Doggie Style



Fantastic artwork adorns all
of the Flying Dog beers.



Not a very PC name for a beer, but what a wonderful label, the artwork is fantastic (and in keeping with the Hunter S Thompson quote that also appears on the label) and this is continued in the full range of Flying Dog beers. Doggie Style is described as a classic pale ale and is brewed by the Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick, Maryland.

The beer pours a burnt orange colour with a thick white head that dissipates to leave a thin but consistent head. The aroma is of lovely American citrus hops, not sharp like you get sometimes from citrus hops but very smooth and complex. Light bodied with a nice level of carbonation. The dominant flavours on the tongue are from the hops, pink grapefruit jumps out at you, but there is also a very slight earthiness, this is followed by a nice strong level of bitterness.



Doggie Style, highly
recommended



The bitterness that this beer finishes with makes it very moreish and a real thirst quencher. At 5.5% it is probably not a sessionable beer, but certainly one I could see myself having a few bottles of. Highly recommended.

Great information from the Flying Dog website should home brewers wish to try and replicate this:

ABV: 5.5%
Plato: 13
IBU's: 35
Specialty Malts: 120L Crystal Malt
Hops: Northern Brewer, Cascade
Process: Dry hopped during fermentation with shit loads of Cascade hops