Flying Dog Brewery
Flying Dog Brewery was founded in 1990 by George Stranahan, inspired by a 'flying dog' carving he encountered during a 1983 expedition to K2 in Pakistan. After years in Colorado, the brewery relocated its production to Frederick, Maryland, acquiring the Frederick Brewing Company facility in 2006 and closing its Denver operations in 2007. Flying Dog became Maryland's largest brewery and earned widespread recognition for its provocative branding, featuring artwork by British illustrator Ralph Steadman. In May 2023 the brewery was acquired by New York's F.X. Matt Brewing Company and production was moved to Utica; the Frederick facility subsequently closed, though Flying Dog's brand continues under F.X. Matt's ownership.
Beers by Flying Dog Brewery
12 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Flying Dog Brewery brew across 4 style families.
Across these 12 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Flying Dog Raging Bitch Belgian-Style IPA
Their beers place in the Top 59% of the catalogue on average, across 12 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Flying Dog Brewery
Flying Dog Brewery was founded in 1990 by George Stranahan, inspired by a 'flying dog' carving he encountered during a 1983 expedition to K2 in Pakistan. After years in Colorado, the brewery relocated its production to Frederick, Maryland, acquiring the Frederick Brewing Company facility in 2006 and closing its Denver operations in 2007. Flying Dog became Maryland's largest brewery and earned widespread recognition for its provocative branding, featuring artwork by British illustrator Ralph Steadman. In May 2023 the brewery was acquired by New York's F.X. Matt Brewing Company and production was moved to Utica; the Frederick facility subsequently closed, though Flying Dog's brand continues under F.X. Matt's ownership.
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