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Horn Dog
Flying Dog Brewery
- From:
- Flying Dog Brewery
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
Ranked #176 - ABV:
- 10.2%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #17,903 - Avg:
- 3.85 | pDev: 11.69%
- Reviews:
- 834
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 10, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 06, 2002
- Wants:
- 66
- Gots:
- 128
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Patrick999:
Reviewed by Patrick999 from Florida
3.55/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.55/5 rDev -7.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Pours dark and cloudy, with a late-arriving and quick-falling head. Smell of alcohol-soaked raisins wafts from my oversized wine glass. We've got a malty one here, folks. 2006 vintage, so this has a little age on it.
Gotta wait for this to warm a bit. Smell is redolent of figs, raisins, tobacco. Kinda reminds me of a Belgian quad.
Taste, mouthfeel, drinkability - don't even bother with this cold. Cold, this tastes and feels like a mouthful of alcohol. Every bit of that 10.5% ABV is out there asserting itself. It's pretty bad. Hang in there, the rewards are coming. You get more sweet raisin bread and vinous overtones and less alcohol with every degree of warming. The alcoholic aspect never really goes away, though. We've all seen 10% concealed much better than this. Sweet and sticky, but not overarchingly so - I'm definitely getting *some* earthy hop bittering action keeping the sweetness of the strong malt bill under relative control. Somewhat odd thin feel for such a substantial beer. Hate to be a broken record, but I concur with others when I want to say that this barleywine skates on the edges of brilliance without ever really crossing the line. Still, hardly a poor way to spend an early evening....an enjoyable sipper that might perhaps benefit from even more aging. Maybe 2-3 years.
Aug 02, 2007Gotta wait for this to warm a bit. Smell is redolent of figs, raisins, tobacco. Kinda reminds me of a Belgian quad.
Taste, mouthfeel, drinkability - don't even bother with this cold. Cold, this tastes and feels like a mouthful of alcohol. Every bit of that 10.5% ABV is out there asserting itself. It's pretty bad. Hang in there, the rewards are coming. You get more sweet raisin bread and vinous overtones and less alcohol with every degree of warming. The alcoholic aspect never really goes away, though. We've all seen 10% concealed much better than this. Sweet and sticky, but not overarchingly so - I'm definitely getting *some* earthy hop bittering action keeping the sweetness of the strong malt bill under relative control. Somewhat odd thin feel for such a substantial beer. Hate to be a broken record, but I concur with others when I want to say that this barleywine skates on the edges of brilliance without ever really crossing the line. Still, hardly a poor way to spend an early evening....an enjoyable sipper that might perhaps benefit from even more aging. Maybe 2-3 years.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.5/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Shared 330 ml bottle at local tasting. Beautiful deep red colour, low off-white head. Moderate aroma with notes of dark dried fruits, hints of oak, dust and alcohol. The body is somewhat lighter than expected, which makes the beer quite drinkable. Medium sweet, nicely balanced with the hops.
May 11, 2021Rated by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland
4.01/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.01/5 rDev +4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Smokey amber, small head. Love the aroma of red licorice, caramel and bing cherries. Sweet flavor profile with a strong alcohol finish.
Mar 08, 2020
Horn Dog from Flying Dog Brewery
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
1334 ratings
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