Flying Dog Pint Night at Frisco Grille: Dogtoberfest and Prizes!

Frederick based Flying Dog's next big event is a pint night at Frisco Grille this Wednesday.

Scheduled to be on tap are the 1)In-Heat Wheat (try it in a delicious Beermosa, they're all the rage lately) 2)Snake Dog IPA 3)Barrel Aged Gonzo (love this stuff) and 4)Frisco's 2010 debut of the Dogtoberfest Marzen.

Also, Flying Dog and sales manager Matt Crow will raffle off two tickets to the Opening Tap event ($30 value, each, Thursday October 7th) for Baltimore Beer Week 2010 at the Museum of Industry.

The fun starts around 5 PM, Flying Dog logo pints are available with first Flying Dog beer purchase after 7 PM and then at some point the tickets will be given away.

Flying Dog/Pratt Street "Bad Birds Good Beer" Orioles Pub Stroll!

Its here!

This Saturday I'll be teaming with Oliver Ales Brewing (Pratt Street Ale House) and Flying Dog's Matt Crow for a "Bad Birds/Good Beer" Orioles Pub Stroll.

The Orioles will be playing the Minnesota Twins at 7:05 PM.

The hook is we'll pregame (~5 PM) at Pratt Street AleHouse a few blocks from Camden Yards, enjoying their great beers (with special pricing!) along with brewmaster Stephen Jones.

And then its off to the game to root on our sad, sad baseball team. Good beer will again be available thanks to Flying Dog's IPA being served at several beer carts around Camden.

Afterward, folks are free to break out and take the party to nearby bars (Pickles perhaps, or over at Federal Hill) or head home or whatever suits them. The outing will be lowkey but built around good people and good beer.

I'll purchase group tickets sometime very soon so please email me or reply to this with a head count to RSVP if you'd like to join us for a fun afternoon and evening. Not sure which seating section but I'll try and keep ticket costs down but some of it will be dictated by overall head count and whats available for group seats in the various sections.

As far as ticket cost reimbursement, I'll take cash or PayPal or even a check if you are so inclined, at the time of the event.

Please join us, it will be a good time!

Flying Dog Woody Creek Wit, Meet Time Magazine

Time sat down with a Beer Sommelier in New York to try some summer beers, and local boys Flying Dog made the cut with their Woody Creek Wit. Local mainstays Southampton, Stoudts and Magic Hat are also mentioned.

Flying Dog American Craft Beer Week Events

Monday May 17th -- Victoria Gastro Pub with nine Flying Dog styles on draft and Raging Bitch and Snake Dog on cask, 6-9 PM

Tuesday May 18th -- Camden Yards suite (retailers) with Meet The Brewer Night

Wednesday May 19th -- Pint Night at Frisco Grille, five styles on draft including the rare Old Ale and barrel aged Gonzo Imperial Porter 7-10 PM

Thursday May 20th -- Max's Taphouse with Horn Dog Barleywine on nitro plus four other styles on tap 5-8 PM

Friday May 21st -- Sean Bolan's (Bel Air) three styles on tap including Coffee Stout 5-7 PM and Metropolitan Coffeehouse with Old Ale and Woody Creek Wit on tap

Also, be sure to check out their other events in Virginia and Washington D.C.

Flying Dog GonzoFest 2010

It's coming! Flying Dog's homage to good beer, good people, and Hunter S. Thompson will arrive on June 19th this year at the brewery grounds.

There will be a morning session and an afternoon session with beer, music, food, vendors and a Hunter S. Thompson lookalike contest. Purchase tickets and get more info at the GonzoFest website.

The Barrel Aged Gonzo Is Loose!

After sitting on barrels since early September, Flying Dog has released its Gonzo Imperial Porter!

Look for this much-anticipated release on taps around town starting ohhhh ... now.

Maryland: Home to World Beer Cup Winners!

Not only is Maryland about crab cakes and football, its about award-winning beers.

Several Maryland breweries came away with prizes at the 2010 World Beer Cup held this weekend. Notable:

Flying Dog
Silver: Gonzo Imperial Porter Vintage 2007 in the Aged Beer category

Heavy Seas
Gold: Heavy Seas Gold Ale in the Golden or Blonde Ale category
Bronze: Heavy Seas Marzen in the Vienna-Style Lager category
Bronze: Heavy Seas Pale Ale in the Classic English-Style Pale Ale category

Brewer's Alley
Silver: Brewer's Alley India Pale Ale in the English-Style India Pale Ale category

Rock Bottom (Bethesda)
Gold: Highland Courage in the Scottish-Style Ale category

Congratulations to our Maryland winners!

April Flying Dog Bitch Session

Today is the first Thursday in April which means 'Bitch Session' time with Flying Dog. The Bitch Sessions are hosted at various locations around Maryland, DC, Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

The big one locally will be at Frisco Grille, featuring two amazing firkins (the Doggie Style Pale Ale which is ridiculous and a brand new firkin of Snake Dog IPA) plus two Flying Dog beers on tap: the Raging Bitch Belgian IPA and the In-Heat Wheat.

Plus, a top secret beer.

Festivities should commence around 6 PM although most of the beers should be on tap sometime before then.

Flying Dog Victoria Gastro Pub Event

Speaking of Flying Dog, they'll be at Victoria Gastro Pub tonight (Monday) from 5 PM onward with a huge selection of beers plus rep Matt Crow and special guest brewer Matt Brophy.

