Flying Dog Brewing
Flying Dog Saw Bones, because Civil War amputations sucked
Flying Dog Saw Bones, dubbed a ginger table beer, has hit shelves for those near the brewery.
As a kid, my parents took my sister and I to nearly every single Civil War battlefield imaginable. Flying Dog Brewery, located in Frederick, Maryland, has one (Monocacy Battlefield) plus an deeper history. The town is right on the Mason-Dixon line, and was home to both the Union and Confederate soldiers during the war. As you can imagine from such a bloody war, there were a lot of wounded. Frederick’s Mercy Street became a bit of a medical ground zero for both sides.
Civil War medicine was rudimentary – lacking penicillin, and anesthesia was limited to ether and chloroform (nothing like today), soldiers would have to bite down on sticks, or bullets, while the doctor literally sawed through their bones for an amputation. (No penicillin means infection. It was better to cut and live, than suffer sepsis and death.)
Often a ginger and lemon “cure-all” was used by doctors to treat patients. Ginger was used to fight gangrene. In that same vein, Flying Dog Saw Bones is born. Enlisting the help of their hometown’s National Museum of Civil War Medicine, a ginger-lemon Belgian-style table beer.
Ginger and lemon take center stage on this crisp Belgian-style table beer. Clean on the palette with subtle hints of spice and malt coming through on the finish, this is just what the doctor ordered
The light and crisp, low ABV beer is available all summer for your non-medical needs. Perhaps when you drink one you might pour a little out for those that had no option but the saw to remove a limb. Perhaps thank Alexander Fleming for penicillin as well. Dude deserves a beer.
A special release party is planned for June 10th at Flying Dog. The party includes musket loading demonstration and a “live” amputation.
Style: Herb/Spice Beer (w/ Ginger, Lemon)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft. Summer seasonal
Debut: June, 2016
4.7% ABV
Flying Dog Saw Bones Ginger Table Beer
Flying Dog Saw Bones Ginger Table Beer
Flying Dog Brewhouse Rarities Mint Julep
Flying Dog Brewhouse Rarities Mint Julep
Flying Dog & Otterbein’s are bringing another round of cookie beers
Flying Dog Brewery partnered with Baltimore based Otterbein’s Bakery last year, and created cookie themed/based beers for the 2014 holiday season.
The Flying Dog Holiday Collection 2015 features four new cookie-inspired beers. This year’s beer and cookie combos include:
- Citrus Saison with Sugar Cookies
- Belgian Pale Ale with Orange White Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Cranberry IPA with Lemon Cookies
- Fig and Fennel Stout with Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Flying Dog Holiday Collection 2015 will be available in 12 packs, in Maryland, Washington D.C., and Northern Virginia. Tap room visitors can have a first taste on November 5th.
Flying Dog The Gourd Standard: Hops Meet Pumpkin
Flying Dog The Gourd Standard, a hoppy pumpkin offering on the horizon from the Frederick, Maryland brewery.
As you can gleen from the label, the base beer is an India pale ale, brewed with pumpkin puree and mix of spices.
I know it’s cheesy, but I feel grate about tonight. We just have to keep in mind that if the clock gets hungry, it will go back four seconds, but the bike can’t can’t stand alone because it’s two-tired. My one friend used to be addicted to soap, but he’s clean now. And whatever the banana wears better be appealing. Seriously, this is going to be the gourd standard at parties.
Flying Dog The Gourd Standard will be available in 12oz bottles. The brewery has not yet announced this offering.
Style: IPA (w/ Pumpkin. Spices.)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft.
Release: TBA
6.7% ABV
Flying Dog Sriracha Pale Ale To Join Chili Beer Game
Is Sriracha in beer the next big thing? Maybe. Rogue Brewing made hot splash with their recent Sriracha Hot Stout Beer. The stout finished with a touch of heat, reminiscent of the chili sauce.
Soon another brewery, Flying Dog, is taking a shot at it. Flying Dog Sriracha Pale Ale. This rendition uses a lighter bodied beer (a pale ale) and a mix of chili peppers.
Disconnected from the world below, the entire brewery congregates atop a historic overlook each year to develop beers that shatter the confines of traditional styles. The only precedent lies in a few simple words from the Good Doctor: “Too weird to live, too rare to die.” – Hunter S. Thompson
Flying Dog Sriracha Pale Ale joins the brewery’s Brewhouse Rarities Series. The line features small batch, one-off and experimental batches of beers that are just a little different than your typical IPA or porter. Flying Dog has pulled back their distribution to Maryland and just a handful of places. If you want this beer, find some Maryland friends.
Style: Chili Beer (w/ Peppers)
Availability: 12oz Bottles
Release: TBA
5.5% ABV
Flying Dog Brewhouse Rarities Earl Grey Black Wheat
Flying Dog Brewhouse Rarities Earl Grey Black Wheat
