Filed under: Flying Dog, Porter (English pint, stem glass) | Tags: brown, chocolate, coffee, dark, long finish, not bad, not great, roasted, spicy
RateBeer rating: 57
Calories: estimated at 150C
Volume: 12 fl oz
Glass: stem glass
Purchased at: Varsity Liquors, Princeton, NJ
Price: $1.33
Consumed at: home
First Impression: Not great, but not bad. Dark, roasted flavors, coffee and some chocolate, on top of a watery base. Aroma is faint, stale, and chocolate. Visuals are deep brown, with a quickly dissipating head. Taste is roasted, chocolate, coffee, and spices. Palate is top of mouth, somewhat hoppy and long lasting finish. Second Impression is much like the first – not great but not bad. Many others stomp on it comparatively.
Aroma: 4 out of 10
Visuals: 3 out of 5
Taste: 6 out of 10
Palate: 4 out of 5
Overall: 14 out of 20
Filed under: Flying Dog, Hefeweizen (weizen) | Tags: average, banana, fruit, hazy, not bad, orange
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RateBeer rating: 37
Calories: estimated at 150 C
Volume: 12 fl oz
Glass: weizen
Purchased at: Varsity Liquors, Princeton, NJ
Price: $1.33
Consumed at: home
First Impression: Average hefeweizen – banana and other fruit influences, hazy color, good aroma, but this has a nice depth to it. Aroma is bananas and wheat. Visuals are a hazy golden orange with absolutely no head. Taste is oranges, banana, yeast, and flowers. Palate is not sharp, but carbonated – very soft. Second Impression – a very good version of the style – not bad by any means, but nowhere near the best hefe.
Aroma: 8 out of 10
Visuals: 3 out of 5
Taste: 7 out of 10
Palate: 3 out of 5
Overall: 15 out of 20
Filed under: Barleywine Style Ale (snifter), Brooklyn | Tags: alcoholic, angry, burning, cherries, chocolate, dense, full, heavy, Malty, oily, powerful, raspberry, rich, ruby, Syrupy, thick, velvety, wine
Calories: estimated at 200 C
Volume: 12 fl oz
Glass: Snifter
Purchased at: Circle Liquors Super Saver, Pennington
Price per fl oz: $3 / 12 fl oz = $0.25 per fl oz
Consumed at: home
sensory first impression: Aroma is dense – a bit chocolatey, very malty. I’m swooning. An amber pour to a ruby red body with a tan off white head. Aroma of sweet wine is very nice. Wow – knocks you over the head with alcohol. Velvety and rich. A little too rich for me I think, but it’s a wonderfully full experience. Angry red color is foretelling.
Aroma/Olfactory: 8 out of 10
Malt flavor is: syrupy, cloying sweet, and burning. chocolate in aroma.
Hop flavor is: citrus, raspberry.
Yeast flavor is: metallic, dirt, sandy, dry
Other flavors include: cherries, alcohol, raspberry, medicine, raisin, sulfur, oak, barley
Visuals/Appearance: 4 out of 5
Color is: pale, amber, orange, red, fiery, ruby
Liquid is: slightly hazy, actively carbonated
Head and lace are: initial off white, tan goes to wispy nothingness.
Taste/Flavor: 10 out of 10
Maltiness or Sweetness level is: heavy, stretched.
Hoppiness or Bitterness level is: medium
Sour level is: heavy
Palate/Tactile: 5 out of 5
Body or Mouthfeel is: full!
Texture is: oily, thick, gravitas
Carbonation is: lively
Finish is: astringent, bitter, very long
Overall experience: 16 out of 20. I liked the utter power of it, the color, and the aroma. It was overwhelmingly sweet and alcoholic. It’s not for everyday, but it’s something very special. I’ll have it again when I’m eating something I need to balance the flavor of, like scotch bonnet peppers.
Filed under: Flying Dog, Kolsch (kolsch, altbier) | Tags: average, crisp, dry, easygoing, malt, pale, wheat, yellow
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RateBeer rating: 18
Calories: estimated at 150 C
Volume: 12 fl oz
Glass: altbier
Purchased at: Varsity Liquors, Princeton, NJ
Price: $1.33
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First Impression: Nice character on a very average beer. Aroma is wheat and malt. Visuals are a pale yellow body with a thin white head. Taste is easygoing, simple, and crisp. Palate is dry, longer finish then you might expect. Second Impression: You might as well be drinking a Budweiser, but there is certainly a different sense and respect of craft here, in the finish, clarity, taste, and color.
Aroma: 4 out of 10
Visuals: 3 out of 5
Taste: 4 out of 10
Palate: 3 out of 5
Overall: 10 out of 20
