Original Dogma
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
Strong Ale - American Regular|
Score
6.76
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A strong ale, brewed with guarana, Californian poppy, kola nut and Scottish heather honey. A conspiracy of trans-continental ingredients infused with some devastatingly BrewDog imaginative thinking.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33cl bottle. Pours a red/copper with steady bubbles and a generous head. The nose has pine and sweet malt. The taste has grapefruit pith and some honey which is not cloying. The palate a medium to large structure and texture and a refreshing finish. Overall, it’s interesting how the honey somewhat balances out the extreme hop bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2011
at 05:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours dark amber with a good head. Aroma is malt forward with slight bitterness and hints of spices. Good body that feels like to it coating your mouth without being too heavy. Flavour is again malty but complex. I don’t think i would have been able to pick out the honey, but could tell it was spiced. Hides the alcohol well Aftertaste is very bitter and seems to hang around on your palate for a log time. Can at home from fanzine. A clear deep orange amber coloured pour with a lively beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, woody honey, brown sugars, mead, some alcohol, dried fruits. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, cakey malts, dried fruits, spicy alcohol, biting, Heather. Low Belgian yeast vibes. Palate is semi sweet, alcohol bite, highish carbonation. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2011
at 13:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Brewdog website. It pours clear red-amber, with a fizzy off-white head and high carbonation. The nose is heather, honey, hay, pepper, wood and varnish. The taste is floral, honey, toast, biscuit, hay, orange zest, pine, resin, nut, astringent, metal and pepper, with a dry, bitter finish. An interesting ale, with some exotic flavours. Unfortunately the carbonation was way too high and rough on this particular bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2011
at 05:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
bottle - Pours dark amber and smells of malt and indeterminate herbs. The flavor is sweet up front with a little honey noticeable, light herbals, and some bitterness kicking in later. The ingredients list is certainly interesting, but to me the result is average, a good enough craft brew under there but with a light mish-mash of other flavors that don’t really jump out much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2011
at 17:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
33cl bottle. Poured hazy amber color with a white, nice looking steady head. Aroma is tropical fruits, honey and hops. Flavor is spicy, malty, lots of hops and some nutty/toffee notes, that grows in your mouth. Alcohol pushing through a little bit in the finish, but overall a very interesting brew!
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2011
at 10:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Lots and lots of honey on the nose. The taste is straight forward, not a lot of complexity. Honey and a herby, grassy bitterness being the dominant flavours. Sweet to begin with but the bitterness balances well. A good malt structure prvoides a rich body. No taste of poppy seed or Guarana.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2011
at 05:01
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pours a crystal clear dark amber color with reddish orange hues and a huge bubbly/sticky head that slowly recedes but paints my glass white. Smell is herbal bordering on medicinal with hints of patchouli and pepper. Sweet caramel malts, a touch of corn, hints of dark fruit round out the aroma. Taste is dry and spicy. Starts off peppery followed by some darker fruits and honey. Lingering herbal, menthol taste in the finish. Medium to high level of carbonation, medium body, sticky herbal mouthfeel. This one just didn’t agree with me. I love the way Brewdog likes to push boundaries and try new things, but I disliked the herbal medicinal character of this one. One and done for me.
Tried
on 28 May 2011
at 18:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Brewdog webshop. Dark orange colour, medium off-white head. Aroma is caramel, nutty, honey and some spices. Flavour is malty, a bit nutty. Some spices. Medium bitterness. Slightly dry and bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 May 2011
at 10:44
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.33l bottle shared with ClubGonzo. Pours a clear coppery bronze body with a thin bubbly beige head leaving big lacings. Aroma is low with notes of hops, fruity peach and some tea with honey. Really smooth mouthfeeling, medium bodied and average to low carbonation. Notes of brown sugar, green apple and some melon zest. Light spicy without the spice-stinginess in the finish, and a nice bitter finish with a light warming aftertaste. Quite nice beer this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2011
at 02:11
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Batch number 159. Amber copper color, small white bubbly head with some lace.. Poured into a tumbler. Big Malt nose with grain and honey. Taste has a distinct guarana and a spicy pepper/ poppy seed flavor that mimics a bitter type feeling on your palate. Something about this brew doesn’t sit quite right for me. Something is not balanced in it. The smell and taste is complete opposite. The spice kills he good aspects of the brew.
Tried
on 01 May 2011
at 15:33