04 January, 2011

Flying Dog range 2011.

I spent a miserable J1 summer in Maryland a decade ago.
My surprise when I discovered this great beer 7 years later and that actually something decent had emerged from the east coast U.S counterfeit Bray. To any of my readers from in or around that neck of the woods - I can't apologise for my blatant slating. I still have difficulty passing a ''Pizza Hut'' without experiencing flashbacks of a bad uniform and free refills.
The 2 guys that set this brewery up in 1983 claim to have had a crazy night in a tavern with
Hunter S. Thopmson and thus led to inspiration.
Each bottle bears the famous Thompson quote : ''Good people drink good beer'' - so true!
(Except for that bottle of Corona that I was caught with mid-consumption  by a highly vocal customer in Smyth's last week) Sometimes good beer is difficult to acquire.
Flying Dog is currently available through Deveney's of Dundrum.
Unfortunately I could only pre-purchase from the Brewery so availability will not be year round.
As we all know I suffer label lust. I'm not going to lie. My preference is often swayed by a prettier label and or quirkier name. I do love American Hefe Beers so my first choice would be In-Heat Wheat but the Classic is really good also. The I.P.A and the Double Pale are 2 very serious beers.
All 4 worth a try.
Detox?? A word I'm not familiar with...
Happy New Year
Ruthxx

8 comments:

The Beer Nut said...

"Label lust" is a lovely term.

Happy New Year!

Deveneys said...

Happy New Year John.
Hope to see you soon.
R.

BMK said...

U.S ..ehhhh

Double Pale...yum yum

Deveneys said...

Double pale!!!
Endorsed by the man who wrote
''Fear and Loathing'' doesn't get much better than that.
It's definitely for you Brian!

BMK said...

My spider senses are telling me a trip to Barstow is in order!!!

Deveneys said...

Do it!!!

BMK said...

So I visited the kennel and attempted to put a leash on a Double Pale, I failed 11.5 percenter beat me up. Fantastic stuff

Deveneys said...

Brian
Am planning a tasting for the first week in February. Haven't decided on the line-up but if you're free...