UPDATED: OCT 16, 2019 One of the first craft IPAs I sampled. Must have been around 1999-2000. Don't really recall how it compares to the recent one, which I just sampled last week. Seemed kind of mass produced on both occasions...with about average quality for the style. At the time though....it was one of the better choices...not so much nowadays.

Lovely label. Good beer. Ipa like an an ipa should be. Mouthfeel could be better. Aftertaste a bit too alcoholic imo.

From old notes. 330ml bottle. Light unclear golden orange color with off white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, caramel, citrusy fruity, light pine. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.alcohol,

Old rating. Bottle from Old Town. Pours a copper color with an off-white head. Aromas of floral hops, citrus and some malt. Taste is fairly well-balanced if not boring. British style IPA for sure.

From an old bottle. Pours amber with white head. Aroma is light malty with hoppy aroma. Flavor is malty, some hoppy. Pretty good.

average white frothy head. translucent thick dark yellow body. fair lacing. mostly diminishing. aroma: orange, flowers, heavy hoppy, honey, caramel. if: light bitter moderate sweet. ff: moderate bitter sweet; long duration. palate: light body, lively carbonation, watery texture, metallic finish. average, nothing special. R$40. 60s

.35l bottle @ Vihreä Haltiatar Pours clear golden with low head. Leaves lacing. Aroma is hops, yeast, malts and dried fruits. Flavor is hops, malts and fruits. Some yeast.

Bottle. Pours amber with white head. Aroma is light malty with spizy hoppy aroma. Flavour is malty with bready caracter, some citruzy hop caracter.

Obviously been a minute, but I don’t remember this being so different than the newer version, so here’s the same rating: Well balanced well hopped single IPA. Nothing special here, just a good drinking brew, especially in summer!

This rating is a memory of the old brew. I’ve always been a fan of Flying Dog (and have also long been a fan of IPAs) and remember being very excited to try this years ago. The result was not what I had expected and was a huge disappointment. Having had the newer brew on numerous occasions I have to say it is much more like what I expected out of a flying dog IPA when I first had this a long time ago.