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Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9833.49/5.03.48/5.010.2%47.6Snifter
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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thebusstop (15), New York, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/104/517/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Pretty deep brown color with off-white small head. Very pleasant, complex sweet aroma with heavy roasted, molasses malts and herb hops with a hint of celery. Taste is not as complex with soft carbonation and an unexpected bitter finish. A nice beer overall. For a beer with such a high alcohol content, it’s very drinkable.


 Fratto (704), Arlington, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/102/510/20
Sep 17, 2009  
Six pack. Tastes like chocolate with an extrememely forced alcohol content.


 Leighton (257), New York, New York, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/510/104/518/20
Sep 15, 2009  
A big, big beer. Poured a rich amber color with a medium off-white head. Nice malt aroma gives way to a sweet, balanced blend of malt and hops. Quite smooth, low carbonation. Really tasty.


 bretupdegraff (172), Fishers, Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/105/515/20
Sep 13, 2009  
not a bad brew but there are much better Barley Wines. This one is light on the ABV compared to most Barleys but that could be a plus for me.. taste was lacking complexity. Just OK.


 dimenhetfield (173), , Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 7, 2009  
A really big beer for 10.2 ABV. Very dark with a big aroma of malts and barley. Make sure that it’s very cold when served, if it sits around and warms up then the flavor can be lost.


njmoons (58), New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/102/512/20
Sep 4, 2009  
Poured aggressivly into a glass. Resulted in a nice head for a big beer which held up well. The color are exceptional, or interesting depending on how you look at it. Dark cloudy, with almost a purple hue, offset by the light color of the foam. The smell is what you would expect from a big beer, strong malty heavy fruits (plum, cherry). I was a little lost on the taste, at almost room temp. There was not as much complexity in the flavor as I would like, and the flavor was dominated by a very sweet malt and not much else. I could feel the alcohol in the middle, and light hoppiness on the back end. Nice robust mouthfeel, as expected from a big beer. Not bad, but there are better choices.


 Soonah (910), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/514/20
Aug 30, 2009  
Poured a color that was somewhere between copper and brown. A slight haze to it. A thin, off-white head that blinked away into a small foam ring. The aroma heavy on the malt and dark fruits with some lighter citrus as well. The flavor was very malty and sweet. Some citrus and spice came out as it warmed. The mouthfeel was more carbonated than most barleywines, which made for a nice distraction. Nothing special here really.


welho (30), Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 27, 2009  
330ml Bottle. Pours dark amber with very small head that was gone in seconds. Tastes is like malts, alcohol, fruits. Nice beer for coming cold nights.



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