Wild Dog Coffee Stout
Flying Dog Brewery

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From:
Flying Dog Brewery
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
American Stout
ABV:
8%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.04 | pDev: 12.38%
Reviews:
24
Ratings:
32
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Oct 19, 2014
Added:
Jan 29, 2010
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by Beer4Baltimore:
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Reviewed by Beer4Baltimore from Maryland

3.32/5  rDev -17.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
- from notes
A - from the bottle, so nothing to say here
S - sweet malty coffee but nothing very strong
T - nice amount of malt, but light on the burnt coffee taste. Perhaps a French roast?
M - feels like a stout with a bit much carbonation
D - drinkable but I've had better coffee stouts.
Apr 06, 2011
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by athomasPSU from Massachusetts

Oct 19, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by wrightst from Maryland

Jul 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by megamass from New Jersey

May 08, 2013
 
Rated: 4.75 by GaryMarkle84 from Virginia

Aug 13, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by mendvicdog from Maryland

Jun 29, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by slugfresh from Maryland

Jan 26, 2012
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Reviewed by guitaristshad from Ohio

5/5  rDev +23.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Had this back in Jan. of this year. My girlfriend and I had gone to Bob's Bar just for this. Out of the Coffee Stouts I've had, this is by far my favorite. It had a strong coffee flavor that I have yet to find in Bell's or Troeggs with similar styles.
Dec 26, 2011
 
Rated: 5 by Jparkanzky from Ohio

Dec 18, 2011
 
Rated: 5 by oline73 from Maryland

Nov 15, 2011
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Reviewed by OWSLEY069 from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a deep amber to brown-ish in color, with a tan head. In the aroma, coffee, roasted malts, and a small alcohol hint. In the taste, sweet coffee, roasted malts, a small alcohol hint and a bit creamy even. A smooth and medium to bigger bodied mouthfeel, with a semi dry coffee and cream like aftertaste. Nice big coffee, with a hint of sweetness, very enjoyable.
Apr 06, 2011
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Reviewed by Stinkypuss from Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Wild Dog Coffee Stout

Pours midnight black, light creamy mocha head. Aroma of toasted malt, coffee. In the flavor, roasted coffee, vanilla and a modest bitterness. Alittle alcohol peeks through in the end. Dark coffee, good stout flavors. Mouthfeel is thick and carbonation is good. Overall, a nice drinkable beer from Flying Dog, their dark beers seem to be their best offerings.
Mar 16, 2011
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Reviewed by goblue3509 from Pennsylvania

4.18/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a dark almost black color with an one finger off white almost khaki colored head which fades quickly to nothing and leaves a little soapy alcohol lacing. The aroma is of nice inviting coffee and cream. It isn't all that complex but very good. The taste is of coffee and cream as well with a nice roasted malt backbone, not bitter at all but a slightly sweet taste. The mouthfeel was creamy and properly carbonated. The drinkability is great, the alcohol is well hidden and the taste melts over your mouth, very solid beer.
Mar 10, 2011
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Reviewed by paulozanello from Brazil

4.06/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a deep black and opaque color. Not much head just a little dark brown foam cap. Very liquory and boozy consistency.

Aroma is heavy on coffee, also with some chocolate and booze. It smells just like ice coffee.

Taste is dark malts, chocolate, coffee, espresso. Kind of unilateral but it works.

Body is moderate and mouthfeel very smooth. Amazing drinkability. Carbonation is on the lower side. Nice coffee and mollasses finish.

Great coffee stout from flying dog. I would love to see this available more often.
Feb 02, 2011
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Reviewed by Tifore from Ohio

2.93/5  rDev -27.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
On tap at Tremont Tap House. Poured into a small tasting glass.

A - A deep brown to light black in color. Some light comes through it but not much. Looks pretty light for a stout. Has no head at all except a small ring around the edge of the glass.

S - Smell is of bitter chocolate and espresso / coffee notes but nothing much beyond that. No malts which makes me sad and not much else too it besides the coffee notes.

