Holy crap. Flying Dog Breweries, like a few other microbreweries, has decided to reinvigorate the rich and famous Porter style beer. Popular in the 1700′s, this ancient brew fell to the side when the Pale Ale style took shape and ruled through the 1800′s. Until the late 1970′s we rarely found a Porter to cherish [...]
Looking for a unique style of beer that’s aged like a fine wine and will knock you on your ass? Horn Dog is a Flying Dog brew based on a barley wine style ale. It’s an aged beer, a minimum of three months before being packaged, and wields a 10.4% alcohol by volume (ABV). This [...]
I’ve spent the last two days in London and I’ve had a chance to experience much to what this city has to offer in terms of awesome architecture, fast paced humans, city dwellers and beer. Upon arriving in the United Kingdom I dropped my butt down on a seat and ordered a Guinness as it’s [...]
Flying Dog’s latest brew, Kerberos Tripel, has hit the market at the perfect season. It’s a true Belgian style brew using traditional brewing techniques straight out of Belgium. The beer arrives with a sweet 8.5% alcohol by volume (ABV), bottle conditioned for extra fermentation and will be available all year-round. Let’s start with the pour, [...]
This episode covers Flying Dog Garde Dog, Dogfish Head Black & Blue, Smuttynose Hanami Ale, Harpoon Hibernian Spring Seasonal, Blue Moon Rising Moon Spring Ale and Otter Creek Spring Ale. We’ve also got a special guest, Zach, who goes through his uber pilsners and other Virginia local brews.
Spaten Brewery is located in Munich Germany and is now owned by Spaten-Löwenbräu-Gruppe who I like to reference all the time by their great beer, Löwenbräu. However, Spaten (meaning Spade in German) is a beer which stands alone as a brand. So what’s up with the translation Spade? Looking closely at the label and you’ll [...]
I’ll be getting the Kerberos Tripel in the next few days, but the fine folks at Flying Dog setup a preview of their newest beer creation for the summer time. “Kerberos Tripel is a bottle conditioned, strong Belgian-style ale with a slightly hazy appearance and mousse-like head. It is brewed with Golding and Saaz hops [...]
Soon to be available in 4-pack and 24-pack cases (or kegs if you’re hardcore), Kerberos Tripel is a new Flying Dog beer arriving just in time for summer. We’re talking 8.5% alcohol by volume traditional Belgian Style brew with a gold hazy color and “mousse-like head.” I’ve not gotten a chance to try this one, [...]
Peace on earth, end to wars, dogs and cats living together in harmony; all things we’d love to see come true. However, we all know we’re a far way from peace on earth so the next best thing has got to be competitions involving alcohol and cocktails. You like to drink or make drinks? You [...]
Many wine lovers search for days, weeks or even months trying to find a place to buy good wines at lower prices. Some companies auction off wines that are aging and not moving off shelves for a good price because…well… it’s not moving. Like many products, nothing dulls a sale like one that doesn’t actually [...]
