Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Frederick, Maryland USA

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.

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.

Orange caramel pour with no head. Aroma is caramel and some grapefruit hops. Flavor is somewhat alcoholic with a definite hoppy presence and moderate caramel sweetness. Palate is quite thin. Not overly impressed.

Brown with a slight orange hue. Almost no head - I guess alcohol kills it? Not a lot of aroma on this one. Very malty with lots of charamel and bread. Hops are there, but not strong. I remember this as normally being better, but maybe I am just getting used to better beer than this? It is a fine standard barley wine, but not overwhelming.

Fresh 09 bottle. Pours a dark clear reddish amber with a large frothy beige sudsy head. Aroma of cotton candy, piney hops, sour wet grains, and some noticeable alcohol. Flavor is much richer than the aroma indicates, quite sweet at first, full flavored, caramel, lightly woody, some cotton candy, huge sugary barley finish with a quick crisp hop bite and bit of oakiness. Long bitter barley aftertaste 7.5. Very full mouthful, dense but with lively carbonation, smoothly syrupy. A very simple barley wine full of flavor and so easy to drink.

Pours a dark amber body with a light tan head that laces. Smells of alcohol, malt, and dark, ripe fruit. Taste is brown sugar, plum, notes of licorice and chocolate. Finish is sweet with a hint of bitterness.

Bottle. An interesting brown/amber color, but absolutely no head to speak of. Aroma very sweet with a bit of fruitiness. Flavor has tons of malt, smooth and caramelly once it warms up. Overall, though, a pretty average barleywine, not something I’d seek out.

Amber, burnt wood brown. Banana on the nose, some other fruit, and alcohol. flavor is just off, nothing like a good barley wine should be. Weak