Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

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

Impressive!! This is BY FAR the best beer that I have tried out of Flying Dog. Has a very sweet taste with a light amount of carbonation. Swirls of candy-like aroma fill the air as one consumes this. Great to have while one is relaxing and winding down from a hard day. This is on my next shopping list.

One of the best beers I’ve ever smelled, looked at, tasted, and just overall enjoyed. Slighlty syrupy, very malty, nicely biting of the alcohol, yes. Yummy.

Very good example of a barley wine. Did not detect the licorice suggested by the labeling, thank goodness. Nicely sweet. Last few room-termperature sips tasted like candy.

Bold, heavy, not much head yet nice and frothy, one of my barleywine favs this year

This is my wife’s favorite barley wine. There is a definite caramel malty aroma and taste. This is not a beer for those looking for a hoppy flavor. The alcohol content, although rather high is well masked behind the complex palate. This beer is on the sweeter side of the spectrum for barley wines.

Very dark brown, thin tan head, nice lace. Aromas of smoky malt, raisins, alcohol, molasses, chocolate, licorice and espresso. Huge malt, not overly sweet, dark roast coffee and dark chocolate, peat and smoke, well-balanced by a good measure of citrusy hop bitterness. Nice chewy mouthfeel.

The paleolithic pooch who takes montstrous strides on the label, courtesy of gonzo cartoonist Ralph Steadman, gives a clue to the potential damage wrought by this gargantuan brew! Color is a deep, dark burgundy, with no head to speak of, though one appears as I pour, it doesn’t last for a second. Aroma is exactly what I look for in a barleywine, and then some! Profoundly heady and powerful, full of grape/wine associations, as well as plums, raisins, licorice, cognac, and port. Mouthfeel is full, rich, and intensely warm and rewarding. Sweet and spicy hoppiness abounds on the palate, along with a full dimension of maltiness. Wonderful chew in the texture, and hugely alcoholic! Drinkability? One a day, and slowly, savoringly, so I pull back a bit on points. Towards the end, it gets a bit syrupy, tasting almost like cough medicine. Is this Jagermeister in my mug, I wonder? Among the top 5 American barleywines, but, frankly, we’re a bit spoiled, they are so many top-notch versions. And the best acheivement from this brewery, so far!

This was a really good barleywine. It poured a reddish-brown color and was perfectly balanced in flavor. Highly recommended.