Wild Dog Weizenbock
Flying Dog Brewery

Wild Dog WeizenbockWild Dog Weizenbock
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From:
Flying Dog Brewery
 
Maryland, United States
Style:
Weizenbock
ABV:
8.6%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.85 | pDev: 13.25%
Reviews:
79
Ratings:
91
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jan 01, 2019
Added:
Oct 23, 2005
Wants:
  5
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by Sephiroth:
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Reviewed by Sephiroth from Indiana

3.89/5  rDev +1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Undated corked and caged 750ml bottle. Pours with slight head, color ranges from orange at the bottom of the glass, to amber at the top. Aroma of spiced malt and clove.

Tastes malty, spiced, I do get some wheat coming through. Mouthfeel is ok, the few bubbles seem large, good finish, though. Aventinus is the only other beer in this category that I've tried, this is plenty drinkable for me.
Mar 24, 2006
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by brittanylicious from Indiana

Jan 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by heysuz from Indiana

Jan 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.63 by nmann08 from Virginia

Dec 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by grahamboudreaux from Tennessee

Mar 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by wrightst from Maryland

Jul 08, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by jaxon53 from Connecticut

Jun 25, 2013
 
Rated: 4.25 by bigeyedfish89 from Maryland

Dec 17, 2012
 
Rated: 4 by imperialking from Illinois

Jul 03, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by JAHMUR from Connecticut

Dec 29, 2011
 
Rated: 4 by rab53 from Washington

Dec 01, 2011
 
Rated: 5 by MeisterSmudge from Indiana

Nov 29, 2011
 
Rated: 4.5 by Amalak from New York

Nov 20, 2011
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Reviewed by mikesgroove from South Carolina

4.18/5  rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
dark brown, with nice reddish highlights that circled the bottom and the sides of the glass. Rich head of off white, eggshell color comes up about an inch before settling down and leaving in its wake a nice an well rounded cap of foam and lacing.

Aroma is ripe with dark fruits, chewey caramel and rich toffee notes. Warming brings up even more fruit, dark figs, plums, lots of sweet bready malts and lots of funky flavors coming through now. Butterscotch mixed with a lightly tart fruit note, this was very complex and has held up remarkably well. Smooth, steady carbonation and while not being too light or heavy, it certainly won me over with its well balanced
Jul 15, 2011
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Reviewed by metter98 from New York

3.9/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A: The beer is cloudy butterscotch in color and poured with a thin ring of bubbles around the edge of the glass and some lacing in the center.
S: There are aromas of apples and yeast in the nose.
T: The taste has flavors of apples, spices and wheat. Some hints of alcohol are present in the finish.
M: It feels medium-bodied and slightly thick on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
D: The beer is relatively easy to drink for the style because the alcohol is mostly masked from the taste.

Note: 2005 vintage
Mar 08, 2011
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Reviewed by HisDorian from Ohio

4.2/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Was told that this was the best in the Wild Dog series...so here we go!

Poured into a Guinness tulip. Nice big head. Golden yellow color. Smells extremely strong of wheat, as it should. A very wheaty flavor. Not much in the way of the cloves or banana I expect to find in a wheat beer. Just good, crisp, and clean. Not as thin as a lot of wheat beers, either. Nice presence in my mouth and tastes great. I would definitely drink this again!!
Oct 30, 2009
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Reviewed by asabreed from New York

4.13/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Corked and caged big bottle from 2005, when it was just released. Again, getting married in a few days, and with one left in the cellar, I decided to crack one open with a friend in the wedding. Bottle sauys 8% ABV.

Into two 12 oz. glasses.

Appearance: Hazy yet a bit lighter-than-I'd-think amber, with a nice head above and good lacing, especially for the glass and the age. Good gurgling bubbles top-surging. I expected this one to dissolve like Dr. Pepper, and it held its own after four years, so bravo.

Smell: Now this is a bit weird, but expected, as all the semblance of wheat beer aromas is seemingly gone. There's literally none. It's all caramel and toffee sweetness with granny smith apple sourness and some cider vinegar. Like a Flemish Red almost, and nowhere near a Weizenbock, yet I've delved into the realness of the moment here, and am rating it as a beer and not sticking to the style because of the age. Good mild funk going on, almost as if there's Brett involved. IS there Brett involved? I don't think so, but still, I like it.

