Dog Bite High Gravity Lager
Genesee Brewing Co. / Dundee Brewing Co.

Dog Bite High Gravity LagerDog Bite High Gravity Lager
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From:
Genesee Brewing Co. / Dundee Brewing Co.
 
New York, United States
Style:
Malt Liquor
ABV:
8%
Score:
56
Avg:
2.23 | pDev: 39.91%
Reviews:
73
Ratings:
146
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 02, 2022
Added:
Nov 18, 2010
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  11
A lager with a hard bite shouldn't be hard to drink. That's why dog bite is brewed with select hops and malted barley for a well-balanced, mellow taste that'll have high-gravity drinkers coming back again and again.
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Ratings by yesyouam:
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Reviewed by yesyouam from New York

1.38/5  rDev -38.1%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1
Dog Bite High Gravity Lager is a bright yellow beer that's very clear and very sparkling. The thin white head fades to a blotch. It has a grain alcohol aroma, slightly sweet and corny. It smells like a drunk guy. It has a prickly medium body with a pretty dry finish. It leaves the tongue a touch syrupy. It tastes quite sweet and very corny. It tastes like corn on the cob dipped in paint thinner. It tastes much stronger than 10% ABV. There is a fusel aftertaste. Yow. This is like brawling fuel. I feel like I'm being hazed by drinking this. This could use some powdered koolaid and crushed caffeine pills to really show of the class of this fine beverage.
Dec 28, 2010
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Rated: 1.95 by smi69 from New York

Jan 02, 2022
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Reviewed by BCole281 from Texas

2.24/5  rDev +0.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Purchased as a 24oz can, poured into a pint glass.

A - Pours a golden color. Initially thick foamy white head recedes quickly; poor head retention and no lacing. Lots of small bubbles rising through the brew.

S - Adjuncts, alcohol, and malty notes abound. ABV is not very well hidden here.

T - Malt and sweet corn to start, with fusels and a faint sour apple flavor showing up on the finish. Not as egregiously tart as Stack 101 but it's noticeable.

M - Thin-bodied with medium carbonation. It goes down relatively easily, but the mouthfeel of this HGL leaves much to be desired outside of that.

O - It has a cool can design and the product is inoffensive enough not to be a drain pour, but nothing about it really invites me to try it again. Tick complete. Reviewed to style, YMMV.
Jul 11, 2021
 
Rated: 5 by Dalkri from Massachusetts

Aug 12, 2020
 
Rated: 2.25 by Velivolus1 from Vermont

Jul 23, 2020
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Reviewed by happybday529 from Massachusetts

2.68/5  rDev +20.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
A random pickup from a local wine store's cooler, I couldn't ask for a lower price on a themed drink to go alongside my D&D game later that day, which featured a similar dog creature.

The upsides of this beer stop about there.

While not bad, nothing about this beer stood out from under the label. Drinking straight from the can, I can't speak of colour or clarity, though a lager that doesn't try to coat me with the head foam as I open it isn't trying hard enough.

The most appealing feature of this brew seems to be the 24oz can of 8% ABV for around $2, since I'd compare it to the big brand light beers, but trying too hard to be bursting with the wrong sort of flavours.
Jun 22, 2020
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Reviewed by cardfan212 from Minnesota

1.94/5  rDev -13%
look: 4 | smell: 1.75 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 1.75 | overall: 2
Drank from a 24 ounce can. Scores are based on the style.

Look - Very attractive, almost looks like a fancy craft beer. Stands out nicely on the shelf. Doesn't look at all like a malt liquor.

Smell - Tiny wisp of corn, mostly metallic water.

Taste - Like a brownie covered in black pepper. Incredibly sweet, slightly chocolatey, and a strong alcohol bite.

Feel - Thin body, very mild fizz, and some throat burn. It needs to either be thicker or bubblier.

Overall - I had low expectations based on its $1.50 price tag, and it hit them. It's not good, but it isn't offensive. I'd have it again, but it definitely wouldn't be a first pick.
Apr 04, 2020
 
Rated: 1.05 by T66tah from Pennsylvania

Jun 25, 2019
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

2.05/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Why am I rating this? The hell if I know, let's say desperate times call for desperate measures.
Poured into what? Uhmmmm...just a regular pint glass.
The appearance was a glossy clear yellow to mild orange color with speedy carbonation rising to fill a rapidly dieing head. No lace.
The aroma had stiff sweet corn, rice, fusel alcohol and burnt grass.
The flavor had a huge alcoholic sweet buffing throwing itself into burnt grass, burnt toast and sweet corn. The aftertaste was distracting through fusel alcohol, sweet corn and burnt grass and toast.
The mouthfeel was between light and medium bodied with no sessionability whatsoever. It's a sipper by all means, that's if one wants to sip it. Carbonation did feel appropriate for what this is supposed to be. ABV seemed as projected. Finish was fusel alcohol, sweet corn and burnt toast.
Overall, didn't really like this at all for me but without being too harsh, I realize this style doesn't really clean up too well. Keep trying, maybe a brewer out there eventually will be able to brew a kickass version of this. I seriously doubt this brewery will.
Feb 27, 2019
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Reviewed by ravisingh from Connecticut

1.89/5  rDev -15.2%
look: 1.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.75 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
This beer tastes like watered down Natty Daddy. It has a slightly greater fruity taste, but it's subtle. The can is interesting with an orange color and Cerberus design. If you want to get buzzed for cheap you can't beat it.
Jul 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3.06 by NotAlcoholicJustAHobby from Vermont

May 18, 2018
 
Rated: 2.25 by Velivolus from Vermont

May 01, 2018
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Rated by physicslover from New York

2.94/5  rDev +31.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Very smooth for 8% beer. Tastes kinda like Coors original but nearly twice as strong.
Jun 23, 2017
 
Rated: 1.99 by TimberSwanson from Pennsylvania

May 01, 2017
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Reviewed by Stinkypuss from Pennsylvania

2.6/5  rDev +16.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Pours a perfectly crystal clear light yellow. A white fizzy head dies quickly.

Aroma of corn, spent grain, spent hops, and fusel alcohol.

Flavor has a neutral note almost, then the corn and rice sweetness sets in. Small, stale hop does a little to balance, then a soft alcohol note. For 8% it could be more ghastly than it is.
Jan 23, 2017
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Reviewed by Ethandomaingue from Tennessee

5/5  rDev +124.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Nasty yellow color, but it does product a full inch of head, even if it quickly vanishes with no lace, no trace. Aroma was metallic alcohol.

Fuck, the body is thin on this, lots of corn syrup, aluminum and rubbing alcohol. Eventually it starts to numb your senses with the alcohol burn and thin body. Man, I can appreciate some malt liquor, but this is asking too much of me.
Aug 09, 2016
 
Rated: 2 by hopnado from Michigan

Mar 21, 2016
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

2.44/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
A: The beer is clear amber yellow in color and has a light to moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that died down, leaving a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface and a thin collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of sweet malts are preset in the nose—corn seems to stand out in particular along with faint hints of alcohol.
T: The taste follows the smell, but flavors of alcohol start to creep in. There is a lingering aftertaste of alcohol in the finish.
M: It feels medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer isn't nearly as offensive compared to some of the other malt liquors that I've had.

Serving type: can
Jan 02, 2016
 
Rated: 1.93 by smithj4 from New York

Jan 02, 2016
 
Rated: 2.22 by Washuffizi98 from Tennessee

Dec 22, 2015
Dog Bite High Gravity Lager from Genesee Brewing Co. / Dundee Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 56 out of 100 with 146 ratings