Flying Dog Wild Dog Barrel-Aged Gonzo

Serving: 750 ml. bottle. Appearance: Almost black with slight ruby highlights and a creamy, tan head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma: Somewhere between bourbon and whiskey, light wood notes, some vanilla, and sweet malt notes. Flavor: It definitely picked up a good bit from the whiskey barrels, but the alcohol seems to have mellowed and it works well. The porter side of things brings some chocolate and roasted malt notes. I was told this was a bottle that was brewed in Colorado (so a few years old) and it seems like it has aged nicely. A bit of wood and vanilla. Any bitterness has mellowed out. Very nice. Palate: Low carbonation with a rich, oily mouthfeel and a medium-long, warming finish. Overall: I would definitely give this one a go again. I can’t speak for it fresh, but aged it has a great flavor profile. Recommended.

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ RBESG 09 Grand Tasting @ [ The Harlequin, Sheffield, England. ]
Clear dark black color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, wood, licorice, light vanilla. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration, good balanced. Body is medium, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft. [20090719]

On tap at Stub and Herbs. Pour is black with no head. Aroma is sweet malts and bourbon. Unfortunately all the hops are gone from this. Flavor is mildly sweet. Palate is creamy. Overall is solid but without the hop character still there, it lacks the depth it once had.

Black of color with a brown head. An aroma of liqurice, coffee, sweets, raisins and prunes. A flavor of liqurice, sweets, chocolate and a oily texture.

Draught at Jydske Øldage 2009. Frothy lightbrown good mostly deminishing head. Black colour. Heavy malty roasted/burnt aroma. Low in hopps. Moderate bitter great flavor. Strong vanilla notes. Long fantastic moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Excellent.

At the Ølfestival, Esbjerg, Denmark 23-10-09. Pours dark brown with a little bubbling at the edges thats tan in colour. Bourbon, oak and a little dark sugar on the nose. Thick tasting in the mouth, plenty of alcohol, hops are there but under a dark sticky bed of sweet malts. A7 A4 F8 P4 Ov15 3.8

On tap the Brick Store Pub in Decatur, GA, 04/26/08. Opaque dark brown colour with a fully lasting creamy and frothy tan ead. Chocolate, roasty, vinous, creamy, and lightly fruity aroma. Rich, silky chocolate and vinous flavours with a fruity, vinous, and lightly roasty bitter finish. Full bodied, thick, chewy, and rich.

0.355 l bottle from Systembolaget. Black color with cream tan head. Deep rich aroma with oak, vanilla, salty licorice. Sweetish, oaky and roasty flavor with salty licorice and american oak and vanilla. Oaky mouthfeel. Rich taste, nice sipping beer. Would be better with less oak, though.