Doggie Style: Hard and Quick
Written: Jan 17 '07 (Updated Jan 19 '07)
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Pros: The bottle. If you like hops and citrus, that's all you'll get here.
Cons: No subtlety or balance. Watery finish with no aftertaste except the bitterness.
The Bottom Line: I think most people prefer missionary. (That would correlate to Old Scratch Lager in the Flying Dog world, I guess)
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| youngchinq's Full Review: Flying Dog Doggie Style Pale Ale |
Ever since a Flying Dog Brewery popped up in Maryland, more and more wacky-sounding and quirky-named beers have popped up on beer shelves in the area. How would you like to try a Doggie Style Pale Ale coming in a bottle featuring a freakish cross between a dog and a bat (dogat, anyone?) Unfortunately, I think Flying Dog is a victim of its own wildly imaginative packaging, which will surely attract people passing by, but macrobrew drinkers are unlikely to take such beers seriously and more adventurous beer drinkers will likely buy Flying Dog expecting an adventure, which it doesn't offer.
You expect every new Flying Dog product you try to be as bold a beer as they come because of the Flying Dog bottles, which all feature bizzare artwork, sometimes with frank cuss words scribbled on as well. But all Flying Dog's I've tried so far haven't been the tasty, innovative beers I had hoped for. The Doggie Style Pale Ale in particular lacks mouthfeel and is watery. I wonder if someone snuck a Flying Dog on me without showing me the bottle, would I have a different opinion and taste a pleasantly surprising beer? But, the daring bottle simply doesn't match its contents.
Doggie Style Pale Ale pours a mid-range amber with a decent off-white head. Grapefruit and grass dominate the aroma and don't leave room for nuance. The taste is similar to the smell and lacks subtlety. I guess, true to the doggie style position, it's over pretty quickly. The grapefruit taste in this one is strong, as is the hops; the beer is loud and does have bite, but it's got little to say during the finish and in the aftertaste. There is no malt at all. It's just grapefruit and hops.
Apparently, this beer has won some awards back in the day, but there's not much you can say for the modern version. Sierra Nevada, the gold standard for pale ales, right now is about a thousand times better. I can tolerate bitter beers better than most and Doggie Style Pale Ale is one of the more bitter pale ales, so it is definitely drinkable for me, but watery, grapefruit/hops-laden beers are anathema to the winter season. This would be appropriate if served very cold on a summer day, but then what beer isn't? As it stands, Doggie Style Pale Ale, is a bad beer waiting for summer redemption.
Recommended:
No
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