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Garde Dog
Flying Dog Brewery
- From:
- Flying Dog Brewery
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Bière de Garde
- ABV:
- 5.5%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 14.58%
- Reviews:
- 352
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 03, 2017
- Added:
- Mar 20, 2008
- Wants:
- 13
- Gots:
- 8
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Gueuzedude:
Reviewed by Gueuzedude from Arizona
3.58/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottle Code 207FX08; Sampled March 2008
Pours with a frothy, initially two-finger thick, pale tan colored head that sits on top of a clear copper colored brew. When held up to the light the beer shows a brilliantly clear, full gold color. Spicy hop notes mix with pale malt notes to form aromas of currants, hay, honey-like malt, crushed soda crackers, zesty spice notes, grassy / herbal hops, and a clean, crushed malt character. The nose is pretty clean, meaning the hop and malt notes seem to be the focus here with only a little influence from the fermentation character.
Starts out a bit light, a bit cool and has a crisp hop bite to it. The finish though is quite viscous and shows the beer's full body; quite sticky for a beer of this modest gravity. As the beer warms up it picks up a bit more of the heft towards tee beginning of each sip. While a bit sweet, this is surprisingly not cloying given the viscous feel of this brew. Grassy hop notes with a bit of an herbal finish provide the bulk of the hop flavor. Perhaps a touch of lemon zest is noticeable and there is also a light bitterness of which the latter is noticeable throughout the flavor profile. The malt sweetness provides a sweet-grain character coupled with a touch of honey flavors.
A very easy drinking beer, though it is a bit less attenuated than I expected. This could use a bit more complexity though, perhaps a touch more malt depth & even some more yeast driven flavors would be nice; though a clean fermentation character certainly is not uncharacteristic of this style.
Mar 27, 2008Pours with a frothy, initially two-finger thick, pale tan colored head that sits on top of a clear copper colored brew. When held up to the light the beer shows a brilliantly clear, full gold color. Spicy hop notes mix with pale malt notes to form aromas of currants, hay, honey-like malt, crushed soda crackers, zesty spice notes, grassy / herbal hops, and a clean, crushed malt character. The nose is pretty clean, meaning the hop and malt notes seem to be the focus here with only a little influence from the fermentation character.
Starts out a bit light, a bit cool and has a crisp hop bite to it. The finish though is quite viscous and shows the beer's full body; quite sticky for a beer of this modest gravity. As the beer warms up it picks up a bit more of the heft towards tee beginning of each sip. While a bit sweet, this is surprisingly not cloying given the viscous feel of this brew. Grassy hop notes with a bit of an herbal finish provide the bulk of the hop flavor. Perhaps a touch of lemon zest is noticeable and there is also a light bitterness of which the latter is noticeable throughout the flavor profile. The malt sweetness provides a sweet-grain character coupled with a touch of honey flavors.
A very easy drinking beer, though it is a bit less attenuated than I expected. This could use a bit more complexity though, perhaps a touch more malt depth & even some more yeast driven flavors would be nice; though a clean fermentation character certainly is not uncharacteristic of this style.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: Pours brilliant gold to amber under a rich 2” off white head that dclings to the glass leaving sheets of lace.
S: Spicy nose with a touch of very ripe fruit.
T: Fruit, malt and a touch of sour.
F: Very good medium to medium full body, highly carbonated.
O: Very drinkable Biere de Gaarde that would go very well with a sausage.
Apr 08, 2015S: Spicy nose with a touch of very ripe fruit.
T: Fruit, malt and a touch of sour.
F: Very good medium to medium full body, highly carbonated.
O: Very drinkable Biere de Gaarde that would go very well with a sausage.
Garde Dog from Flying Dog Brewery
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
497 ratings
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