Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

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

A Mes rate: bottle at Chris_O’s Ha Ha Ha Ha Gimme the Cheese Tasting.
Rich amber with a thin rim for a head. I really can’t put my finger on it but there is something in the aroma that is pulling tremendously at the very depths of my memory. Possibly Kola Kube sweets. Odd rhubarb notes too. Cant’s really pin it down but I like it. Flavour is full on sweet barley wine. Loads of caramel with some bitter hoppage and some nice wooden notes. Jolly nice but the alcohol is much too harsh. Shame as everything else is pretty much on the button.

12oz bottle. Pours a dark brown with a hint of red. Tan head. Sweet malty aroma. A fair amount of hops mixed in with the sweet malty flavor. Very syrupy on the palate. Pretty good barleywine.

Bottle at home. Dark red brown with a light brown head, some lacings. Aroma heavy malty (caramel, toffee, sweet dark fruits), likght hoppy. Flavor heavy sweet, light bitter. Medium/full body. Very pleasant.

Bottle from Utobeer. Hazy ruby colour. Not sure that many hops really work with the malts which are syrupy nor the alcohol. Bit soapy on aroma. Hot alcohol and then some syrup and some very thing bitterness. Not a great barley wine. After JW Lees Harvest ale 2003, this is a bit uncultured and a bruiser. Hops are too metallic. fruit comes from the syrupy malts. Poor for its style. Would I have it again? No.

Sampled at Flying Dog and in bottle: Pours a dark red colour with very little head. has a sweet aroma, reminds me of carmel apples. Strong and high in abv, with a noticeable alcohol taste. Raisins, strawberries and cinnamon. a tight hop finish rounds off this strong but balanced brew.

Pours deep mahogany with a halo of tan foamy bubbles. Nose is sweet with caramel, molasses, rasins. The flavor is a bit pungent and sour in the back of the mouth. There is also a subtle sweetness in the mid. An earthy influence and burning sensation on the way down.

Bottle...very dark brown body with a beige head...sweet thick palate, a creaminess that follows...not much complexity, a bread essence, laced with alcohol and grain flavors with sweet...alcohol is pretty well hidden, yet apparent...bitter sweet candy with an alcohol center....orange citrusy finish, but not like an IPA...malted and amped on the sweet malt....small amounts of lacing and aroma is simply sweet malt and sugars...but I liked it....:)

Deep mahogany with thin tan head. Strong aroma of alcohol and sweet malt. Dark fruit like cherry and plum come through most on the flavor. Slight alcohol finish. Nice barley wine.