Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6.5
4oz pour at the brewery. Pours deep brown with an off-white head. Mint, dark chocolate, and wafers on the nose. Flavour is very similar, exactly like a mint girl guide cookie. Body is quite thin. Overall, nice profile but lacking the depth required to be good.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
4oz pour at the brewery. Pours mostly clear deep gold with an off-white head. Not much on the nose. Flavour has bready malts and burnt caramel, though fairly watered down. Mouthfeel is light and watery. Very poor.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Marzen from CowDog Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 4.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5
4oz pour at the brewery. Pours clear gold with a white head. Sweet biscuit malts on the nose. Flavour has soft biscuit malts and some sweetness that has a very gentle berry quality. Very little bite. Something about this just tastes off.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Chocolate Lab Stout from CowDog Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
4oz pour at brewery. Pours black with beige head. Aroma has roasted malt and dark chocolate. Flavour has roasted malt and dark chocolate. Simple profile, but reasonably rich and overall an enjoyable strong stout.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Red Dog Red Ale from CowDog Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
4oz cask pour at brewery. Pours clear amber with white head. Aroma has some bready malts and something sour? Flavour is sour, which was unexpected. Some bready malts underneath. I don't know what's causing the sour, but it really is not working.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Sasquatch SMASH from CowDog Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
4oz pour at brewery. Pours clear blond with white head. Aroma has a touch of lemon. Flavour has lemon rockets, fresh grass, lemon zest. It's a bit tame, but nothing too wrong other than a lacklustre hop expression.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Two Loaves Wheat Beer from CowDog Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
4oz pour at brewery. Pours murky blonde with white head. Aroma has very gentle esters and wheat. Flavour has smooth esters, orange rind, some wheaty malts. Mouthfeel is a bit flat. Comes off as more of a Hefeweizen than a wheat ale. Compared to some of the Hefeweizens around the city this is pleasantly dialed back on the banana-y esters. Not exciting, but still okay.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Ayrshire Dark Ale from CowDog Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at brewery. Pours murky brown. Aroma has light toasted malts. Flavour has bitter toasty malts. Meh.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Big Teefs IPA from CowDog Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at brewery. Pours clear gold. Aroma has some resin and chemical sweetness. Flavour has light pine and resin, some sweet malts. Rough, but enjoyable.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Head Tilt Pale Ale from CowDog Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
On tap at brewery. Pours clear dark gold. Aroma has very light hops. Flavour is dirty; some resin and damp malts. Unbalanced and not particularly good.