On tap:

Doggie Style Pale Ale (firkin)
Gonzo Imperial Stout (nitro)
Kerberos Tripel (retired!)
Road Dog Porter
Garde Dog (end of the season)
Double Dog Double Pale Ale
Old Scratch Amber
Raging Bitch

St. Patricks Day at Nicks Cross St. Market

Picture from early in the day on St. Patrick's Day at Nick's Oyster Bar at the Cross St. Market in Federal Hill with Flying Dog's Matt Crow and Metropolitan Coffeehouse (+ Wine Bar) owner Bruce Dorsey.

This being a Matt Crow trip there was a tap of Flying Dog's Doggie Style Pale Ale on tap at Nick's. Dorsey smartly closed down his establishment at 3 PM so as to avoid the inevitable rowdies on St. Patricks Day.

Again, this picture, its contents, cannot be independently be verified and are potentially made up by the bozo who took the picture.

It looks like next week's firkin at Metropolitan could be Troegs' Nugget Nectar and they still have a Stillwater Artisinal Ales Stateside Saison firkin in the works while plans are also in the works to run Flying Dog's Raging Bitch Belgian IPA at the upstairs bar alongside the LaChouffe Houblon Chouffe Belgian IPA as sort of an amusing side-by-side comparison of Belgian IPA interpretations.

Also, Mr. Dorsey mentioned the possibility of a 'Friday the Firkinteenth' once a month coinciding with the Friday each month that falls on a 'teen' date of the month (15th, 16th, 17th, etc.).

Ale Mary's St. Patricks Day

This picture of Flying Dog's Matt Crow and Ale Mary's Tom Rivers cannot not be independently verified by the owner, or something.

ByTheWay there are now two Flying Dog tap handles at Ale Mary's because of the gentleman on the left (and right). But maybe this is all faked, or a conspiracy.

Wayne Mahaffey @Mahaffeyspub and Matt Crow @FlyingDogCrow

Flying Dog at Brickskeller Strong Ale Event

The Brickskeller's rescheduled strong ale event goes off tonight (Tuesday) down in D.C. and Maryland brewery Flying Dog will participate.

It looks like tickets are still available so if you're into the big beers and Flying Dog, consider stopping by down there.

Update, from BBG regular Brandon in the comments below: "Other Maryland breweries represented tonight will also be: Oliver's Steve Jones, Johannssons, Ruddy Duck Brewery and Marylands own Bob Tupper."

Flying Dog Meet The Brewers Night at Koopers Tavern

Meet brewer Matt Brophy and other Flying Dog friendly folk tonight at Koopers Tavern in Fells Point. Its also pint night from 7 PM onward.

The Story Behind Flying Dog's Raging Bitch Belgian IPA

Flying Dog Thursday

Flying Dog super rep Matt Crow will lead two Flying Dog events today in Maryland.

The first is a tasting of the Garde Dog and 20th Anniversary Raging Bitch at Wine World in Abingdon from 5-7 PM.

Afterwards he'll be at Sean Bolan's in Bel Air for Flying Dog's monthly 'Bitch Session'/Tweetup starting at 730 PM. They'll have four Flying Dog beers on tap: Raging Bitch, Double Dog (nitro tap), Doggie Style Pale Ale and the ridiculously good one-off Coffee Stout.

Aaaaand on Friday they'll be hosting a 'Snow Buster' beer tasting at Corridor Wine & Spirits in Laurel from noon to 3 PM. Sample the Raging Bitch and Garde Dog, two of their very best offerings.

Flying Dog Pint Night at Frisco Grille

Be sure to check out Wednesday's 'Pint Night' at Frisco Grille in Columbia. They'll be featuring Flying Dog beers, meet rep Matt Crow, and enjoy the Raging Bitch, spring seasonal Garde Dog, In-Heat Wheat, Doggie Style Pale Ale and Gonzo imperial porter on the nitro tap.

Flying Dog I

Sooooo, I went on a little Winnebago ride Wednesday to the Flying Dog Brewery in Frederick with some patrons and employees of Victoria Gastro Pub in Columbia.

1)Beer ready to ship. Flying Dog reuses containers so not everything necessarily says"Flying Dog" on it but its a conscientious and commendable decision.

2)The last of the ridiculously delicious "Raging Bitch" Belgian IPA. Flying Dog's had a really nice year and as such orders and production have soared. There's Bitch in the tanks but that isn't ready to ship yet.

3)The gift shop. That's Humphrey the Humping Dog. You'll see more of his insane little self in the set of pictures further below.

4)The tasting room taps and posters.

Flying Dog II

1)Hmmmmmmmm ... I see an intriguing five letter word in there.

2)Oak barrels, firkins, beer. All for you, the consumer!

3)Well, well, well ... I'll have more details on these later but yeah, Flying Dog's getting into the real ale/cask/firkin business. Like, big time.

4)More firkins. They'rrrrrre comiiiiiing!

Flying Dog III

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1)World class Flying Dog rep Matt Crow attempting to add "Humphrey" the humping dog to a tap at Victoria Gastro Pub as bar manager Alex looks on.

2)Mmmm, beeerrrrrr

3)Whatever leaked out of there looked like molasses

4)Barrel aged beer, coming your way hopefully soon, I believe those started aging in September or so.

Many thanks to Flying Dog and Victoria Gastro Pub for organizing that little visit, always a great time no matter the format, good beer, good people, good times.