Road Dog PorterFlying Dog Brewery, Denver CO/Frederick, MD
6% ABV
Still sitting here all depressed after watching the Red Wings drop game 7 of the cup finals I can't think of a more appropriately named beer to describe those damn Pens...the Road Dogs that came into town and knocked the Wings off their high horse. Alright, enough with the hockey analogies for the rest of this review, lets get to the beer.
This brewer has some kick ass artwork on its labels...kind of like Clive Barker meets Picasso. Maybe the cool labels raise my expectations too high for all the Flying Dog brews because so far I've found them average at best with this one also fitting into that category. Despite its 6% alcohol level I found this to be a little watered down. That can be dangerous if you start pouring these down your throat like some light lager. That said there is a unique sweet caramel and bitter roasty combination to make it interesting. Some of the other beer sites classify this as a 'Scottish Porter'. That would make sense as I can find some qualities of a Scotch ale here but if they are going to call it a porter it doesn't measure up to the upper echelon of a traditional one. I will give the brewery a thumbs up for going for something a little different. While I could see myself getting another mixed pack for the hell of it, its doubtful I'll be running to my beer store just for a sixer of this.
