Hair of the Dog Adam

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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Evidently, this is the way beer was made in the old days. Dark and chunky with a unpleasant herbal aroma. Flavors brought back memories of eating fresh herbs right out of the garden, which isn’t a good thing for a beer. The label is crafty and I guess this beer is one of those that you should try, if you are looking for something different. Perhaps I will give it a try again around the Christmas season.

It has a Dr. Havauskua facial product kind of smell. Nice brown caramel color. Foamy head. Sweet and bitter. Intense bitter tasting. Caramely taste which is strong on the back of my tongue. This smells better than it tastes. I can see how this beer is trying, but maybe it is trying too hard.

Bottle. Cloudy brown colour with a nice fine head. Sour and acid aroma with notes of malt. Flavour of sourness, adcid and fruit, ends with a rough and bitter finish. Not my favorites.

A- This is how a beer should look. Murky reddish black with a tan 2 finger head which stays for a while and leaves a crapload of lacing as it goes down. S- Smell is strangely absent, a bit of roasted malt, can’t detect much else. T- Starts off deep and malty, the roasted malts take front stage but behind them is definitely a complex malt bill. This leads into a hoppiness that seems a little too strong, probably with time this one will lose most of the hops and really shine with the malts, I suspect it is a little young. Slight alcohol notes at the end. The main beef I have with this one is it just doesn’t taste like an old ale which was what I wanted. Not bad, just not my cup of tea. M- Medium viscosity, lots of carbonation. I assume the carbonation will fade with time. D- This one is a nice beer to sip on. I think I would give it at least a year or two in the future. Seems like an old ale and a stout mixed to me but what do I know.

Pour is dark brown/black with really frothy off white head. Aromas of caramel and malt. Flavor is plum and malt. Interesting beer. Very drinkable also.

Same bottle as Benzai. Pure, brown colour with no head. Smells very sweet, caramal, hops and chocolate. Tastes hoppy, bitter and chocolate. No carbo, full body.

Purchased at Belmont Station in a 12oz. bottle. This was my first barleywine, and the relatively low score may be a personal distaste. The label lists flavors of chocolate, smoke, figs, and leather. I picked up STRONG notes of smoke and figs, but not the chocolate, which might have balanced things out. Dark opaque color, enormous head with a long life.

I wish I could have enjoyed this beer as much as everone else. My cousin couldn’t finish his, and I reluctantly excepted his remaining brew ( i needed the buzz). The alcohol is too strong. Looks and smells great, but I do not like tasting the alcohol content in my beer. I think that most people rate this so high because of its unique taste...I’m sure Llama spit has a unique taste, but I wouldn’t know. Not a fan of Hair of the Dog, but if you like Dave, you’ll like Adam (I hear he’s a nice guy). Don’t drink on an empty stomach.

sampled in 2010, the 2001 aged version. somewhat musty smelling. big alcohol punch. very smoky. alot of peat flavor. extremely astringent. the roof of my mouth was dry.

1/10/2010 - 355ml bottle @ Klaas’ place Thanks to Nate for the bottle!

Pours a clear red to dark brown beer. Practically no head, just a thin beige rim between glass and beer surface. Aroma is very sweet, caramel, mocha and lots of alcohol. MF is flat, full body though and sticky syrupy texture. Taste is that of caramel, brown sugar, chocolate and mocha. Aftertaste has mocha, coffee bitter and hop bitters. A very weird style of beer, not bad, but way to sugary and too much alcohol.