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Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA (through 2007)

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Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA (through 2007)

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) formerly brewed by
Flying Dog Brewery

Frederick, Maryland USA

bottled
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9553.25/5.03.25/5.05.75%29.4 Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

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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 TheBeerCollector (548), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Jun 7, 2002    Updated: Aug 3, 2005
ReRate: Obviously my tastes in beer have changed over the last few years because I really like this beer now and find it a little on the mild side regarding hoppiness. Still a good IPA. Original Rating 6/7/02: Pineapple aroma. Strong citrus flavors throughout. A little too hoppy for my tastes but true to style. Cool label.


 Lord_Corkscrew (489), Ronco Scrivia (GE), Italy
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 14, 2008  
Stappo e fa quasi impressione che annusando il collo della bottiglia quest’aroma così erbaceo sembra quasi origano ma suppongo siano sti luppolazzi della madonna. Comunque stavolta ero abituato all’amaro, non mi ha dato alcun problema: anzi. Stratosferica


PHXHOPLOVER (50), LAVEEN, Arizona, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 13, 2006  
This is one of my favorite ipas. Pours orange, slightly hazy. Leaves nice lace all down the side of the glass. Perfect level of smooth bitterness. Just enough body so it isnt too dry. This beer is all about hop flavor! I love the hop flavor here. I was so happy to see that you have the hop varieties they use here so i can use these hops in my beer!! It says this is a traditional ipa, but it seems more American to me. Very west coast hop profile.


Diego (79), San Diego, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Jun 21, 2002  
Sipping as I write. Let’s see..Nice sweet peppery smell, beautiful amber color, slight semi sweet flavor. Delicious really. Strong, punget bite to it. Just what I was hoping for. This is a rather inexpensive way to enjoy a traditional IPA. No foolin’ around, look at the ratings and feel satisfied in the fact that this is a solid IPA. Not the best but a solid placement.


 cathcacr (504), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/518/20
Mar 30, 2005  
A big, pungent IPA that outdoes most of the rest in the field. Lessee, there’s Stone, then Hop Devil and Hop Ottin’ and then this. Pay no attention to the 3.1whatever average rating. (Maybe I just had an exceptionally good bottle?) This is definitely for IPA lovers; it’s got that resiny(?) feel and stickiness that comes with a lot of I2PAs nowadays. Pungent, sticky aftertaste, gotta love it. Hard-hitting stuff, not for non-hop-freaks, which may explain its ridiculously low average score on this site.




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