Double Dog Double Pale Ale - Flying Dog Brewery

NoLeafClover44

Delaware

3.98/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz. bottle poured into a standard pint. Bottled just over a week ago.

A - Pours copper with a thin off-white head. Perfect clarity. Pretty good tiered lacing on the glass.

S - Smells of citrus, bread, and floral hops. The 11.5% alcohol is apparent on the nose, but in a way it adds to the complexity. The aroma has a malt bill similar to a barleywine, surprising for such a fresh pale ale.

T - Initially sweet with molasses and bready malts. Citrus comes through in the middle followed by a big, bitter hop kick. The alcohol is warming on the throat. The hops and booze linger for a while on the palate.

M - The high alcohol gives this a slick feel. Good carbonation and a medium body.

O - They can call this beer a pale ale, but I'm not buying it. I think it is probably closer in flavor to an American Barleywine (think, fresh bigfoot) or at least a DIPA. The booze is a little bit hot, but I really enjoyed this as a sipper. Big hops accompany a complexity of malts. To me, Flying Dog is an underrated brewery and this is one of their better beers. This is one I grab regularly when I want just one or two that will get the job done.

Serving type: bottle

10-15-2012 01:11:41 | More by NoLeafClover44

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Florida

3.75/5  rDev -5.1%

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Virginia

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Virginia

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4/5  rDev +1.3%

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Indiana

3.5/5  rDev -11.4%

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SolipsismalCat

Pennsylvania

4.14/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured into a snifter.

A: Slightly hazy golden copper color with one-finger, foamy, creamy, off-white head that lasted a couple minutes and left a nice film. Fantastic lacing.

S: Caramel malt. Pine and citrus.

T: Moderate sweetness and moderate bitterness. Caramel malt, pine and citrus, like the nose. Alchohol was mostly unnoticable which was surprising.

M: Medium bodied with fizzy carbonation. Crisp and slightly dry.

O: A good imperial IPA. High ABV, but you couldn't tell from drinking it.

Serving type: bottle

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Ohio

4/5  rDev +1.3%

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