Flying Dog Wild Dog Weizenbock

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Weizen Bock
Frederick, Maryland USA

750 ml bottle - Pours a brown color with a 3/4 finger thick off white head. Light spotty lacing. Aroma is mostly esters. Flavor is esters, a touch of malt, and vinious. Light to medium body. A decent beer.

Corked and caged 750 - $4 off and on sale for $6.99! A little bit of age on this sucker and it’s mellowed and supremely fun. Sweet muddled smell of alcohol and sugar, seeming Belgian yeast notes (though I know it’s not right) and mashed-up fruit components (a little hard to separate grape from berry and whatever else there may be). In for a malt bomb, I think. Pours a dark, rich, pretty amber red, with a rocky, dense, spoonable beige head (gorgeous!). A nice sour vomit touch in the taste, dense fruity malt and a light undercurrent of yeast, but not much. This really has little in common with other Weizenböcke, but that’s not a bad thing – has some Sour and even slightly geuezeesque (did I get enough E’s in there?) notes. Cherries play a supporting role and are absolutely delicious. Dry, sour aftertaste, but not puckering, just gentle and smooth. Light-medium body and smooth, no carbonation. Tastes like something out of Flanders (somewhere between Red and Brown), and that’s a great thing in my book. Flawed technically, but an extremely enjoyable drinking experience, and I easily drained the champagne bottle by myself.

Bottle (750ml). Shared with blankboy, jerc, mabel, and tupalev - bottle courtesy of J&K. Cloudy mahogany pour with an average off-white head. Oddly - suspiciously - sour aroma; lemon, caramel roast malt and a hint of sour milk. The taste was a whipsaw of lemon/lactic sour and sugary, bitter and pungently yeasty - a bit of a mess - someone suggested it was a little like an "off" light red wine. Solid, fairly thick body, obviously quite acidic, decently carbonated with a long sour linger. I frankly didn’t like it much.

Bottle shared with Jerc, Hogtown Harry, Blankboy, and Mabel, courtesy of Jerc and Mabel. Hazy golden brown, small white head. Sour fruity aroma. Ok taste - musty fruitiness, some hops. Odd lingering sourness. Maybe a bad bottle or a weird attempt I guess, will seek out again.

Bottle (750ml) shared with HogTownHarry, tupalev, jerc & mabel -- courtesy of jerc. Pours a hazy amber-brown with a small diminishing off-white head. Aroma of metal, light fruity sourness and sweet malt -- not great. Flavour of sour fruit, malt, light spices and phenols. Sour finish. Average bodied, under-carbonated. Pretty disappointing, a failed attempt at the style or a bottle gone bad?

2008-04-18. Hazy brown body with quick tan head. Lightly fruity tangy aroma, Similar flavour, malt base tangy fruit is bordering on sour especially in the finish. Average palate is surprisingly lightly carbonated given the pop that came out after the cork. Disappointing, perhaps past its prime? Bottle via trade with TheCheeseMan.

Strong alcohol aroma with a moderate amount of robust malts. Cloudy brown color with a very small head. Mild beginning with a sweet caramel middle and finish. Alcohol noticeable but not over powering. Light creamy mouth feel.

Flying Dog Weizen Bock 5-2-5-3-12 Sample Tasting - Dark amber with whitish head. Banana, cloves, citrus, wheat, spices, hops, grain round out the aroma and flavors. Decent mouthfeel. Either need more beer or some boudin to go with it.