Flying Dog K-9 Cruiser

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: English Strong Ale
Frederick, Maryland USA

Appearance: Clear red body with a medium-sized, off-white head. Smell: Prominant cherry-berry scent with notes of malt and alcohol. Taste: Sweet toffee malts with just a tiny bit of chocolate and an oddly medicinal sour cherry flavor throughout and the finish and the aftertaste. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Moderate carbonation. Drinkability: Winter has never looked bleaker.

Bottled. Poured clear iced tea brown with a short cap of beige head.. left sticky lacing as it descended. The aroma was of toffee, nutty, chocolate, and molasses sugars with some floral and herbal notes present.. quite nice. The flavor was more or less a mess.. artificially-sweetened caramel and nutty notes were mashed into the core with little definition.. tacky caramel and toffee at the sides.. milder herbal bitterness mulling around.. sharp and sweet on the finish. Light-medium bodied with an artificial feel to it.. tacky finish.. OK.

Date: 11/30/1999
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

ruby amber, thin white head, spicy malt aroma, rich malt flavor, low bitterness, but not too sweet,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Score: **4
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Pours a blood red with a huge froathy creamy off white head. Good aroma of malty toffee, with light notes of vanilla and green wood. Some complex malty flavours, with notes of toffee sweetness and strong notes of cider a very light hop finish. Could be a little better balanced but still pretty damn tasty.

They had this listed as a porter at the beer festival I attended. I thought, "Man, this is hoppy for a porter." Here it’s called a strong ale. Who knows. Anyway, had a roasted malty taste, akin to a porter but a strong hoppy presence, which isn’t usually there in a porter. Had a smoky taste to it that was a nice touch.

Bottle. Toffee, malt and strong alcohol aroma. Dark amber with moderate head. Caramel malt flavor with moderate hops and a strong alcohol bite. Decent beer - just a bit on the harsh side.

Red-golden with a huge, creamy head. The aroma is malty and sweetish. The flavour also is malty with light notes of caramel, fruit mostly like in dry fruit, and it’s rather sweet, at bit too sweet today. 2390

Aroma hoppy, and with a strong vanilla component. The malt flavor is not particularly strong. This beer is too sweet, too heavy, textureless...and overall, too weak. I am not impressed. The taste is muddled. There’s a metallic taste too.