Flying Dog Road Dog Scottish Porter

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Porter
Frederick, Maryland USA

Medium-dark roasted malt profile is not deep enough to suit my tastes. A trace of chocolate comes through beside some phenols and tannins in the nose. Hops come through with surprising vigor and have a mild earthy aroma. Doesn’t have a real big aroma. Chocolate and licorice characters are there in the flavor. It avoids being too sweet or overly caramel, both to its favor. Has a very mellow, rounded malt quality. Not decidedly nutty, or bready; hard to define. Nothing stellar, but still, it’s tasty, easy on the palate, and quite drinkable for a porter.

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, some coffee and licorice as well. Rather mild.

appearance is nice, very dark amber with a one finger light brown head with some lacing that didn’t last..roasted coffee mild chocolate and some light cheerios taste...could be a good start for someone coming into porters and stouts to try first its definitely drinkable, but not one of the best porters out there but a tribute to Hunter S. ain’t bad...

Pours average dark brown with a small tan head. Aromas of chocolate, roast malts and hops. The flavor is sweet and semi rich with upfront roasted chocolate/roasted malts. Has a nice warm end that finishes clean with not much of an aftertaste. A decent porter but I’d rather go for their gonzo porter anyday.

Mild aroma of coffee, molasses and a bit of hop. Dry papery coffee flavor with a bit of charred wood. Pretty watery and weak. Not a very good porter at all.

355ml bottle BB 09.04.09 Ruby highlighted dense black body with tan foam that looks like it wants to hang around. Quite a complex nose; obvious roasted malts upfront dark chocolate, mocha, liquorice, roasted nuts and burnt grain, with undertones of dried fruit, oak, smoke and bread. Long palate, quite a smooth body, carbonation reasonably low, moderate drying roasted astrigency. Dark chocolate malt flavours hit home straight away, cocoa and mocha, very little sweetness to back it up with more burnt nuts and roasted grain flavour in the mix. Toasted oak character emerges later on, as do hints of vinous dark and dried fruits, all of which linger on a bitter dry finish. Yum! Big porter with plenty of flavour, not too rough around the edges and really opens up with warmth.

Moderate hoppy aroma. Average, frothy, off-white head. Fair lacing. Mostly lasting longevity. Clear amber body. Light bitter flavor. Light to medium palate.

Appearance: medium-dark brown with a reddish hint; above average head retention on a below average-sized beige head Aroma: roasty aroma lacks strength; does have some secondary aromas in support: bread, toffee, and caramel; nice noticeable hop presence, which is very enjoyable Flavor: frankly, quite weak; very mild malt flavor; hops are almost more noticeable than malt, which is probably a bad thing for a porter; medium hop bitterness; almost like a dark pale ale, which is not a good thing Mouthfeel: medium body at best