Now this is a story all about how my life got twisted, turned upside down and I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there; and ill tell you how we tried to figure out the mystery of Flying Dog beer. As we were perusing the isles of our local beer store we saw a brand of six packs called Flying Dog. Immediately we all thought of a little place in our town that was called Flying Dog and had the same symbol. So we, as the assuming people that we are, thought that this had to be a local brew, but alas, it was not. (What a damn let down, c’mon local brewers step it up!) We decided to purchase these brews anyways since we were already convinced that we must try them since they MUST be local. So after purchasing these and settling ourselves into the six-pack-club lair we cracked open the first frosty one. The mugs were ready, the pouring commenced, and after our eye-contacting prost, we all took our first drink. Now I won’t say that we were disappointed, but.... we’ll we were disappointed. Now it’s not that these were bad beers exactly, it’s more that they didn’t stand out compared to any others. But hey, thats just one poor boys opinion and I do by all means think these have their good qualities, so... since the suspense is broken, read on anyways and figure out some fun details!
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Doggie style: Classic Pale Ale alcohol content: 5.5%
Nick: It's really smooth initially, it has a nice bite to it, on the hoppy side. Not like a typical pale ale, still delicious though.
Alex: One of my favorites, as far as pale beers go. This ale is very dry and has a smooth aftertaste that makes it a great beer to enjoy.
Lyle: Personally I didn’t like it at all. My first thought was this is a pale ale that tastes kinda like a hefeweizen. I don’t think I would buy this on many other occasions. When I drink this I think of Fat Tire and Blue Moon and personally I would rather drink either of the other two.
In-Heat Wheat: Heffeweizen alcohol content:4.7%
Nick: It’s a pretty good Heffewiezen, a solid wheat beer, but I cant decide if I really like it. Pretty complex flavor, pretty full. There is a reason that the heffeweizen is a great Oktberfest brew, its perfect for the fall. The name is pretty gross, I don't want to think about animals in heat, ever.
Alex: A good solid Hefweizen with an acute flavor of caramel aftertaste. It closely compares to the Shiner Hefweizen in that it is full and flavorful.
Lyle: I thought this was a good beer that tasted a lot like the Franziskaner we had not too long ago (if you didn’t catch that one scroll don’t a little bit and read all about it!) and I kinda like that. No matter what though, I think I’ll be buying the Franziskaner over this beer on any given day.
Tire Bite: Golden Ale alcohol content:5.1%
Nick : Pretty good, least favorite of the three, but that is not to say that it isn’t great. Pretty summery, so our timing is a bit off. But as a whole, I am really unimpressed with this entire brew company, nothing is really unique or special about it, the beer is good, but I would much rather buy another brand.
Alex: A decent beer with a smooth taste throughout. What makes me not have anything that special to say, is that it doesn’t have a unique taste that separates it from any other ale beer.
Lyle: Good beer, smooth also. I don’t think I would purchase this one on a daily basis either. So for me this is a strike three of three… otherwise saying Flying Dog is out of the question for me in the future! But hey I don’t discredit their beer because it is good. I just think there are beers that are better from other companies.
