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Oaked Chipotle Ale
Flying Dog Brewery
- From:
- Flying Dog Brewery
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Chile Beer
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 86
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 9.76%
- Reviews:
- 20
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 18, 2016
- Added:
- Feb 21, 2016
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 21
No description / notes.
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Ratings by beergoot:
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
3.96/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Unique bottle label info: FOR OPTIMAL FRESHNESS ENJOY BY 07.27.16A
Dark, honey-amber colored body; very thick, creamy, sculpted head. Mild aroma of burnt firewood. Excellent smoked chili flavor; hop bitterness bleeds through the chipotle heat; toasted malt grains. Medium body; creamy; hot and dry finish.
All in all, a very fine chili beer that delivers a well-balanced, nicely fiery, smokey taste treat. I'm not sure where the smokiness comes from (i.e., the chipotle chilis, the oak?), but it really adds a nice complementary flavor element to the beer as a whole.
Mar 08, 2016Dark, honey-amber colored body; very thick, creamy, sculpted head. Mild aroma of burnt firewood. Excellent smoked chili flavor; hop bitterness bleeds through the chipotle heat; toasted malt grains. Medium body; creamy; hot and dry finish.
All in all, a very fine chili beer that delivers a well-balanced, nicely fiery, smokey taste treat. I'm not sure where the smokiness comes from (i.e., the chipotle chilis, the oak?), but it really adds a nice complementary flavor element to the beer as a whole.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts
3.77/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz brown bottle, sample from the brewery.
Pours a deep ruby hued brew, lacing does a good job staying. Hints of wood, smoke, chile peppers, dark malts, and a mild fruitiness in the nose. Very smooth with a moderate level of carbonation. A brown ale maltiness meets oak and some chipotle pepper heat. Just a kiss of heat, the wood and beery flavors are still intact. Hint of alcohol with more peppery flavor in the finish. Pretty damn good for a Chile beer.
Jun 27, 2016Pours a deep ruby hued brew, lacing does a good job staying. Hints of wood, smoke, chile peppers, dark malts, and a mild fruitiness in the nose. Very smooth with a moderate level of carbonation. A brown ale maltiness meets oak and some chipotle pepper heat. Just a kiss of heat, the wood and beery flavors are still intact. Hint of alcohol with more peppery flavor in the finish. Pretty damn good for a Chile beer.
Reviewed by Antg8989 from New Jersey
3.77/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.77/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
What I can say about this beer is that everything it highlights on the label (chipotle peppers, chicory root and toasted American oak), certainly comes through. It's nice to have a single bottle, but I can't imagine enjoying a full six of these.
May 03, 2016Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 7/27/2016. Pours crystal clear deep ruby red/brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, smoke, toasted oak, and pepper; with light vanilla, cocoa, coffee, nuttiness, herbal, and oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/bready/smoked malt, pepper/chicory, and oak notes; with great strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, smoke, toasted oak, and pepper; with light vanilla, cocoa, coffee, nuttiness, herbal, and oak/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate herbal bitterness and oak/pepper spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, smoke, toasted oak, pepper, light vanilla/cocoa/coffee, herbal, and oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/smoked malt, pepper/chicory, and oak flavors; with a great malt/bitter/spiciness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from oak/pepper spice; lightly increasing through the glass, along with some pepper heat, but never overbearing. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy/grainy, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming other than the pepper heat after the finish. Overall this is a great pepper/smoked brown ale style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready/smoked malt, pepper/chicory, and oak flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink with the restrained pepper heat. A very enjoyable offering.
Apr 30, 2016
Oaked Chipotle Ale from Flying Dog Brewery
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
60 ratings
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