Desert Dog Pale Ale
Sleepy Dog Brewery
- From:
- Sleepy Dog Brewery
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.64 | pDev: 7.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 27, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 24, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
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Reviewed by MikeySea from Arizona
3.98/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
LOOKS: A slightly hazy dark gold, or light amber, with a finger+ of white soapy head. Nice bit of lacing down the glass.
AROMA: Lightly toasted caramel malt. A nice hoppy citrus vibe. Mild tropical notes.
TASTE: Nice balance between malt and hops. Bitterness hangs on a bit but is quite mild. Mostly citrus notes of lemon and grapefruit.
FEEL; Medium light body, but not watery. Medium dry, average carbonation.
OA: I think it's better than the previous reviews. The added 'hazy' to the can, so maybe they upped the hop profile a bit. This would go great with some chicken or shrimp street tacos.
Mar 08, 2019AROMA: Lightly toasted caramel malt. A nice hoppy citrus vibe. Mild tropical notes.
TASTE: Nice balance between malt and hops. Bitterness hangs on a bit but is quite mild. Mostly citrus notes of lemon and grapefruit.
FEEL; Medium light body, but not watery. Medium dry, average carbonation.
OA: I think it's better than the previous reviews. The added 'hazy' to the can, so maybe they upped the hop profile a bit. This would go great with some chicken or shrimp street tacos.
Rated by LukeGude from Iowa
3.14/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.14/5 rDev -13.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Hazy variant of this beer. Clayton got cans from grocery store, shared in AirBnB the night before Nolan's wedding. Piney, bitter, lacks fruit.
Jan 08, 2019
Reviewed by BlackBeerPirate from Illinois
3.49/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Taste: crisp, tangy, mild bitter floral hops, some caramel malt, dry finish. fresh bright floral hope nose. Amber hue, mostly clear, with tall white foam head. Medium body. 31 IBUs
Nov 08, 2018
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.4/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
3.4/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
This is one of those beers that just is. Not bad. Not distinguishable from the competition. It just is good enough to make it in the expanding craft market.
A nice pale that approaches an amber ale, but the foam/lace is sub-par... so I give it average Looks.
Aromas are common, too; malt and some hops. The hops become strong in the Taste; although others may appreciate the quantity more than me. But, Desert Dog is refreshing; despite the interplay of malt and hops losing to the hops. It sits in the mouth of a thirsty man like an average soup does of a man hungry for lunch.
While Sleepy Dog developed in an Arizona college town, they now have a brewer (I presume via contract) in Warrenville Illinois. (I picked this can up as part of a build-your-6-pack at Binny's Lincoln Park.) Enlisting Warrenville might be a smart tactic to deal with the Illinois ABC and its notorious hoops that have to be jumped through (being a sleepy dog is no camouflage.) So, my question becomes: who is the contract brewer ? I only know of one in the small suburb of Warrenville with excess capacity (Two Brothers.) Is this a new experiment in distribution deals and collaborations beyond one brew ?
Sep 24, 2018A nice pale that approaches an amber ale, but the foam/lace is sub-par... so I give it average Looks.
Aromas are common, too; malt and some hops. The hops become strong in the Taste; although others may appreciate the quantity more than me. But, Desert Dog is refreshing; despite the interplay of malt and hops losing to the hops. It sits in the mouth of a thirsty man like an average soup does of a man hungry for lunch.
While Sleepy Dog developed in an Arizona college town, they now have a brewer (I presume via contract) in Warrenville Illinois. (I picked this can up as part of a build-your-6-pack at Binny's Lincoln Park.) Enlisting Warrenville might be a smart tactic to deal with the Illinois ABC and its notorious hoops that have to be jumped through (being a sleepy dog is no camouflage.) So, my question becomes: who is the contract brewer ? I only know of one in the small suburb of Warrenville with excess capacity (Two Brothers.) Is this a new experiment in distribution deals and collaborations beyond one brew ?
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