Tonight's beer: Flying Dog Barrel-Aged Gonzo
Vanilla-buttery-oaky bourbon character wafts on top of dark bread, caramel, and dried/candied (shades of burnt) dark fruits. Chocolate, coffee, and toffee emerge through middle, with maybe a trace of spice. Beer dries out into finish, with hints of ash and earthy-bitterness on the tail end.
Bready thick and chewy, kinda soft, with substantial syrupy stickiness. Seems as though it's decently carbonated, but some of that prickle is almost certainly alcohol—not that the beer feels boozy or hot: it doesn't, really. Softly roasty-drying on the long-ish finish.
A big and burly porter, laden with bourbon-barrel character. Tons of other stuff going on: the beer is very nicely integrated, massively complex, intense. This sat around for a while; there's no reason to think it wouldn't have lasted longer. It's probably one of Flying Dog's signature beers; an excellent and very drinkable beer it is.
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| Flying Dog Barrel-Aged Gonzo |
Vanilla-buttery-oaky bourbon character wafts on top of dark bread, caramel, and dried/candied (shades of burnt) dark fruits. Chocolate, coffee, and toffee emerge through middle, with maybe a trace of spice. Beer dries out into finish, with hints of ash and earthy-bitterness on the tail end.
Bready thick and chewy, kinda soft, with substantial syrupy stickiness. Seems as though it's decently carbonated, but some of that prickle is almost certainly alcohol—not that the beer feels boozy or hot: it doesn't, really. Softly roasty-drying on the long-ish finish.
A big and burly porter, laden with bourbon-barrel character. Tons of other stuff going on: the beer is very nicely integrated, massively complex, intense. This sat around for a while; there's no reason to think it wouldn't have lasted longer. It's probably one of Flying Dog's signature beers; an excellent and very drinkable beer it is.
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