Flying Dog Horn Dog Barley Wine

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

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured an orange-amber color with a large khaki head that lingered. The aroma had moderate notes of caramel, brown sugar and fruity hops. The flavor was sweetish and fruity with elements of nut, caramel, toasty malts and bitter fruity hops. The finish was long, bitter and fruity with lingering brown sugar. Fairly full bodied. Nice.

final beer from a fun night with nuffield and lumpy, good beer and good folks is...well a good thing. poured a slightly purple brown with a thin ring of a head. plum and cherry aroma with a light alcohol tint. syrupy texture and a sweet taste. sweet cherry and brown sugar. very sticky and rich with a nice vanilla note. a combo of caramel and fruit is present in this. enjoyable. the alcohol is well hidden . rerate, sorta, tied the year old 034 and o3. have to say the beer peaks around a year of aging. still good at 2, but a bit dusty with an overpowering raisin. the year old was superb. embracing fruity hops still present but everything melds. a damn fine beer. worth sitting on.

Pours dark mahogany with greenish foam. Lots of carbonation. Sweet malt aroma; alcoholic, malty and orange flavour.

Wow, totally loved this beer, surprising to me because I really haven’t found anything else from Flying Dog that I like. Ugly dark brown color and lack of head detract from the appearance, but the beer is well-balanced with a bit of fruity sweetness in the finish. I’m going to go buy more of this.

Whoa. Alcohol flavor up front, but dissipates quickly. Very spicy, hints of anise. VERY malty nose and flavor, but some nice hops flavor that was a bit unexpected. The hops were unpresent at all in the nose... Otherwise a thick and syrupy brew with a bunch of good flavors. Nice level of carbonation, good tan head. A definite must try.

This beer was good. Better than a lot of B-wines I’ve had, but certainly not the best. Good balance of sweet malts and bitter hops.

Pours to a reverse cascading head that is huge creamy and rocky and beige. The body is a deep brown with shiny red highlights. Excellent lacing. The aroma is chocolate, anise, brown sugar, oak. The flavor is sweet, oak, cooked turbinado sugars, and chocolate. The palate is a little sticky and feels watery perhaps due to filtering. :( Would be better if it wasn’t.

Red mahogany with a huge, creamy head. The aroma is slightly perfumed with notes of caramel, hops/fruit, candy sugar and raisin. The flavour has sweetness, notes of burnt caramel, candy sugar, fruits, figs, raisins, grapefruit and a dry, light bitterness.