The Fear - Flying Dog Brewery

Bubbalito

Virginia

3/5  rDev -19.6%

11-17-2012 21:57:47 | More by Bubbalito

dan027

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +7.2%

05-17-2013 02:43:19 | More by dan027

Partridge

North Carolina

3.5/5  rDev -6.2%

05-14-2013 13:48:44 | More by Partridge

Erbo

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +7.2%

04-23-2013 00:26:47 | More by Erbo

Hophead420

Maryland

4/5  rDev +7.2%

04-11-2013 05:20:00 | More by Hophead420

MarvinSnyder

West Virginia

4/5  rDev +7.2%

04-06-2013 18:36:58 | More by MarvinSnyder

LarryMyers

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +7.2%

04-06-2013 11:47:27 | More by LarryMyers

CTJman

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

03-30-2013 17:24:20 | More by CTJman

Rezknello

Maryland

4.75/5  rDev +27.3%

03-20-2013 23:57:09 | More by Rezknello

Roberto11232

New York

4.25/5  rDev +13.9%

03-19-2013 03:10:05 | More by Roberto11232

surfrogue1

Maryland

2.75/5  rDev -26.3%

03-14-2013 02:32:26 | More by surfrogue1

Pencible

Virginia

3.28/5  rDev -12.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: This poured a nearly opaque garnet with some off white head.
S: It smelled like pumpkin and clove and cinnamon, with some copper and cranberry and pie crust.
T: It tasted like clove and cranberries and copper, with some pumpkin. It had a dirty and bitter aftertaste.
M: It was slightly thick with moderate carbonation. Decent body.
D: This was not one of the better pumpkin ales. The scent and body were ok, but the taste wasn't ok. The finish was rough too, so it was not easy to drink. Not recommended.

Serving type: bottle

02-24-2013 21:36:08 | More by Pencible

TheBrewo

Michigan

3.16/5  rDev -15.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

This beer was served from the tap at Rattle N’ Hum in New York, NY. It arrived in a generic goblet showing a deepened, rusty amber coloring. It held a one finger head of cakey tan foam, showing nice retention, and leaving splotchy lacing down the walls of the glass. There was a chill haze, with no sediment noted. Carbonation appeared robust. The aroma gave big metallic malts, roasty caramels, baker’s yeast, and strong phenolic spice of clove and black pepper. Booze came with warmth, as did a light nutty moss and herbal hop bitterness. Our first impression was that the spice and chemically backbone really drowned out a lot of the other flavoring. As we sipped, aromatic metallics, toasted pale malts, brown sugar caramel roast, and saltiness started things off. These were all decimated through the center of the sip by chemical and clove of phenol, black pepper spice, and fusel booziness. These persisted through the finish, where they were added to by a bittering herbal hop quality, raw licorice, nutmeg, and powdered pumpkin spice. The aftertaste breathed of that phenolic fire, booze, nutmeg, clove, pumpkin spice, and herbal cone hops. The body was medium, and the carbonation was medium. There was nice and soft slurp, smack, cream, and froth to the sip, with thick coating left all around the mouth. There was a slight pucker, with little dryness or astringent to be had. The abv was fine, and the beer drank okay.

Overall, what we liked best about this beer was the robustness of flavoring. While that central bite was certainly overpowering at times, at no point was the drinker bored. At first, things did feel one-dimensional, but with time and warmth the ending of the swallow flourished with a mix of bitters and spices. This made for an ultimately interesting drink. This beer does not land well within the stylistic guidelines, as much of anything pumpkin is lost, but it is definitely one of the more forward beers for Flying Dog.

Serving type: on-tap

02-20-2013 22:20:54 | More by TheBrewo

DrFunkenstein

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +13.9%

02-14-2013 00:53:58 | More by DrFunkenstein

Lambocalrisien

New York

4/5  rDev +7.2%

02-11-2013 02:12:06 | More by Lambocalrisien

AngusOg

Maryland

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

02-10-2013 19:09:15 | More by AngusOg

BugTownPub

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +20.6%

02-06-2013 04:20:02 | More by BugTownPub

abcramer

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -6.2%

02-06-2013 00:13:23 | More by abcramer

CreightonSM

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +7.2%

02-03-2013 16:13:58 | More by CreightonSM

dc4three

New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -12.9%

01-19-2013 02:15:00 | More by dc4three

Jspriest

Maryland

4/5  rDev +7.2%

01-18-2013 03:14:41 | More by Jspriest

Darkmagus82

Montana

3.96/5  rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Served on tap in a snifter

Appearance- Served a deep orange-brown color with a thin cream colored head. The head fades very fast to leave a whole lot of nice lacing on the sides of the glass.

Smell-The aroma is on the more roasted and dry side overall. It is heaviest of a roasted malt and light roasted pumpkin smell. The nose has notes of a nutty nature as well as some spices of nutmeg and cinnamon.

Taste – The taste follows the nose of the brew very well. It begins heavy with a roasted malt and roasted pumpkin flavor. There is a light only a light level of sweetness upfront, but as the taste advances some sweeter brown sugar and caramel flavors come to the tongue. Initially in the taste there are some light nutty flavors which dwindle as the sweet flavors come to the tongue. Spices come to the taste more at the end as well. Nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon mix with the sweeter flavors and the roasted malt and pumpkin well to produce a rather balanced pumpkin flavor on the tongue.

Mouthfeel –The body of the beer was on the slightly thicker side with a carbonation level that is rather average. The creaminess is quite nice for the pumpkin and roasted flavors of the beer while the carbonation suits the spice and sweeter tastes that come to the tongue at the end.

Overall – A rather nice roasty at first and sweeter and balanced pumpkin flavor in this one. A good example of an imperial pumpkin brew and one to try if you have the chance.

Serving type: on-tap

01-15-2013 00:19:30 | More by Darkmagus82

dtx00

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -12.9%

01-12-2013 03:13:50 | More by dtx00

schoolboy

Ohio

4.08/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

I'm not sure when this one came out, but I missed it, so this week I picked one up for tasting.

It is a lot darker that one would expect - like a deep dark reddish, almost opaque. The aroma is a bit weak for such a big beer, with spice (cloves?) overpowering hops and malt.

I was not in the mood for a really sweet drink and this was just barely OK. It is a little bitter, with some hoppiness and loads of spice, but better balanced than many. Underneath all this is a very big, strong beer, and the booze is totally covered by all the taste.

The aftertaste is bitter with spices. Overall these tastes seem to have settled into this beer nicely, and I think waiting a few months since it was brewed (I can't make out what any codes printed on it mean but I have to assume it was brewed in early fall or before) has probably improved it.

I would not go out of my way to buy this again at $2.50 bottle, but I also would not refuse one if offered.

Serving type: bottle

01-12-2013 02:11:13 | More by schoolboy

troysoy2

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +0.5%

01-11-2013 07:10:50 | More by troysoy2