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Thirsty Dog Brewing - North Canton

(Closed)

5419 Dressler Road NW
North Canton OH 44720
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Notes

Visited: February 10, 2002

Opened: 1997

Contributors: John Patrick Najeway, sedlocksatmck

Thirsty Dog is still alive and well in Akron.

Updated: June 22, 2008

Beer List

Airship Light

American-Style Lager
- Date: February 10, 2002 (#4190)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 18 points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Pale golden, moderate carbonation and head. Mild sweet malt aroma. Light body, real nice malt flavor and fine noble hops with a very very mild bitterness.

Dierdorfer Gold

Bohemian-Style Pilsener

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4191)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright amber, moderate carbonation and head. Fruity spicy hop aroma. Medium body, sweet caramel malt, big fruity hop flavor. Billed as a Bohemian Pilsner, but tastes more like an English Bitter.

Golding's Retriever Pale Ale

American-Style Pale Ale

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4193)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Red amber, slightly paler than Robinson's, moderate head. Fruity hop and ester aroma, more subdued than Robinson's. Medium creamy body, some mown-grass flavor, hint of a rubbery phenolic. Maltiness shows up in the finish.

Hoppus Maximus

American-Style India Pale Ale

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4194)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright red-brown, moderate head. Bright spicy hop aroma. Medium-big creamy body, BIG bright spicy hop flavor and fairly bitter, with caramel malt undertones.

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4195)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Bright red, thick head. Sweet dark caramel aroma. Medium-big body, huge dark caramel flavor. Low carbonation makes it feel sweeter than it might actually be.

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4196)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Bright golden, moderate carbonation and head. Very clean aroma. Light body, sweet bland malt flavor and finish.

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4201)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 13½ points

Overall Impression (2½)
Deep red-brown, thick head. Clean aroma. Medium body, some caramel, more diacetyl.

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4200)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Deep red, some haze, moderate head. Grapefruit aroma. Medium-big body, lots of caramel, quite a lot of grapefruit, rather bitter.

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4199)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Deep dark red, thick head. Mildly roasty aroma. Medium body, mildly roasty fairly sweet flavor and finish.

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4192)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression (3)
Red amber, slight haze, thick head. Smoky aroma, with fruity esters. Medium body, big hop flavor and bitterness, lots of dark fruity esters, smoky toasty malt flavor. Lingering bitter finish.

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4198)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Black, thick brown head. Smoky, roasty aroma. Big body, huge black malt flavor, mildly sweet. Black roasty finish. Limited to 6% abw by Ohio law.

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4197)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Amber, low carbonation and head. Big ginger aroma. Medium body, big ginger spicy etc flavor with hints of caramel malt.

Date: February 10, 2002 (#4202)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression (2½)
Bright deep red, low head. Some caramel aroma. Medium body, lots of caramel malt, hints of DMS.