big but not too sharp. Would have to say this is probably one of the rougher barley wines i’ve come across. Certainly has the potential to age well, but a bit harsh at this point.


 bembelembe (150), Zagreb, Croatia
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Apr 22, 2009  
Caramel sweet aroma with fruity taste and light chocolate and wood note. Bit bitter. Sweetness balanced with strong warm alcohol flavour. Red-brown body. Very light carbonated.


 drjay44 (758), Salida, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/512/20
Apr 19, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pours a thin, mocha head of good duration, with light lacing over a clear brown body (SRM 20) body....nose rich in caramel layers, some phenolic tones.....tastes heavily of sweet caramel malt with mild finishing bitterness, and an oak overlay....mouth fell is thick and chewy, carbonation is slight. A nice heavy malty brew, but not a great Barley Wine.



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