Pale Ale
Flying Dog Brewery

Questioning whether or not this is just a rebranded Doggie style pale ale? (see review of Doggie Style) The original Flying Dog Doggie Style (back when it was a Colorado only brewery) was a great, grapefruity, hoppy pale.

 

 

 

My current go to beer. I like IPA's, but not always the extra hoppiness. The taste on Doggie Style is not too aggressive and is pretty smooth for an IPA... hoppy beer. Great cold on a hot summer day. You can drink several because the ABV is only 5.5%. Great brewery...with a wide selection of tastes. Some of the other Flying Dog beers will knock your socks off. You could call this one smooth and subtle.

 

Pour light orange with a moderate head and lacing. Smell pleasant and fresh with floral and citrus aroma. Good hop presence with only a slight maltiness and low bitterness. Very good drinker.

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a blast from the past, was legit surprised that they still make this. Pours golden like the rockies, familiar 1/2" white head, decent clarity and retention. Aroma was legit unhoppy. Bummer. You should dry hop a pale ale, preferably with aroma hops, even more preferably, with proprietary hops for aroma. But here? Its like they didn't dry hop at all.

Taste leaves some impression of hops, seems familiar Cascade and maybe something else. Bitterness more than flavor by thy name of the hop game here. Light pale toasted malts and a neutral yeast.

This is one of the most average beers I have ever had.

 

 

 

 

 

Burnt orange in body with frothy white head that stays. Weak aroma grass, lemon, citrus. Tastes of citrus, lemon, grass, pine, some malty cookie. Light bodied with medium carbonation.