The name White Dog has appeared across several brewing projects over the years, but the version most commonly found in modern craft beer circles is the Dutch brewery producing heavily hopped, high-strength modern styles.

The beers lean firmly towards contemporary craft brewing. Double IPAs, Triple IPAs and even stronger hop-saturated releases feature regularly, often carrying huge amounts of tropical fruit character, citrus, resin and enough alcohol to make checking the ABV a fairly sensible idea.

There is a noticeable influence from the modern American craft scene, particularly in the brewery’s approach to hop usage and softer-textured IPAs. The beers are generally bold rather than subtle, which feels entirely consistent with the name.

What makes breweries like White Dog interesting is that they sit comfortably within the more extreme end of modern beer culture while still focusing on balance underneath the intensity. Massive flavour is one thing. Making it drinkable is usually the harder part.

Not every beer needs to be twelve percent and full of hops. White Dog simply seems unconvinced by that argument.