Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam from the Wood

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

Vintage 2008
Dark brown color, almost black. Mature malt and caramel aroma, oxidised, deep, characteristic of Hair of the Dog, with very light fruitness and light smoke touch too; woody. Good body strength, rich caramel and chocolate flavor, quite sweet; a light sourness (from the cherries?) is a good complement for it, and the very light vanilla too. The final is a bit more astringent, very dry in the end. Maybe not a beer for everyday, but interesting anyway, and surely complex.

Bottle shared by JoeTheYounger. Pours a dark, muddy brown with no head. Aroma is loaded with bourbon, also some chocolate and roast. Flavor has bourbon, tart fruits, chocolate, oak and sherry. Full bodied with very low carbonation.

2008 bottle thanks to thethrone on BA. Pours a clear dark reddish-brown color with a thin tan head and some sediment sitting at the bottom. Aroma is amazing - cherry, roast, vanilla, red wine, oak, bourbon, and sherry. Sweetness and tartness evident. Flavor is a nice balance of sweet and tart, with underlying roasted malt flavors from regular Adam, as well as a complex dark fruit character, with tart black cherries, dried plums, red wine, and berries. Vanilla, oak, sherry, and bourbon are all also in there. Not too much booze, although it is definitely there. It is interesting that this was aged in sherry barrels, since that is a flavor that is often considered a bad thing as it can denote oxidation. Smooth on the palate with medium body and a slight tart bite. Low carbonation. Overall an amazing beer, although I think I prefer regular Adam just a hair (of the dog) more.

Bottle at Papsø. Hazy brown coloured with a medium sized off white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits, oak, vanilla and alcohol with notes of berries. Fruity flavour of berries, alcohol, oak, vanilla and dried fruits. Berryish, oaky and warming alcoholic finish.

Dark brown with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with hard roasted malt, caramel and dark chocolate. Sweet flavour with bruned malt, dark chocolate, bourbon and sherry notes. Finished sweet with warming alcohol. Nice one.

Bottled. A pitch black with a lazing thin tan head. The aroma has strong notes of roasted malt and cherries as well as some alcohol. The flavor is strong with notes of alcohol roasted malt, wood, cherries, and some soy sauce, leading to a dry alcoholic finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of mj. Pours a clear deep brown with a reddish hue and a small, rough beige head. Tart, fruity and oaky aroma. Medium body, rather low in carbonation. Tart, berry-like fruitiness with distinct notes of bourbon. Warming alcoholic finish. 301109

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is dark wooden and light vanilla. Sweet, malty and vanilla flavoured. Mild acidic and dark dense chocolate malt flavoured. Dark lingering malty flavoured into a lingering dense malty flavoured finish.