Road Dog
Flying Dog Brewery

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From:
Flying Dog Brewery
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
American Porter
ABV:
6%
Score:
80
Avg:
3.52 | pDev: 13.07%
Reviews:
768
Ratings:
1,051
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 04, 2020
Added:
Oct 30, 2001
Wants:
  33
Gots:
  24
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Ratings by Graebner:
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Reviewed by Graebner from Germany

3.55/5  rDev +0.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Firstly, what is "Scottish Porter"?? It's not a style of ale, and this stuff sure isn't wearing a kilt, so I'm at a loss. Moving on...

Pours a dark brown with ruby and tan notes around the edges. No noticable head, just little wisps of foam on top. Moderate-low carbonation visible.

Smells slightly of hot chocolate, moderately of coffee, and hints of black tea as well. Trace amounts of maple syrup and diacetyl.

Taste is lots of burnt malts which partially express themselves as coffee flavor, sourness noticable throughout, and an herbal and faintly hoppy aftertaste. Slight cocoa as well. Taste is a bit weak but not extremely so, not enough to be a flaw.

The mouthfeel is not so good. Carbonation dominates the entire time it's in your mouth, and it easily overpowers the other elements with a powerful Chuck Norris-style roundhouse kick to the face and then continues down your throat, making me think I'm going to be a little gassy after this one. Ehhhh... On the bright side, if it weren't for the raging CO2, I expect this would be a pleasant quaff. It's not bad, just out of balance. Little heavy on the sour and very heavy on the bubbly.

Drinkability is average...that's all there is to say. I'd take this over Pete's Wicked, but there are plenty of others I'd rather drink. You could drink this all night I expect, but for $9/sixer, why on earth would you?
Jul 09, 2006
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.36/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Those brown and dark red colors. Off white head 1/2". A lot more roast in the nose than I saw coming.

Taste, still more roast, coffee from the malt flavors. Nutty, caramel, toffee, coffee. Hopping is there too. A little dry finish. Not bad stuff. Assertive and bitter with all that other stuff going on. There's a bit of a scotch ale vibe going on underneath it all as well.
Oct 11, 2016
 
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Dec 30, 2015
 
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Nov 02, 2015
 
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Mar 06, 2015
 
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Dec 09, 2014
 
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Dec 01, 2014
 
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Nov 16, 2014
 
Rated: 4.75 by Baxtere from Missouri

Nov 03, 2014
 
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Oct 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by gater_ade from Michigan

Sep 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by zestar from California

Aug 06, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Sellen from Connecticut

Jul 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by MikeB_

Jul 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by wrightst from Maryland

Jul 08, 2014
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