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Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager

Percentile
47
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9473.02/5.03.01/5.05.5%40.4Lager glass
Commercial Description:
Ideal for the Lager drinker who prefers amber beers, the "Scratch" is a smooth, malt-accentuated lager. Brewed in the "Steam-Style" tradition, scratch is a so-called hybrid beer that is fermented at medium temperatures to develop some ale and lager characteristics.
Ingredients: Water; Malted barley; Malted wheat; Hops.
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 Ughsmash (4030), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 23, 2009  
Bottled. Poured clear, coppery orange with a short cap of off-white head. The aroma picked up sweet toasted and nutty notes with soft earthy and citrus accents. The flavor was semi-sweet overall with caramel giving the most character.. spicy bitterness and astringency around.. citrus bitterness was crisp right at the finish. Light-medium bodied with some sticky, ugly feel at times across the middle.. again, crisp and rather dry on the finish. Aiight.


 jbye4334 (710), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
May 23, 2009  
(bottle from Weber St Liquor in Colorado Springs). Pours a clear amber color. Medium off white head. Good roasted malt aroma, but the aroma is misleading. Flavor is pretty plain. Thin texture. Avg duration. Moderate carbonation. Sligthly astringent finish.


 terrybail (338), London, Ontario, Canada
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 23, 2009  
12oz bottle from Ryans Party Stor in Port Huron The aroma iis grainy malts pours a nice dark orangey amber with a small white head The taste is not really like a lager which may be a good thing nice malty and refresdhing


 OleR (2061), Oslo, Norway
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 21, 2009  
Bottle from a kiosk in Vesterbrogade, Kbh. Shining, orangey-amber color. Dense yellowish head. A strong caramel scent up front, backed by some fruity hops with a metallic accent. Taste has a sweetish caramellish malt flavor, is medium hoppy with a faint roastedness. Mid- to light-bodied. Malty, slight bitter finish. Does not stand out, still a very drinkable one.


 jcr (1155), Jasper, Indiana, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 19, 2009  
Bottle. Clear dark amber body with a small, off-white head. Strong malty caramel aroma with notes of husky grain and grass. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body with a syrupy texture and somewhat soft carbonation. Seemed to be lacking the lager characteristics Flying Dog says it has. That aside, it was a nice-enough drinker.


 trayns (241), Beverly Hills, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/514/20
May 16, 2009  
Bottle. Pours really nice, a brown amber and a medium white head. Aroma i nice a sweet,. . More malty than I would have thought an Amber to be. . and a lot thinner. For me overall, not a lot of flavor and a thin palate.


 Beerman6686 (1287), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
May 15, 2009  
This poured a cloudy darker orange color with a slightly off white heaad. Aroma was a bit bland, but mainly malty but not sweet or roasted. Flavor was much the same, reminded me a lot of GL Elliot Ness but not as good.


 arventresca (340), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/103/512/20
May 15, 2009  
Bottle. Amber with white head. Very smooth beer. Taste is a little hard to get. Drinkable, but not in the same league as other ambers out there. Will try more from this brewer to see whats up.



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