Freezin' Season
Flying Dog Brewery

massy little taste

 

12 oz bottle, date code of "2914" on the neck, which assume is 291st day of 2024

pours a bright clear copper color, thick off-white colored head. great head retention. aroma of toasted malt, orange rind, a little booze. taste is similar, seems a touch "hot" for a 7.4% abv beer. medium bodied.

12 ounce bottle, no dating I noticed on the bottle or label. Thanks to Brutaltruth for this! Served in a chalice, the beer pours a somewhat clear amber color with about an inch off-white head that stuck around a little while. There's also a decent amount of lacing. The brew smells like toasted malt, nutmeg, cinnamon and some herbalness. Taste is pretty much just like the aroma, but there's also some candied orange flavor noticeable too. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's a bit coating and has a moderate amount of carbonation. I thought this was a decent enough brew, but something just seemed to be missing with this one. Wouldn't mind trying it again in the future though!

 

 

 

From the 12 oz bottle in a snifter. This solid little warmer pours
a medium dark copper with a nice head of off white foam that settles
to a thick ring, thin dusty layer, and sport some excellent lacing. Nose of
toasted malts, orange zest hints, subtle cinnamon, brown sugars, and
dark breaded malts. Flavors hit the mark with dark brown sugar dusted
across dark breaded malts, orange zest, cinnamon, subtle cardamon, and
moderate herbal hops. Mouthfeel is medium, medium light carbonation,
smooth, and finishing lightly dry and subtly tart.

Of note, cranberry shows with warmth.

Overall, a solid Winter Warmer!

Cheers

Freezin’ Season from Flying Dog, Frederick, MD. 12 fl oz bottle from a six-pack from Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA. On room temperature shelf at store, purchased 08/07/23, $8/six-pack (Including tax), $ 0.111/fl oz. Reviewed 11/07/23 (Review 3138). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Stamped on the rear bottom of the label “FOR OPTIMAL FRESHNESS ENJOY BY 03/14/23”. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 73.2 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 73.5 degrees F.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Pale Amber (SRM 9), clear.
Body – Deep Amber (SRM 15), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear lite, clear.
Head: Average (Maximum six cm, aggressive center pour), beige, high density, quickly diminishing to a 0.5 – 0.8 cm crown and a rocky cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 3.5 – Very weak spice. No yeast, no malt. No ethanol (7.4 % ABV according to the label).
Flavor – 3.5 – Slightly sweet with slight spiciness. No yeast or malt flavor. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Mild gastric warming.
Palate – 4 – Medium; slightly creamy; soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.75 OK winter warmer which atypically goes easy on the spices. Very mild in both aroma and flavor.

 

Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a chestnut color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of malts, spices. Taste is the same as the aroma. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall it ain't a bad beer, but I was expecting more.

 

On tap, 14 oz shaker glass.

Light head which dissipated quickly, leaving a bit of lacing at the beer line.

Very nice "old school" winter ale; deep copper/med brown color, straight ahead holiday season ale. No big spices or.hop additions, just a well balanced medium brown ale like you used to be able to find in the late fall (Anderson Valley Winter Solstice).

Any spices blend in well with the malt profile, making this a very drinkable ale; perhaps its the English yeast they used? I would recommend this without reservation.

 

 

 

 

12oz bottle into a pint glass. Best by 3/14/22, so 6 months late on this one.

Looks decent enough. Clear auburn body. Small white head shrinks to a ring, specks of lacing.

Sweet malty aroma with a side of spices and boiled candy notes.

On tasting, the spices push ahead of the sweetness, which then tries to assert itself before the winter spices barge back in.

Mouth closer to full than medium, finish spices and a little warming.

Overall, given the age, not a bad beer. There is a fair amount of variation during the drink which keeps it interesting. Abv drinks lower than listed.