Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam from the Wood

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Traditional Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

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12 oz. bottle from the brewpub in Portland, OR (2009 bottle). Flat, dark brown pour that appears almost black in the glass. Aroma of dark fruit, oak, and light chocolate. The flavor is many things at once; cherry, bourbon, oak, chocolate, and coffee. Possibly a little more carbonation would have made this a little more to my liking but that is a minor complaint to this stellar beer. Absolutely sublime...As a side note I compared this to a 2011 bottle and the cherry was more upfront in the newer bottle. I prefered the aged bottle to the newer bottle.

2008 bottle, 04/28/2012. Pours ruby brown, no head to speak of. Decadent aroma, a mixture of chocolate, caramel, cherries and plums, a little musty, barrel finish with hints of red wine, vanilla, bourbon, subdued booze. Taste is heavy with chocolate glazed dark fruit, cherries prominent, dark molasses and vanilla bourbon finish. Palate is full but has thinned a bit at this point, but incredibly smooth, alcohol never in the way. One of my favorites.

Pours black with tan head. Aroma of black licorice, some aged wood, black cherry, and chocolate. Flavor is much the same. Overall, very good shit!

33 cl. Bottle @ home / 2009 version: looks like wine, light shade of brown though, no inkling of head even, sweet syrup upfront, light honey, malts, dark fruits, liquorish leading into a tart cherry, strongly vineous, bourbon finish, due to the fact that this is completely uncarbonated the finish on this is quite boozy in a wine kind of way, feels a touch thinned out by aging, this is good but nowhere near as good as Adam from the Wood because this really should have had some carbonation, first non-pure lambic beer that I have had that has no carbonation whatsoever, it is flat beyond flat & that is a strongly defining characteristic

From notes. First reviewed 8/19/2011. Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a tulip. 2011 vintage. Thanks to Dunt for bringing this bottle. The beer pours a dark brown color, with an obvious cherry tint and an actual cherry glow, although there is no head whatsoever. The aroma is full of strong sweet cherry, some plum, fig, and raisin as well. Some general tart sweetness and a bit of tart cherry in the background. A bit of toffee and caramel malt go along with sweet cherries and a bit of molasses up front. Nicely blended dark fruits - plums, figs, raisins, and red grapes all blend together well. The finish is a soft caramel malt sweetness. The flavor could have been finished off better. The mouthfeel is is the downfall of this beer. No carbonation really causes the flavors to stick together and clump on the tongue. It feels heavier than it should. Sticky. Unfortunately, this is another Hair of the Dog beer that has no carbonation and would be amazing otherwise.

UPDATED: MAR 6, 2012 Bottle @ acbf. Thanks Alan! Aroma is a huge cherry awesomeness, also wood, roast, malt, chocolate. Flavour is the same, lazy rate, wicked beer. Wow. Thanks a lot!

UPDATED: MAR 11, 2012 3/III/2012 bottle @ ACBF (Moen) - BB: n/a (2012-197) Thanks to Allan and BelgBeerGeek for sharing this with me!

Clear ruby red beer, no head. Aroma: sweet fruity, sugar, vanilla, bourgon, sweet caramel. MF: no carbon, full body. Taste: sweet syrupy, ripe cherries, forest fruits, little sour, mainly sweet though, vanilla, bourbon, touch of wood. Aftertaste: sweet sugary, dark chocolate, little bitter. Amazing stuff. I’d like to try a whole pint of this, or even half a pint, just to discover all the complexities, which was alas unable with the small sample we got.

2009 Vintage
Tasted in late November 2011 from a capped magnum bottle shared by unclejedi at his birthday tasting, massive thanks, Jim. Pours murky brown/auburn red with a thin collar of tan lace. The nose is hot, with tons of caramel, dark toffee, cherry, and some toasted, burnt bitterness. The flavor is sweet date, caramel, toffee, cherry, and some burnt brown sugar bitterness. The body is full and syrupy, with very light carbonation and a long caramel, cherry, and lightly bitter finish.

bottle. pours reddish brown with zero zillch head. aroma of bourbon and cherry. taste is cherry flavored bourbon slight vanilla and lots of booze

12 oz bottle courtesy of a box from MvW. Thanks, buddy! A beer I’ve been anticipating for awhile. 2011 Vintage. Pours a dark ruby brown hue, almost opaque with a touch of reddish brown glow on the edges. No real carbonation whatsoever, as some loose bubbles die to a nonexistent head. Aromas are quite rich, offering loads of toffee and oak, vanilla, spice. Caramel, biscuits, touches of toast, dark fruit offering of raisins and black cherries. More oak, a waft of heat, and more oak, gentle spirit. Fairly sweet slanted. Initial is fuller bodied, offering slick sticky malts up front, biscuits and caramel, toast, bread, gentle oak and vanilla tannins, moving into a middle of decadent black cherries, touches of dark fruit plum and raisin. More vanilla, oak, sweet sticky malts and a gentle yeasty spice. The cherry and dark fruit element grows, fairly strong though not medicinal. Some dry cocoa and vinous qualities as it warms more. Fairly complex as it goes. Some powerful flavors, gentle barrel flavor grows into the back as it finishes and warms a bit more. A touch buttery and quite oaky, lots of cherry, touch of dryness, heat, and spice linger on the finish. Not bad, a touch nutty, sticky yet silky. Pretty pleasant, lack of carbonation causes a lesser experience due to low mouthfeel. A bit dissappointed in this, but the problems seem to spawn from the carbonation issues.. Not the beer itself. Still a pretty solid beer despite the issue, but I can imagine some carbonation boosting this bad boy several points.