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Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA (through 2007)

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Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA (through 2007) - India Pale Ale (IPA)

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70
overall
Formerly brewed at Flying Dog Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Frederick, Maryland USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9763.25/5.03.25/5.05.75%38.3Shaker, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Snake Dog is a traditional IPA, brewed with imported English Maris Otter pale malt and Golding Hops. Dry hopped with Chinook and Golding hops, contributes to the fruity-floral hop aroma characteristics of this IPA.
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 Cybercat (778), Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/512/20
Jan 5, 2008  
Pours a pretty orangy amber; the white head is not thick and does not persist. Aroma is hoppy, not complex or strong (but my nose was a little stopped up and may have missed something). Flavor is smooth, quite hoppy with some malt undertones and little bitterness. Finish is hoppy and pleasant.


 Stew41 (1042), Caulfield, Australia
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Jan 5, 2008  
Bang on target in the looks and smells department; rusty orange, dead clear, thin creamy head, and a big whafting layer of hoppy fruit aromas. Flavours are a bit one dimensional with very linear hoppy bitterness, perhaps a bit sharp and rough, but holds my interest nevertheless. A nice sliver of fruity hops drives a decent finish. $8 per bottle in Australia - I wonder what the street price is in the US?


 BeerBiker (1384), Odense, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 4, 2008  
[Bottle shared with svoger.] Nice american IPA over average to many others, but compared to other americans it’s just mainstream.


 BelgianBeerGal (1276), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Jan 3, 2008  
Bottled. Golden ruby colour with a thin tan head and medium lacing. Strange aroma for IPA of caramel and cotton candy. Flavour was grapefruit hoppy, a little pine but the finish was flat bitterness and hung on forever.


 a10555 (123), West Chester, Ohio, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/59/20
Dec 31, 2007  
IPA, I Probably Assumed that this would be a good beer, and I assumed wrong. The best thing I’ve found about this brewer overall is the labels. This has a nice start but then finishes like I’ve woke up the morning after drinking and am tasting all that stuff from the night before over again. Stay away.


 hammerbeck (101), Kentucky, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 28, 2007  
Of the Flying Dog brews, I only found the IPA worth drinking. It was fine, quite hoppy with a nasty aftertaste. It tasted a little burnt.


 ReademNwheat (174), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/514/20
Dec 24, 2007  
From a bottle. Pours a light copper/amber color. Smell of floral hops. I usually love IPAs but somethin about the aftertaste of this IPA didn’t sit right with me. The initial flavor is great but the finish just tasted off to me...I had a few of these and the same thing for every one. Other than that, a decent brew. Overall a decent IPA, far from the best though.


 Tilley4 (218), Huron, Tennessee, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Dec 23, 2007  
I think this one should be rated higher. I’ve had it several times and I have held off about rating it because I was a little thrown off by the scores I’ve been seeing. After having had this 4-5 times, hell, it’s awesome every time. Pours quite a bit clearer and lighter than other IPAs. Perfect aroma of hops/malt to this one. I just had a BrooDoo from Three Floyds a bit earlier tonight and I don’t know if this quite measures up to that one, but this is still one hell of an IPA in my opinion. I love almost everything about this. It’s solid everytime I crack one open. 64%? Don’t get it. Very sessionable IPA. Keep up the good work, Flying Dog!!



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