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The Gourd Standard
Flying Dog Brewery
- From:
- Flying Dog Brewery
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Pumpkin Beer
- ABV:
- 6.7%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 12.23%
- Reviews:
- 59
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 25, 2022
- Added:
- Jun 01, 2015
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 53
The Gourd Standard and it is a Pumpkin IPA…yes and IPA brewed with pumpkin puree and spices.
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Ratings by mfnmbvp:
Reviewed by mfnmbvp from Illinois
3.73/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.73/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. bottle, no apparent bottled on date present. However, I know this one is relatively fresh. Acquired a single bottle of this stuff as part of a mixed six pack at the local Binny's. My first encounter with a self-proclaimed Pumpkin IPA.
Poured into a Duvel tulip glass.
A - Pours a dark murky burnt orange body. About a finger of thick frothy off-white head. Almost a ruby color in the glass. Moderate scattered fluffy lacing. Nice and appealing looking.
S - The aroma is interesting. Not overly hoppy or spicy; it doesn't exactly favor either the IPA or the Pumpkin beer category. A dusty, musty malt content seems to pervade. Sweetened caramel & bread malts.
T - Taste leans more toward the IPA direction. Lots of dank earthy bitterness. Spicing in the form of cola & ginger is noticeable in the background, and sort of melds in with the hop bitterness. Not gourdy or distinctly pumpkin-y. Slight notes of vanilla? No cinnamon or pumpkin pie / spice rack notes.
M - Feel is bitter, earthy, & resinous. Lightly herbal, but no pumpkin or spice lingers. Smooth & creamy. Easy-drinking, with good carb.
Overall, it tastes like an average IPA offering than anything else. Not a bad first encounter with the pumpkin IPA genre, but I could see room for improvement.
Flying Dog The Gourd Standard Pumpkin IPA -----3.5/5
Sep 26, 2015Poured into a Duvel tulip glass.
A - Pours a dark murky burnt orange body. About a finger of thick frothy off-white head. Almost a ruby color in the glass. Moderate scattered fluffy lacing. Nice and appealing looking.
S - The aroma is interesting. Not overly hoppy or spicy; it doesn't exactly favor either the IPA or the Pumpkin beer category. A dusty, musty malt content seems to pervade. Sweetened caramel & bread malts.
T - Taste leans more toward the IPA direction. Lots of dank earthy bitterness. Spicing in the form of cola & ginger is noticeable in the background, and sort of melds in with the hop bitterness. Not gourdy or distinctly pumpkin-y. Slight notes of vanilla? No cinnamon or pumpkin pie / spice rack notes.
M - Feel is bitter, earthy, & resinous. Lightly herbal, but no pumpkin or spice lingers. Smooth & creamy. Easy-drinking, with good carb.
Overall, it tastes like an average IPA offering than anything else. Not a bad first encounter with the pumpkin IPA genre, but I could see room for improvement.
Flying Dog The Gourd Standard Pumpkin IPA -----3.5/5
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by beerthulhu from New Jersey
3.69/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.69/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
-pumpkin ipa. enjoy by 01.19.17. consumed 11.16.16. in spiegelau ipa glass.
A: Rose burgundy color with a steady flow of effervesce. Short living creamy beige head is slight in size but leaves a generous amount of band lacing.
S: Sweet brown sugar, whole cinnamon stick with hints of toasty malt and nutmeg.
T: Pumpkin pie spicing. Toasted malt and toasted pumpkin puree. Warming cinnamon stick, nutmeg, caramelized apple. Munich, dark crystal raisiny malt with a small touch of earthy green hops.
M: Crisp and lively carbonation, light to medium body, lightly creamy texture.
O: Nice drinkability, balance with good natural pumpkin elements and a spicing that is well balanced and complimentary. Hops, malt and spice all blend together for a very good drinker per style.
Dec 02, 2016A: Rose burgundy color with a steady flow of effervesce. Short living creamy beige head is slight in size but leaves a generous amount of band lacing.
S: Sweet brown sugar, whole cinnamon stick with hints of toasty malt and nutmeg.
T: Pumpkin pie spicing. Toasted malt and toasted pumpkin puree. Warming cinnamon stick, nutmeg, caramelized apple. Munich, dark crystal raisiny malt with a small touch of earthy green hops.
M: Crisp and lively carbonation, light to medium body, lightly creamy texture.
O: Nice drinkability, balance with good natural pumpkin elements and a spicing that is well balanced and complimentary. Hops, malt and spice all blend together for a very good drinker per style.
Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey
4/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
9/30/16....pours dark murky brown with some white foam residuals. Cinnamon/nutmeg smell, pumpkin too. Slightly woodsy. Edge pumpkin bitter taste, starts sweet and then firm. Different take on a pumpkin. Tasty bitter.
Nov 26, 2016Reviewed by Cylinsier from Pennsylvania
3.75/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 oz
Pours mostly clear amber orange, yellowish white head starts about an inch thick, firm and fine, retains as a sudsy lacing.
Smells of nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, brown sugar, and pumpkin.
Flavor is of pumpkin, toasted bready malts, and clove. Finishes dry bitter like strong nutmeg.
Medium to full body with fluffy carbonation on the tongue.
A very tasty marzen-like pimpkin ale. Mostly good mixture of flavors, nice body. The bitter finish feels somewhat out of place in this style. It's mildly off-putting but not a deal-breaker. Worth trying for a little twist on a pumpkin ale.
Nov 03, 2016Pours mostly clear amber orange, yellowish white head starts about an inch thick, firm and fine, retains as a sudsy lacing.
Smells of nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, brown sugar, and pumpkin.
Flavor is of pumpkin, toasted bready malts, and clove. Finishes dry bitter like strong nutmeg.
Medium to full body with fluffy carbonation on the tongue.
A very tasty marzen-like pimpkin ale. Mostly good mixture of flavors, nice body. The bitter finish feels somewhat out of place in this style. It's mildly off-putting but not a deal-breaker. Worth trying for a little twist on a pumpkin ale.
Reviewed by mynie from Maryland
3.99/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.99/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
I like pumpkin ales, and I like IPAs, but a combination of the two sounded gross as fuck. But I stopped at Flying Dog on the way back from a hike, and Flying Dog never really made a *bad* beer, and the people there said it was good, so I grabbed a sixer. Whatever.
Pours a dark, filtered red. Much more like a typical pumpkin ale than an IPA.
Smells of caramel and cereal with just a hint of pie spice. Nothing too great.
Tastes like a good pumpkin ale with a unique hop finish. It actually comes together really well, in spite of my prejudices, and in spite the kinda off aroma. Pie spice up front, bread and cinnamon in the middle, light english hops in the end.
It's nothing weird. It's barely innovative. But that's probably a good thing. This is solid.
Oct 24, 2016Pours a dark, filtered red. Much more like a typical pumpkin ale than an IPA.
Smells of caramel and cereal with just a hint of pie spice. Nothing too great.
Tastes like a good pumpkin ale with a unique hop finish. It actually comes together really well, in spite of my prejudices, and in spite the kinda off aroma. Pie spice up front, bread and cinnamon in the middle, light english hops in the end.
It's nothing weird. It's barely innovative. But that's probably a good thing. This is solid.
The Gourd Standard from Flying Dog Brewery
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
201 ratings
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