Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA (through 2007)

Formerly brewed at Flying Dog Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Frederick, Maryland USA

Bottle. Nice thick head. A tad more than golden color. Very floral aroma and taste. Hoppy. A little harsh and bitter finish.

From bottle : Pours a semi-dark amber gold color that is kinda hazy, with a small white fizzy head that disipates quickly. A nose of floral hops and a little malt, but the aroma is kinda faint compared to other IPAs. Flavor is as expected with a IPA, hoppy, cant get much malt out of it. Palate medium is a nice sharp bitter bite toward the end on the back of the tongue. Not bad.

Amber color with nice aromatic head. Noble hops aroma and flavor throughout. Malty base is nice and balanced. A nice IPA.

Bottle. Alc. 4.7%. Clear medium amber color with a average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, lemon. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (260807)

Cobber of color with a off-white head. An aroma of pines, hops and notes of malt. A flavor of hops, pines and grape.

Bottle from Bottles of York. Much better than the classic pale ale. Upfront citric floral hops which are well backed up by malt in the body which fades to allow the bitterness to shine in the finish.

355ml brown bottle. Pours deep gold colour, well formed head, two fingers worth of creamy foam. Leaves sparse patchy lacework in the tulip glass. Grapefruit in the aroma, soft malt sweetness. Caramel malt start, grapefruit hopped middle, finish is bitter with more grapefruit and pine. Long hoppy aftertaste. Medium body. Nicely hopped, balanced IPA, good drinkability. Don’t know why I waited so long to try this.

Not a bad IPA. Very floral hops. Not as strong as some IPA’s. Amber with a thick white head. Definite pine and some grapefruit. It has the hops, but is not unsettling.