Wild Dog Double Pale Ale
Presentation: Green 750ml Caged and corked. No freshness date, but it is a fairly new release and at 9% ABV, nothing to worry about. Handwritten Bottle #279. The cork was tight, very, very tight. It took a good couple minutes to finally get the sucker off. Even with towels and clean hands, this was a pain. Appearance: Poured a hazy copper color with large off-white head. Excellent retention and massive lacing. Smell: Hops, hops, and more hops. Extremely citrusy, grapefruity, and spicy alcohol notes. It had that green intense hop aroma. Taste: extremely malty, very thick and sweet. Smooth hop bitterness with a lot of resiny piney hope flavor with more fruitiness and citrus. Moderately bitter with a hop loaded finish. Notes: Tons of malt, almost like a barley wine. It is well hopped and tasty. A little too sweet for my taste, but not as sweet as DFH's Burton Baton. $11 is a lot to pay, but for a tasty anniversary beer, congrats to Flying Dog for 10 years.