Flying Dog Brewery

Commercial Brewery in Frederick, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac)
Associated Venue: Flying Dog Brewery

Established in 1990

Contact
4607 Wedgewood Blvd, Frederick, MD, 21703, United States
Description
Flying Dog Brewery is a craft brewery located in Frederick, Maryland. It was founded in 1990 as a brewpub in Aspen, Colarado by George Stranahan and Richard McIntyre. Demand for Flying Dog beers quickly grew beyond the brewpub's capacity. In 1994, the company opened a 30-barrel brewery (Broadway Brewing Company) in Denver. Looking to expand again in 2006, Flying Dog purchased Frederick Brewing Company in Frederick, Maryland and began producing beer in both Maryland and Colorado. In December 2007, Flying Dog announced that it was closing the Denver brewery and would solely produce beer in its Frederick facility.

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6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

An orange beer with a small orange head. The aroma is sweet with lots of citrus as well as some hops. The flavor is somewhat weird - but OK - it is malty with notes of malt, straw, grass, and citrus giving it a slight sourness, leading to a dry hoppy end.

Tried on 08 Jun 2005 at 17:01


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Copperish red, foamy beige head. Sweet caramellish hoppy aroma. Raspberry at first but quickly turns into fruitish hoppy flavour. Hoppy bitter finish. Pleasant one.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2005 at 13:33


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

A hazy orange beer with a huge though disappearing white head. The aroma is very sweet with notes of wheat and banana. The flavor is very spicy and wheaty combined with notes of oranges and banana, leading to a dry wheaty end, but the body is thin.

Tried on 19 May 2005 at 13:56


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

2005 bottle. Deep amber-red color, some bright orange tints and a small amount of beige head, not long retained. Clear and filtered. Aggressive bubbles rise. Aroma of. . .nothing? Touch of dry fruit, dry malt husks, umm, a touch of honey? Wow, this is really pathetic. And froma snifter, at that. Flavor continues the bland trend, though it is improved, somewhat from the aroma. Fruit and light pale malts provide some fleeting flavor, a touch of sweetness, lots of dry, bordering astringent, toasted grains. Bit of buttered popcorn. Fully attenuated. Forced carbonation, poor mouthfeel is slick and watery. Medium-light body. Why get this when you could get Anchor Steam?

Tried from Bottle on 11 May 2005 at 09:43


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft. Dark mahogony (almost blackish) with a thin off-white head. Light roasty aroma. Roasty/sweet malt flavor with some caramel. Medium bodied. Slight bitterness at the end.

Tried from Draft on 04 May 2005 at 10:51


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

A hazy amber beer with a light brown head. The aroma is sweet hoppy - like sticking your head into a hop plant. The flavor is sweet hoppy with notes of hop acids, caramel, leading to a powerful, sweet sticky and slightly dry end.

Tried on 07 Apr 2005 at 14:15


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Slightly hazy copper-amber colour. Some woody hop notes and crystal malts. Resiny, with lots of crystal malt, and a little toasty.

Tried on 07 Apr 2005 at 07:55


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

2004 bottle consumed 3/31/05. Yellow-amber body is horribly clear with a good-sized white head, moderate to low retention. Aroma of fruit juice, apples, peaches, pears, lightly resinous hops, by no means very bitter, with a bit of a dry papery feel to it. Some faint toastiness and bread from the malt. Flavor has the good fruitiness going for it, with a true enough hops flavor, but it’s so clean, hard and American-feeling (in a bad way) that I can’t get excited about it. Boring mouthfeel, almost gets syrupy and reminds me of the liquid that comes with a can of peaches. Tastes pasteurized.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2005 at 16:19


5.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle Pours a clear light golden with a large fluffy head that collapses in just a minute. Spotty chunky lacing. Aroma is definately the german variety of hefeweizen with the distinct yeasty spice. Flavor is very mild light grain taste. Very thn light bodied and just that german yeast flavor to make an attempt and something interesting. It doesn’t quite succeed. Drinkable I suppose but not very interesting. Barely a trace of hops. Very soft carbonation, nearly flat and a slight woody aftertaste. Lacking any bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2005 at 22:17


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

This is good. Surprisingly thick and heavy. Sweet malt without the alcohol dominance that ruins several beers of this style. Standard malt aroma. Brown with a red tint. Sweet malty goodness, with light wheat and fruit flavors also. Like Fuller’s 1845, but not as heavy or complex.

Tried on 25 Mar 2005 at 17:59