Flying Dog Family Drama Imperi 4/6PK 12Z

Wreck the halls this holiday season with this imperial pilsner that offers a slightly-floral hop character, light malt notes and a not-so-light ABV.

Prepare yourselves for the greatest brewery story ever tolda tale shrouded in mysteryThis story begins with our beloved founder, George Stranahan on the slopes of K2, the deadliest mountain in the world, as he leads a group of amateur climbers to the top. Completely untrained and unprepared, the intrepid adventurers make it to the summit, plant a flag or something, snap a few old-school selfies, and ultimately make the journey back down. Afterward, they find themselves in a mountain hotel, alive and warm and drinking beerall while staring at a painting of an English bird dog hanging on the hotel wall.But there’s something peculiar about this painting. While the artist set out to paint an English Bird Dog, he clearly had no idea what an English bird dog actually looked like. So instead he painted a regular ol dog and gave it wings, like a bird. A flying dog. The near-death experience and post-climb beersinspired George to found Flying Dog.In another fortuitous turn of events, George’s neighbor back home in Colorado, world famous Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, became a fan of Flying Dog beer, and telegrammed his artist friend Ralph Steadman with a request.Please Ralph. I beg of you. Do some art for my friend Georges beer.Ralph set to work. And thus, the decades long relationship between Ralph and Flying Dog began. Since then, the brewery has put an original piece of Steadman art on every one of its major releases.In 2006, Flying Dog moved east and opened a production facility in Frederick, MD which would become our permanent home.