Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Double IPA

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle. Cloudy yellow amber color with a average frothy good lacing off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, heavy hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. With a nice bitterness in the finish.

An unclear orange beer with a dying white head. The aroma is very powerful with notes of pineapple, grapefruit, and wheat. The flavor is sweet with strong fruity notes - especially pineapple and grapefruit, leading to a dry bitter end. Nice one.

(Bottle 65 cl) Slightly hazy, pale amber with a tall and lively head. Fresh, lightly grapefruitish nose. Medium body with an excessive carbonation. Lightly sweet malt, distinct notes of citrus and a solid bitterness. Not your typical Double IPA. 080107

From cask. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is straight up pineneedles. Sweet caramelish. Grainy, cornish and pineneedle hoppy. Ends dry nd bitter, lasting pine.

Bottled. Hazy yellow colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is fruity, caramelly, mildly alcoholic as well as nectary. Flavour is very grassy, hayish and yeasty. Bitter finish and aftertaste. The aroma was lovely, but as for the flavours, I got quite dissappointed.

Bottled. Cloudy golden, rich but faint head. Rich hop aroma of peach and lychee. Medium sweet with solid body. Dominated by aromatic hop flavours - grapefruit,lychee and sweat. Malt only backs it up. Long very bitter finish.

Bottle. Hazy golden coloured with a huge white head. Fruity aroma of yeast, hops and grape fruits. Fruity flavour of yeast, hops and grape fruits. Dry hoppy finish og grape fruits.

Deep blond color, huge foam, persistent perlage. The aroma is hoppy, dry, resiny, with some malt mellow note. Medium body strength, almost all the flavor comes from the hops; some malt is noticeable later, but the hop oils win all. I’m surprised by the big quantity of yeast in the bottle, that spoils a bit the taste of the last glass. Unbalanced.

Date: 05/01/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

opaque orange, scant head, drippy lace, supper sweet pine and grapefruit aroma, creamy body that thins upon warming, great hop flavor with tempered hop bitterness that comes out upon warming,
-------- /> Date: 05/20/2006
Source: tasting

liquid hops,
-------- /> Date: 06/09/2007
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2007
Score: 3.9 to 4.0
Words: Noog 3D

huge citrus hop aroma with malty sweetness like sugar coated grapefruit, tons of sweet grapefruit flavor, light lingering bitterness, this is the way a grapefruit beer should be

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4

Hazy golden with large head. Hoppy aroma with fruity notes. Very hoppy flavor with fruity notes, grapefruit being dominant. Finishes bitter.