T - Taste is similar to the nose in the sense that there is only bitterness in the mouth with chocolate and coffee rinds. I wish there was some sweet malts present or something else to back up the flavors.

M - I find the mouthfeel to be pretty light and dissapointing. Real watery, not much too it.

D - Interesting to taste but not something I will be getting a pint of for sure.
Jan 23, 2011
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Reviewed by MbpBugeye from Ohio

3.02/5  rDev -25.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
On tap at Bodega. I was brought a full pint of this one.

A- Its hard to say new things about a shaker pint full of stout. Its black. The head is mocha in color and not very big. If this beer were pink and had foam that collected at the bottom rather than the top, I would have a lot more to say about it.

S- The nose is nice. Vanilla is big, but it walks the line between vanilla bean and extract sweet. Coffee is there but not smacking me in the face like I had thought.

T- Acidity becomes big as this stuff warms. It really becomes detrimental. It even starts to take on a tart, oiliness. Vanilla, coffee and chocolate are still there, but what stout doesnt have that at some level nowadays?

M- Carbonation is too out of control. I dont think this stuff is infected, but it will keep you guessing.

D- Eh. Ive never been thoroughly disgusted by anything Flying Dog, but Ive also never been wowed. Case in point.
Dec 20, 2010
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Reviewed by feloniousmonk from Minnesota

4/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Dark and sooty, black as coffee grounds, with a big roasty tan head, that softly settles.

Definite coffee nose, but soft, quiet, and none too bitter. Keeping even pace with chocolate and roasted malt.

Enters the palate sweetly and seductively, lush chocolate malt, caramel and toffee, overtaken eventually by bittersweet espresso tones. Excellent blend, great balance. Definitely not for anyone demanding an excessive amount of coffee flavor, very subtly integrated. Plenty of coffee flavor, with a trickle of coffee riding along, up and back over and out the palate.

Medium to full body, excellent coffee stout, mighty tasty. Alcohol well hidden.
Dec 09, 2010
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Reviewed by Thorpe429 from Illinois

3.35/5  rDev -17.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap at the Victoria Gastropub. Reviewed from notes.

Pours a color that is close to black with a thin tan head and just a bit of lacing. The nose is some roasted coffee with the tiniest hint of coffee and roasted. Mild chocolate. The taste is some moderate coffee as well without too much else going on. Medium body with decent carbonation and a slight dryness. Drinks fairly well but is just a fairly decent coffee beer.
Nov 11, 2010
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Reviewed by atsprings from North Carolina

3.73/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On-tap at Flying Saucer served in a standard pint glass an almost opaque black that shows slight ruby highlights when held to light. The beer is topped by a decent frothy light tan head that quickly diminishes to barely a ring and then nothing. The aroma is a slight trace of coffee and roasted malts, but there's not much there, even as it warms. The taste is fresh ground coffee and roasted malts, much more present than in the aroma. The beer is a bit on the heavy side, but not too overbearing, with smooth carbonation. This is a decent coffee stout, worth trying, but it is far from the best.
Sep 10, 2010
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Reviewed by thain709 from Pennsylvania

4.32/5  rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Jet black body...this one is thick and dense...two fingers worth of creamy, brown head...it settles into a thin bead atop the brew but it comes back to a cap after a swirl...some patchy lacing

S - Coffee of course...the coffee is actually on par with the roasted malts in the aroma...but the coffee presents itself as a cup of iced coffee with a touch of cream

T - The coffee is present throughout the entire beer...it smacks you in the face up front with a coffee blast then it leaves you with that roasted coffee bitterness...the roasted malts provide a backbone in the middle to bump the flavor up a little bit...tastes like a touch of cream is added to sweeten this one up

M - Full bodied...creamy (could have been creamier), thick, nice finish

D - I had an 8 oz. serving and that was good...I could have had another one but I thought it would have gone down pretty quick (just like the first one)...I wish I would have let this one warm up to allow more flavors to come out...a good coffee stout, so you better like coffee before trying this one
Sep 03, 2010
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