12 Beers of
Christmas!
Lucia Novara is sad to 'put down' Flying Dog K-9 Cruiser winter ale.
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Flying Dog K-9 Cruiser winter ale
review
Submitted
by Lucia
Novara
In the 12 Beers of Christmas
spirit, I give you
Colorado's present: Flying Dog's K-9
Cruiser winter seasonal ale.
I only wish I was giving a better present. While not vibrator-from-your-uncle bad, this beer is about the equivalent of a Cosby sweater on the Present-O-Meter.
I was prepared
to be swept off my feet, carried away on the back of a magical flying
dog to
the Land of Sugarplum Fairies and brewski delights, as I usually am
with
anything from this brewery. Sadly, it was more like I took the public
bus to Barely Buzzedville.
I was excited to pick up a sixer of this to bring to Friend
Christmas, a gathering of five of my closest friends
before we went our
separate ways for the holidays.
Flying Dog K-9 Cruiser winter ale
Once everyone unpacked their boxes from the liquor store, we had two cases, a fifth of Baileys, a half-gallon of vodka, three bottles of wine, a bottle of champagne and my six pack.
So despite our valiant efforts at Beer Pong, Drinking for bad hair on the Beverly Hills 90210 DVD and Quarters, the six pack remained at the end of the festivities.
The next
night a friend had a dinner party and we brought the six pack along
once again. At this point, I had lugged the box over most of the
Greater Denver area and was
good and ready to pop one open and lighten the load. When I finally
did, my
faith in all that is Flying Dog was tested severely.
Flying Dog K-9 Cruiser isn't terrible, it's
just average ale with some typical
winter seasonal flavors. It's dark, malty, and has a little kick.
It's not a BAD beer, but with its pedigree it's a disappointment to the bitch that raised it.
It has chocolate, crystal and Munich malts, but still manages to have a weirdly bitter aftertaste.
I was saddened greatly that something
with a Ralph
Steadman graphic on the front could be so mundane. It was kind of like
finding
out the guy with the tattoos and genital piercing only gets off missionary
style.
So, sigh, it was not the best winter seasonal ever. My underlying faith
in the
good people at Flying Dog assures me that the spring seasonal will
bring the
thunder back.
And in the meantime, save some dough and get sloppy with Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale.
or any of your favourite beers!
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