Taste: Again, the age on this has probably completely changed it. No clove. No banana. Reminds me more of a Wild Ale than a Weizenbock, easily. So I have some things to deal with as far as this review goes. It talks about it being an amber wheat on the label, but it's turned into, seemingly, a Brett-laced Wild Ale, somehow complete with forefront caramel and toffee sweetness, some granny smith apple, and finishing train-wrecked both the aforementioned: caramel granny smith apple drenched in sour funk and toffee. Weird and wild and wow.

Mouthfeel: Not as creamy as I'd expected, but still fairly full-bodied and non-cloying and bringing out the enhanced sour flavors of the four-to-five-year-old brew.

Drinkability: This isn't a beer that probably should've held up for at least four years, but it has. That said, as I have said numerous aforementioned times, there are many who would not like what they're tasting. But the fact that beer can do this, and change so freakishly and deliciously, makes me realize just exactly why I like it so much. With a 2005 bottle, it is not a Weizenbock, and that is for certain. But there's some wild things that have been happening in the bottle, and I'm thrilled with it. Like a mistaken Wild Ale, almost. Sweet and sour beer, mistakenly, again, almost. I still have a bottle. If ity turns to vinegar in a year or two, then so be it, but I'll see what the Wild Dog can do in that time. Bring it.
Jul 14, 2009
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Reviewed by natasharai from Minnesota

2.71/5  rDev -29.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 1.5
NOTE this is a 4 year old bottle.

Appearance: Poured with some foamy off white head that dissipated quickly to a ring around the top leaving no lacing. The beer is a cloudy dark reddish brown.

Smell: HUGE smell! Raspberry, sour apple, sour cherry, and a (good) musty/tangy smell. As it warms more spice comes out like cinnamon and clove, then a huge honey aroma with brown sugar.

Taste: Very sour, huge sour apple, some maple syrup, and a honey flavor that somehow turns green olive. Leaves a sour vinegary honey flavor in my mouth.

Mouthfeel: Medium body, small carbonation, sour pucker, leaves mouth with a sticky coating.

Overall: Bad drinkability, can't finish my glass. The sourness with sweet wheat flavors and vinegar afterwards is really unappealing. I wish I could have had this when it was fresh, I think it would have been much better, but I wasn't into beer back then. The carbonation is really low, which leads to a bad appearance and somewhat flat mouthfeel.
May 22, 2009
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Reviewed by br3wmeister from Colorado

2.66/5  rDev -30.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
A- Small off white head that dissipates quickly leaving only a think ring around the edge of the glass. The beer is a dark foggy copper brown.

S- Spicy aromas mixed with raspberries up front then becomes very sweet with huge honey aromas! Some floral notes companied by a hint of sour also add to the aroma.

T- This beer is very fruity, cherries raspberries and pares accompanied by a strong sour flavor that become dry and bready unpleasant aftertaste. The flavor is really off IMO.

M- medium bodied beer with good range of mouth feels form smooth dry to tart.
May 22, 2009
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Reviewed by superdedooperboy from Georgia

3.78/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I was surprised when a friend and I stopped into Helga's in Augusta, GA and sat down at the bar to find a few bottles of this sitting in the cooler along with all of the other beers. I enjoyed this one earlier in 2008, and being somewhat hard to find (having been brewed once only in 2007), we got the pricey $19.99 price tag down to $15.99 and split it between the two of us. Poured into a (frosted) pint glass, yeast sediment and all.

Pours a murky chocolate brown, with yeast swirling around and giving rise to a creamy head of mocha foam that settles and leaves little lacing on the glass.

Smells spicy, with nutmeg and anise notes and a little pepper. Pleasing to me, no real clove is apparent.

Medium-to-full in body, without much carbonation detected (unsurprisingly, this corked bottle having sat in the cooler for nearly two years). A little sweet caramel and chocolate first pops in up front, moving to a middle of spiciness similar to the aroma and a bit of lactic-like sourness. Dark fruits toy with the other flavors as well, and it all leads into a rather spicy finish, with a bit of sweet to balance the edge.

Not the most drinkable beer, thanks to the high level of alcohol and a bit of overwhelming spiciness matched without much carbonation. Perhaps a better beer when fresh, but even after two years, this one still has a nice, unique touch, and is a fairly nice representation of the style.
Jan 12, 2009
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