Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 4

Clear light gold color with almost no head. I smell bread yeasty-ness, lightly roasted malts and a bit of skunkyness. The taste is mild lightly roasted malts to give it a biscuit and a bit of caramel flavor. The yeast shows up in bulk also. It yields a bread and slightly tangy/skunky flavor. The bitter hops seem to build near the end of the taste. OK beer. Not my bag.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 2 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Brown 12 oz bottle. Pours just like any other common pale yellow american style beer. Aroma is perhaps slighty flowery. In my steeler mug it looks decent, clear and light yellow with its aristocratic carbonation. Initial hit is a bit of bitterness and an interesting assiduous flavor. Is this a little sour? I think not, perhaps I mean peevish or cranky. Finish is a little bitter but nothing terribly lingering. Nothing really better than your typical pale yellow american style beer.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Small white head, short lived. Light gold color. Light malt nose with some grassyness. Light/medium body. Medium sweet malt flavors, fairly bland. Finish is dry.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

Early on in their history, was this not Flying Tire’s flagship beer and marketed as a kolsch? It is a clear golden pour topped by a white frothy head. Lacing is minimal. The aroma is grainy with hints of light fruit and European hops. Mouthfeel is average. Flavor is grainy malt with a bitter finish. There is definitely a Kolsch influence here.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

I'm not a fan of golden ales, and despite high expectations from this brewery, this didn't help matters any. A clear golden pour with a medium sized white head. Aroma is grassy malt, some light fruits, a hint of yeast, and dark fruits. The flavour is grainy malt with a bitter finish.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Golden/straw color with a bright white, fizzy, soapy head with decent size and average retention. Small amount of lacing left on the glass. This beer is mostly hazy and became more clear after it warmed. (chill haze?) This beer smells clean and fresh. Picking up some faint, but well balanced notes of wheat. Some dry biscuits and bread. The aroma needed a bit more "kick" I thought. The taste was bready and brought out the wheat flavors. Some subdued sweetness of lemon and only minor touches of orange. Very, very, very small amounts of bitterness. Medium to medium/thin mouthfeel. Left some traces of flavor on the palate. Not a whole lot however. It is crisp and smooth. Very refreshing. This woud be a great brew for Spring and Summer. Very easy to drink and refreshing. The beers characteristics are somewhat subpar however. Nothing bad, but nothing really outstanding either. It's solid and easy going.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

A pretty poor representation of Kolsch... pours weak, carbonated clear yellow with grassy aromas - medium white head that dissapates quickly and produces no lacing. Grassy tones invade the flavor as well. Thin in the mouth. Moderate hops and malt but smacks of so many mass-produced clear yellow beers... Bud, Miller, Coors. Not worthy.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Light golden yellow, ample carbonation. Small white head that disipates quickly. Thin mouthfeel, not much taste. Very smooth, and easy drinking. Wouldn't pick it up again.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

12oz bottle, shaker pint glass. Pours a clear pale gold with obvious carbonation. Thin white head vanishes quickly, no lacing. Nose has a light sweetness with a little citrus. Tastes like it smells, very low-key but nicely balanced. Mouthfeel is crisp and refreshing, nice brew for a hot day at the ballpark.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pours out in a clear golden colour with a small white foam. Grass, biscuits, straw and mild lemon in the aroma. Medium to lihjy-bodied with touches of biscuits, straw, wet grass and mild lemon. Rather short finish of straw, grass and dough.