Barrel Aged Gonzo Imperial Porter | Flying Dog Brewery
Brewed by:
Flying Dog Brewery
Maryland, United States
flyingdogbrewery.com
Style: Baltic Porter
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 9.50%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by DogFood11 on 04-14-2007
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Ratings: 753 | Reviews: 330
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3.75/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Sipping beer. Strong teast with soft aroma. Unlike most. Good would not say great.
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look: 4.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Sipping beer. Strong teast with soft aroma. Unlike most. Good would not say great.
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3.68/5 rDev -10%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.49/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.08/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Spokeasy Public House
A: Pours basically black with a frothy light brown head that settles to a thin layer and leaves somelightlacing.
S: Nice bourbon and toffee, pine, roasted malt, dark chocolate, molasses, dried fruit, and a hint of alcohol.
T: Bourbon, toffee, and molasses fighting with a piney bitterness and a little char up front, some roasted malt, dark chocolate, fig, a hint of berries, oak, peppery spice, toasted bread, with a noticeable though not entirely unpleasant touch of alcohol.
M: Full body, moderate carbonation, noticeable alcohol but not harsh.
O: I've been hoping to try this one for a while. It's good fresh, but I would imagine that if it was given more time to mellow out it would be even better.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at Spokeasy Public House
A: Pours basically black with a frothy light brown head that settles to a thin layer and leaves somelightlacing.
S: Nice bourbon and toffee, pine, roasted malt, dark chocolate, molasses, dried fruit, and a hint of alcohol.
T: Bourbon, toffee, and molasses fighting with a piney bitterness and a little char up front, some roasted malt, dark chocolate, fig, a hint of berries, oak, peppery spice, toasted bread, with a noticeable though not entirely unpleasant touch of alcohol.
M: Full body, moderate carbonation, noticeable alcohol but not harsh.
O: I've been hoping to try this one for a while. It's good fresh, but I would imagine that if it was given more time to mellow out it would be even better.
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3.45/5 rDev -15.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Really disappointing. Gonzo is fairly hoppy and the hoppiness was the predominant note in this version - more so than booze, barrel, vanilla, chocolate, sweetness, or anything else you'd expect with a barrel-aged stout/porter. Not very good.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Really disappointing. Gonzo is fairly hoppy and the hoppiness was the predominant note in this version - more so than booze, barrel, vanilla, chocolate, sweetness, or anything else you'd expect with a barrel-aged stout/porter. Not very good.
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4.18/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On nitro
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look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On nitro
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4.18/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.68/5 rDev -10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
4.43/5 rDev +8.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
3.68/5 rDev -10%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark chocolate color with minimal head. Aroma is a touch of oak and booze. Flavor is lightly roasted malts with a some warm booziness on the finish. It's a very smooth drink but overall this is just ok. Nothing memorable about this just an ok porter with some booze.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a dark chocolate color with minimal head. Aroma is a touch of oak and booze. Flavor is lightly roasted malts with a some warm booziness on the finish. It's a very smooth drink but overall this is just ok. Nothing memorable about this just an ok porter with some booze.
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4.2/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.66/5 rDev +13.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.33/5 rDev -18.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.58/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.85/5 rDev +18.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Right up there with KBS. Enough said.
edit: have had KBS again since. Believe it or not, I prefer this.
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look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Right up there with KBS. Enough said.
edit: have had KBS again since. Believe it or not, I prefer this.
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Barrel Aged Gonzo Imperial Porter from Flying Dog Brewery
4.09
out of 5
based on 753 ratings.
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75