Flying Dog Road Dog Scottish Porter

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

12oz. bottle into pint glass. Pours a deep, dark brown with a thick tan colored head. Heavy aromas of roasted malts, coffee, butter and earthy hints. Flavor is of chocolate, malts, and coffee with some smokey hints. Mouthfeel is very thin and light, almost un-enjoyable for a "porter." Very average porter.

I was disapointed with this brew from the pour. It has a thin head with no retention and the aroma give me much of a hint of what I would be drinking. For some reason the carbonation level on this porter was super high making me feel like I was drinking a trappist ale but without the complexity. Needless to say I was disapointed.

Very dark, mildly thick porter. Not much carbonation. Bold malty taste with more than a hint of chocolate. Small hints of coffee as well. Nice beer and a good change from the usual.

Not what I like. I was ready for the Scottish influence, but this is more like a dark ale. This is like Fat Tire without the focus. A generic bitterness tinged with the faintest roastiness and black licorice.

Pours cola brown, starting with a nice stand of tan head that dissipates. Aroma is of roasted malts with some nuttiness and dry hops when swirled. Flavor is a bit bland and weak for a beer with such a descriptive name. Taste opens with the bitterness of weak coffee; otherwise, some chocolate notes and roasted malt. Palate is light, moderately carbonated, reasonably smooth. Nothing really wrong with this - it is drinkable, but rather lackluster. Seems more like a brown ale.

Pours a dar brown that thins to a lighter amber color. Aroma has a hint of chocolate with a strong citrus and hoppy smell. Taste is malty and bitter up front with a small chocolate aftertaste. A good beer but expecting it to taste like a normal porter will leave you bewildered. Says scottish porter on the bottle, and it kind of has that scottish ale with a porter twist to it. If you look at it in that respect it isn’t bad.

Poured almost black with a thin head. Aroma had some chocolate hints. Taste was very reminiscent of coffee, with subtle hints of chocolate. Didn’t have as much kick as a regular porter, but was not a bad beer.

When I first tried this, I was new to the style and really like it. Now its just kind of "meh." Pours a very dark brown, almost no head. Nose is coffee and licorice; tastes of more coffee, with some chocolate roast in there. Not bad, just not all that great.