Flying Dog Brewery
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| Flying Dog Brewery | |
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 Label of Flying Dog’s “Flying Dog Classic Pale Ale”; art by Ralph Steadman |
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| Location | Denver, Colorado United States |
| Owner | George Stranahan (independent) |
| Year opened | 1990 |
| Annual production | 50,000 barrels |
| Active Beers | |
| Flying Dog Classic Pale Ale | American Pale Ale |
| Gonzo Imperial Porter | Imperial Porter |
| Horn Dog Barley Wine Style Ale | English Barley Wine |
| In-Heat Wheat | Hefeweizen |
| Old Scratch Lager Amber Lager | Steam Beer |
| Road Dog Scottish Porter | Scottish ale |
| Snake Dog IPA | India Pale Ale |
| Tire Bite Golden Ale | Golden ale |
| Seasonal Beers | |
| Dogtoberfest | Märzen |
| Heller Hound Bock Beer | Helles Bock |
| K-9 Cruiser | American Strong Ale |
| Wild Dog Double Pale Ale | American Double IPA |
| Wild Dog Weizenbock Ale | German-style Weizenbock |
| Wild Dog Colorado Saison | Belgian-style Saison |
Flying Dog Brewery is a beer brewery located in Denver, Colorado. When it opened in 1990, it was the first brewery in Aspen in over 100 years, and one of the first brewpubs in the Rocky Mountain region. In 1991, Flying Dog’s “Doggie Style” was bottled and won the “The Best Pale Ale in America” award at the Great American Beer Festival.
The reputation of Flying Dog beers grew quickly, and demand soon exceeded the brewpub’s capacity. So, in 1994 Flying Dog opened a 50-barrel main brewery in Denver, Colorado from which its ales are distributed to more than 45 states of the United States. Currently, the brewery has a capacity to brew 50,000 barrels of beer per year.
Flying Dog Brewery is noted for using the unusual art of Ralph Steadman, best known as the illustrator of the works of Hunter S. Thompson, on its labels.
In 2005, the brewery created a new beer in Thompson’s [1] honor, Gonzo Imperial Porter [2]. Initially in limited-release in 750mL bottles, the Gonzo Imperial Porter is now one of the regular offerings of the brewery.
