Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

Very maltly..with hints of chocolate, biscuit, oat, some dark fruit sweetness in both aroma and palate. Not too much in terms of hops....which makes for a slightly weaker barley wine in flavor, but this is still a decent beer by far.

pours dark brown with a small beige head, some lacing. smell is alcohol, dark fruit, caramel, some spice, vanilla. taste is weak for a barley wine, thick, a little too sweet, caramel, raisins, malt.

Color- Muddy covered ruby Head- Short off white Nose- Brown sugar, vanilla Palate- SWEET toffee, caramel covered peanuts, alcohol balanced very well with a slight showing at finish.

Pours to a coffee brown color. Bits of sediment in the glass. Aroma of alcohol and anise. Big taste with strong alcohol notes. Other tastes include toffee or caramel, perhaps some dry fruit. Thick mouthfeel. A good amount of alcohol on the lasting finish. A pretty pungent libation; perhaps a bit too much alcohol flavor for me.Overall, not bad, and pretty inexpensive for a barley wine.

12oz, no date. Clear deep ruby brown with some floaties and a short-lived beige head. It’s been a while since I’ve had one of these, and Duane helped me out with this. Smells better than I remembered. Plenty of raisins, toffee, and anise (to a lesser extent) to go around. Alcohol is not even trying to hide, and the spice element I’m picking up might be the alcohol, but I can’t tell. There is also a dry wood characteristic in there. Flavor continues with hints of tobacco. Raisins and scorched caramel dominate, though there is still the snise and dry wood. Light tart cherries emerge as this warms, getting a little more vinous as well. Finish is semi dry with bitterness peaking at a 3 that lingers a bit. Full body with light carbonation. Pleasant surprise--much better than I remember it.

I thought this was a great beer. Aroma of fruit, grain, and a wine like character. Taste hid alcohol quite well. Mouthfeel was full bodied with tastes of carmel and oats. Would buy again. Should rate higher than an 84 however it was a bit sticky.

Very dark purple almost black pour, medium white head that stays and leaves lots of lacing. Aroma is dark fruits, raisens, caramel, booze. Flavor is very nice and complex, caramel, licorice, chocolate, raisens. Sweet upfront with some roasted character in the fore and a smokey sugary finish. Almost like an Old Ale I’m really surprised I finally tried this. Thick cloying mouthfeel with lots of carbonation is just perfect. Really just a complex brew of dark fruits, sugars, roasted malts and the alcohol is never noticeable.

Poured a dark brown color with small off-white head that disappeared in a hurry. Aroma is of yeast, dark fruit (figs, raisins), and caramel. Taste is pretty much the same. I thought this was decent, but nothing spectacular. Mouthfeel was good. Actually hides the alcohol pretty well, because I didn’t realize it was 10.5%.