So who let the dogs out? Must be Craft Brew, the only place in Malaysia you can find this Dogs flying around. Still don’t understand what I mean… Is the Flying Dog beers that CB is offering. I was invited over by Benjamin to come over to try the Flying Dog’s beer.
They have six range of Flying Dog offering in CB but because this beer are imported some are not available, most of the time is depends on the stock availability. Flying Dog Brewery is from USA, is another alternate taste from another continent.
We were chilling outside, as what can better then a chill beer in hand while the weather is like oven. This month is sure a good month for beer. Warm weather + beer = perfect pairing. So I invited 2 more friend to join me for the beer tasting. So I can see how the normal beer drinker felt about the beer.
For that night, we tasted four Flying Dog’s beer, which each have it’s own character. For each tasting we try not to taste so many beer at one shots as our tongue palate may confuse the taste, as beer always leave back after taste, so I think 4 is sufficient for the taste bud.
#1 The Flying Dog “In-Heat Wheat” Hefe Weizen Ale
When the cap is pop?
Some light floral with malty aroma.
How’s the taste?
The first gulp give a nice carbonation and fizzy to it’s body. The floral and malt give a lingering flavour in the mouth. Light bitter end with nice after taste lingering. With 4.7% ABV this beer is easy to drink.
Guest Verdict
Both give a combination of 9 out of 10, as the beer is easy to drink with the nice aroma.
#2 The Flying Dog “Doggie Style” Classic Pale Ale
When the cap is pop?
Nice sweet aroma that reminds me of lychee.
How’s the taste?
The beer has a nice carbonation, which give the fizzy in the tongue. Lychee aroma sweetness that linger with a hoppy bitter end. As it goes along the bitter actually stay and stick in the mouth. The beer come with 5.5% ABV.
Guest Verdict
Both give a combination of 6 out of 10, 1 like the bitter taste, the other hate it.
#3 The Flying Dog “Snake Dog IPA” Indian Pale Ale
When the cap is pop?
I like the floral aroma.
How’s the taste?
Have a good head in the beer, light fizzy with floral aroma flowing through as you drink the beer. It’s have the after bitter taste with some touch of floral end. Can spot some lychee sweetness in the beer. The beer come with 7.1% ABV but very easy and smooth to drink.
Guest Verdict
Both give a combination of 4 out of 10, both hate the beer. On the other hand, I like this beer very much, because this beer is balance with nice after taste.
#4 The Flying Dog “Old Scratch” Amber Lager
When the cap is pop?
Light Sweet Aroma
How’s the taste?
The beer is smooth, with 5.5% ABV the beer is easy to drink. Have some malty flavour, some fizziness to it. A bit diluted and not bitter. Have a slight end of salt brush off. The beer do have a nice head but not too strong in taste.
Guest Verdict
Both give a combination of 10 out of 10, both of them like this beer.
Of course everyone have different taste to like different beer. For me the beer is not bad and come with some nice taste, I prefer the IPA more then the rest as IPA have the balance that I like in beer. But majority drinker are so used to the lager beer like Tiger and Carlsberg, so Amber and Weizen from Flying Dog may suit them better.
Interesting of the bottle design is the art work. Not those typical emblem but very edgy art work. The bottle is quite typical looking beside from the art work.
Surprisingly the beer mostly are light body, I expected some to be more heavy body and volume. Overall the beer is quite easy to drink, with warm weather this beer will sure chill you down. If you drink too much, you may even act like a wild dog. But to make you fly, that is priceless.
Flying Dog is an imported brand that cater to those exclusive beer drinker that hunting for new stuff. I believe many have try, some like it some may not. This beer have it’s own characteristic to match with the food. Food pairing with beer will open up even more palate to taste. So next time you around Craft Brew drop by and do some beer pairing of your own. Cheers!
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